Curated Video
How Might COVID End?
There's only one example from the past century of an eradicated infectious virus: smallpox.
Bloomberg
Biden Wants Companies to Make Covid Shots Mandatory
Aug.23 -- President Joe Biden said full approval of the Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE Covid-19 vaccine should clear the way for companies to impose vaccine requirements for employees.
“I’m calling on more companies in the private sector to...
Curated Video
SYND 18 4 78 WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION MEETING IN SMALLPOX ERADICATION IN NAIROBI
World Health Organisation (WHO) co-ordination meeting for the eradication of smallpox held in Nairobi and addressed by the Kenyan Minister for Health, James Osogo and Chief of the WHO smallpox eradication unit, Dr I Arita. Once smallpox...
Bloomberg
We Can Eliminate Covid-19 in Certain Countries, Says Fauci
Dec.23 -- Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says the coronavirus can be eliminated, but not eradicated in most countries. He spoke to Bloomberg's David Westin.
AFP News Agency
VOICED : For indigenous people Canada 150 is not all celebrations
While Canadians celebrate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of their nationÂ’s confederation may of the country's indigenous people believe that the Canada 150 festivities overlook what they consider to be a century and a half of...
TED-Ed
Learning from Smallpox: How to Eradicate a Disease
Throughout history, humans have been forced to overcome diseases that have threatened the survival of our species. This short instructional video focuses on one such disease—smallpox, the first and only disease to be completely...
PBS
Pbs: Bioterror
An interactive and comprehensive site that tracks bioterrorism from its beginnings to modern-day threats. Includes a global guide to bioweapons, possible defenses against bioterrorism, and an interactive tutorial on the making of viral...
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Ice Mummies: The Lost Inca Empire
Explores what is known about the "Land of the Four Quarters" and the achievements of the Inca empire, their religious rituals, high altitude archaeology, and burial artifacts.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Bioterror
Identify the bioagents that can be used for biowarfare, and understand how they affect the human body. Investigate media reports about 21st-century bioterrorism, and discuss fears and feelings about the threat of bioterrorism.
Timelines.tv
Timelines Tv: Smallpox Through Time 12: World Health Organization
Looks at the final efforts and success of the World Health Organization's strategy to eradicate the smallpox disease in developing countries. [5:20]
Timelines.tv
Timelines Tv: Smallpox Through Time 01: Face of a Pharaoh
Takes us through the chronological history of the deadly disease of smallpox from its first known inception in ancient Egypt, 1045 BC, to its defeat in modern times. [3:46]
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Timelines Tv: Smallpox Through Time 04: Child Pox: 1711
Video on how the Smallpox disease affected children and shares the heartbreaking story of one family in 18th-century England who lost several children to the deadly disease. [1:31]
Timelines.tv
Timelines Tv: Smallpox Through Time 13: Smallpox Today: 1978 2010
Andrew Chater talks about the Smallpox disease today in this video and raises the question of what we should ultimately do with the virus that is being kept still in Russia and in the U.S. [3:40]
Timelines.tv
Timelines Tv: Smallpox Through Time 11: Epidemic on Camera: 1896
Tells the story of years of backlash against Smallpox vaccines and how government policy making them mandatory was finally enforced. [2:54]
Timelines.tv
Timelines Tv: Smallpox Through Time 10: Public Health, Public Protest: 1840 1890
Discusses the backlash against vaccinating babies for Smallpox and the subsequent intervention by the government making inoculation mandatory. [3:10]
Timelines.tv
Timelines Tv: Smallpox Through Time 09: Mad Cows & Ox Faced Boys: 1806
Video on the backlash and superstition surrounding vaccination against Smallpox in early 19th century England. [3:11]
Timelines.tv
Timelinles Tv: Smallpox Through Time 08: The Vaccine Triumphant: 1797 1812
Video teaching about the adoption of the Smallpox vaccine and the beginnings of eradication. [3:12]
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Timelines Tv: Smallpox Through Time 07: Jenner's Breakthrough: 1796
Video detailing the 1796 breakthrough in Smallpox prevention when an English doctor makes a connection between Smallpox and Cowpox and then develops a vaccine for Smallpox. [3:00]
Timelines.tv
Timelines Tv: Smallpox Through Time 05: Experiment in Newgate: 1721
Teaches about an experiment in England's Newgate Prison which introduced a weakened version of the Smallpox virus to prisoners with good results, advancing our understanding of immunology. [4:25]
Timelines.tv
Timelines Tv: Smallpox Through Time 03: Smallpox in America: 1609 1620
Video narrated by Andrew Chater in which he takes us on a journey through time when smallpox ravaged the indigenous populations of North America, claiming the life of Pocahontas among many others. [3:27]
Crash Course
Crash Course History of Science #16: The Columbian Exchange
Revolution in Europe during the 1400s through the 1700s came in many forms - political, cultural, religious, and scientific. But we can't fully understand this idea without "exploring" another one - the so-called Age of Exploration. This...
Timelines.tv
Timelines Tv: Smallpox Through Time 06: The Speckled Monster
Video revealing the impact that Smallpox had on human lives and families in 18th-century Britain from an example in Buford, England. [3:56]