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Guerrilla public health

From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.

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Tracing the toxic story of tear gas

Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.

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Self-obsessing in the age of selfies

The tiny, joyful spark of a social media ‘like’ can lead to a damaging obsession. Find out how far people will go when their phone addiction gets the upper hand.

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NHS strikes and the decade of discontent

When the social unrest of the 1970s spread to the NHS, dissatisfied staff challenged the status quo for the first time in quarter of a century.

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  • Two condoms with a message that only fools don't use condoms to combat the spread of AIDS; a safer-sex advertisement by the State of Connecticut Department of Health Services. Lithograph.
  • A man's midriff with open jeans and a hand holding a condom; promotion for safe sex by the Connecticut Department of Health Services. Colour lithograph.
  • The faces of Latin American men and women of New York united in their support against AIDS by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.
  • Men and women of different cultures and professions with a warning by the New York State Health Department that AIDS does not discriminate. Colour lithograph.
  • Men and women of different cultures and professions, with a warning by the New York State Health Department that AIDS does not discriminate. Colour lithograph.
  • Five women with a list of five increasingly risky choices for women to protect against AIDS by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.
  • The message 'You can prevent AIDS'; advertisement for the AIDS information lines in California by the California State Department of Health and the California Medical Association.Colour lithograph.
  • The backside of a woman wearing jeans with a man's arm around her waist; warning to practice safe sex to prevent AIDS by the New York State Department of Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A couple dancing on a dance floor with the words 'Papi, ponte el sombrero' representing a warning to protect against AIDS by the New York State Department of Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A pixelated square figure with glasses, arms, legs and trainers with a speech bubble containing the words 'Know AIDS'; an advertisement for AIDS facts by the New York State Department of Health. Colour lithograph.
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