Stories
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The science of why things spread
From deadly pandemics to viral tweets, Adam Kucharski explores what makes something contagious.
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On contagion
Reading descriptions of the way humans become infested by parasitic flatworms, Daisy Lafarge experienced painful physical symptoms. Perhaps the very creature she was studying had invaded her body.
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Public health campaigns and the ‘threat’ of disability
By continuing to represent disability as the feared outcome of disease, public health campaigns help to perpetuate prejudice against disabled people.
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- Interview
How to design an HIV awareness campaign
Using carefully crafted, colourful graphics is one public health team’s creative approach.
Catalogue
- Books
The transmission of leishmania infections : a review / by C.M. Wenyon.
Wenyon, C. M. (Charles Morley), 1878-1948.Date: 1932- Books
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Stopping bloodborne HIV : investigating unexplained infections / David Gisselquist.
Gisselquist, DavidDate: [2021]- Books
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The infection of epidemic influenza / by William Squire.
Squire, William, 1825-1899.Date: 1890- Books
Infection.
Date: 1981- Books
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An examination of the theory of aërial dissemination of small-pox infection / by Montague D. Makuna.
Makuna, Montague D.Date: 1884