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Images from the History of Medicine (NLM); Center for Disease Control, Parents of Earth, Are Your Children Fully Immunized?, Center for Disease Control, ca. 1977

The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, in partnership with the Center for Disease Control, issued this poster to gently remind parents to…

Tags: CDC, Disease, DOH, Public Health, Vaccinations, Vaccines

Jose Perez, Public Health Doctor, National Library of Medicine, 1993

Artist Jose Perez published a series of his satirical paintings, including "The Public Health Doctor," where he caricatures former U.S. Surgeon…

Tags: Art, Artwork, Healthcare, Jose Perez, Paintings, Public Health, Public Health Doctor

Lawrence Jackson THE WHITE HOUSE, Office of the Press Secretary, Barack Obama speech to joint session of Congress, September 2009, White House, Office of the Press Secretary, September 9 2009

United States President Barack Obama discussed his plan for health care reform in a speech delivered to a joint session of the 111th United States…

Tags: Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Obama, Public Health, Speech, US Congress

Library of Congress, Cook County Public Health Unit, Library of Congress, 1936-1941

This poster is one of the 907 posters produced by Work Projects Administration (WPA) from 1936 to 1943 by various branches of the WPA. The posters…

Tags: Arts, Community, Cook County, Education, Programs, Public Health, WPA

Logo - CDC Photograph - Alex Brandon, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC - Logo AP - Photograph, 2006 - Logo 2020 April - Photograph

 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading, national public health institute of the United States. It is a United States…

Tags: CDC, Diseases, Media, Public Health, United States

Melvin Baker, Jeffrey Wigand, Tobacco Industry Whistleblower, Melvin Baker, 2006

Jeffrey Wigand, the one-time tobacco executive, is now known synonymously with the term "whistleblower". When he realized how his company, Brown &…

Tags: Consumer Protection, Jeffrey Wigand, Public Health, Tobacco, Whistleblower

Morgan Spurlock, Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock, 2004

The Academy Award nominated film Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock. This film follows him…

Tags: Documentary, Fast Food, McDonalds, Movies, Obesity, Public Health, Super Size Me

National Archives & National Library of Medicine, Public Health Posters, National Archives & National Library of Medicine, 1944 - First Picture, 1940s - Second Picture

In midcentury, public health groups took cues from the advertising industry to warn of various health risks. A retrospective of 20th-century health…

Tags: Advertising, Diseases, Flies, Health, Posters, Public Health, Syphilis

National Library of Medicine, AIDS Education Posters, National Library of Medicine, 1986

AIDS education poster advocating condom use and aimed toward educating people about HIV/AIDS prevention, risks, social advocacy, and compassion for…

Tags: AIDS, AIDS Education, AIDS Prevention, Posters, Public Health, Safe Sex

National Library of Medicine, Public Health Poster, National Library of Medicine, Mid 1940s

In midcentury, public health groups took cues from the advertising industry to warn of various health risks. A retrospective of 20th-century health…

Tags: Diseases, Posters, Public Health, Syphilis