Stories
- Article
Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
- Article
The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
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The cook who became a pariah
New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
New York State Department of Health
Date: 1958-1965Reference: SA/DRS/C/2/32Part of: DrugScope- Books
Welcome to the New York State Rehabilitation Hospital / State of New York Department of Health ; photographs by Louis Stockmeyer.
New York State Rehabilitation Hospital.Date: [1960?]- Pictures
- Online
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.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 669079i- Pictures
- Online
A woman holds a baby on her knee representing a warning to potential mothers to take an AIDS test by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 669047i- Archives and manuscripts
New York City Department of Health
Date: 1968-1989Reference: SA/DRS/C/2/26Part of: DrugScope