Stories
- Article
Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
- Article
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.
- In pictures
A brief history of contraception
From douches to diaphragms, and condoms to caps, discover the wide range of contraception methods people have used over the centuries.
- Article
Pain and the power of activism
Today, women with endometriosis have more access to better information than ever before. Jaipreet Virdi applauds the shared stories, online communities and self-help books empowering women in pain.
Catalogue
- Books
Emerging infectious diseases : art in science / Polyxeni Potter, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Potter, PolyxeniDate: [2014]- Books
Survey of research on sexually transmitted diseases / [prepared by Centers for Disease Control, Center for Prevention Services, Technical Information Services ; editor, Caffilene Allen].
Date: 1985- Books
Survey of research on sexually transmitted diseases / [prepared by Centers for Disease Control, Center for Prevention Services, Technical Information Services ; editor, Caffilene Allen].
Date: 1986- Books
Survey of research on sexually transmitted diseases / [prepared by Centers for Disease Control, Center for Prevention Services, Technical Information Services ; editor, Caffilene Allen].
Date: [1983?]- Ephemera
- Online
Food choices / Flora Project for Heart Disease Prevention.
Flora Project for Heart Disease Prevention.Date: 1992