Stories
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Fake news and the flu
Discover how history shows that fake news could play a deadly role – by generating potentially lethal misinformation during a future pandemic.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Vaccines: Wellcovax (Measles)
Date: 1960-c.1970Reference: WF/M/PL/407Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Ephemera
'Immunise your child, see to it now - delay and you may regret it', Bill Simpson : Protect your child against polio, tetanus, diphtheria, measles and whooping cough : Best start during baby's first year : Visit your doctor or local clinic / Scottish Health Education Unit.
Date: 1972- Pictures
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Sick looking men, women and children with the question what does a person with AIDS look like; one of a series of educational posters issued by the Committed Communities Development Trust in Mumbai. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
Date: [1997?]Reference: 677334i- Ephemera
Infectious diseases ephemera. Box 1.
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The naked body of a child amidst empty bottles in a rubbish tip with a warning about the need to fight alcholism and AIDS. Colour lithograph by Shenoa Egawa Poster Designs, 1994, for the Seattle Indian Health Board.
Date: 1994Reference: 669197i