Stories
- Article
Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination
The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.
- Article
How your hairdresser could save your life
Barbers and hairdressers have a unique view of us – one that means they can spot potentially dangerous health problems. Find out how buzzcuts can lead to blood-pressure checks, and dip-dyes show the way to the dermatologist.
- Interview
How to design an HIV awareness campaign
Using carefully crafted, colourful graphics is one public health team’s creative approach.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
Catalogue
- Books
Secret doctors : ethnomedicine of African Americans / Wonda L. Fontenot.
Fontenot, Wonda L.Date: 1994- Books
Doctoring freedom : the politics of African American medical care in slavery and emancipation / by Gretchen Long.
Long, Gretchen.Date: [2012], ©2012- Books
An American health dilemma : a medical history of African Americans and the problem of race / W. Michael Byrd, Linda A. Clayton ; with a foreword by Robert J. Blendon.
Byrd, W. Michael.Date: 2000-- Books
An American health dilemma / W. Michael Byrd and Linda A. Clayton.
Date: 2000-2002- Books
The social basis of health and healing in Africa / edited by Steven Feierman and John M. Janzen ; sponsored by the Joint Committee on African Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council.
Date: [1992], ©1992