Iron Lungs for Polio Victims: Photos from the 1930s-1950s

In the early 20th century, polio was one of the most feared diseases in industri…

Princess Diana Shakes Hands with an AIDS Patient Without Gloves, 1991

By the time of this photograph, AIDS might have been more widely understood, but…

Dr. Leonid Rogozov: The Soviet Surgeon who Removed his Own Appendix while Stranded in Antarctica, 1961

Leonid Rogozov was a Soviet general practitioner who took part in the sixth Sovi…

A Father Comforts his Son on his Deathbed: The Photo that Changed the Face of AIDS, 1989

This picture is widely considered the photo that changed the face of AIDS. It sh…