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Dial ‘S’ for sex

In pre-internet days, phone boxes became a patchwork of ‘tart cards’ offering sexual services. Find out about the clandestine world they hint at.

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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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Vaccinating a community, saving lives

Doctor Jane Harvey always goes the extra mile to care for her patients, and in recent months that’s extended to huge efforts to save lives with her coronavirus vaccination push.

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Remote diagnosis from wee to the Web

Medical practice might have moved on from when patients posted flasks of their urine for doctors to taste, but telehealth today keeps up the tradition of remote diagnosis – to our possible detriment.

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  • [Envelope for recycling old mobile phones to raise money for the British Red Cross Society].
  • [Envelope for recycling old mobile phones to raise money for the British Red Cross Society].
  • Young white female health professional in uniform with mobile
  • A desperate young man with many telephones scattered on the floor; representing AIDS helplines, and the convenience of having one of them instead of many. Colour lithograph, 1996.
  • People stand under a freestanding green umbrella which protects them from the rain; representing the protection conferred by the Infectious Diseases Prevention and Cure Law (Revised) in China in 2004. Colour lithograph, 2004.
  • Protection of women and girls from AIDS: endorsement by six Chinese celebrities. Colour lithograph, 2004.
  • A man puts his arm around a woman with a speech bubble above them containing a condom; a safe-sex advertisement by the NGO AIDS Consortium with PATH in Kenya. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
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