Curated Video
Pelosi defends $3T virus aid: Americans 'worth it'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended the stunning $3 trillion price of tag of Democrats' pandemic relief package Wednesday as what's needed to confront the "villainous virus" and economic collapse.
Curated Video
Pandemic puts stranglehold on DC metro ridership
The coronavirus pandemic has canceled many morning commutes to Washington DC and as a result the ridership on the metropolitan train system has hit historic lows.
Curated Video
Fauci: Too early opening could be 'really serious'
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Brazil health workers honour their colleagues
Health workers paid homage to their colleagues, victims of the COVID-19, during the International Nurse' Day on Tuesday in São Paulo .
Curated Video
Immigrants deliver food to workers hit by pandemic
Every afternoon, Sandra Pérez and Francisco Ramírez go over their list of fellow New Yorkers who need help because of the coronavirus pandemic. Some are sick. Others lost jobs, but have children to feed. Others are elderly or disabled....
Curated Video
Rio family mourns loss of nurse to coronavirus
A warrior, that's how Tainá dos Santos described her mother Ana Maria, a 56-year-old nursing assistant who died last weekend, a victim of the new coronavirus.
Bloomberg
Powell Has Mostly Run the Fed From Home During Pandemic
Apr.21 -- Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell talks about the lessons he's learned while running the Fed during the pandemic. He appears on the latest episode of "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations." The interview...
Curated Video
U.S. Vaccinations Ramp Up As Delta Variant Spreads
The White House said last week was the strongest week of first-time vaccinations since early June.
TED-Ed
How Pandemics Spread
An eerie hand-drawn-style animation narrates how diseases are dispersed on a global scale. Although the content can strike fear in the hearts of viewers, it ends by noting how science has provided a way to minimize impact by identifying...
PBS
Suffrage | Soldier and Citizen
A short video explores the impact of World War I and the post-war Influenza pandemic on suffragists' efforts to gain support for the 19th amendment. Also included is information about the role of the Army Nurse Corps and the segregation...
Be Smart
Could You Be Immune to Everything?
Could super immunity be the next big super power? Discover the amazing inner workings of the immune system through an engaging video from an interesting science playlist. Animated antibodies take on a variety of pathogenic invaders while...
Crash Course
Disease! Crash Course World History 203
International exploration and trade have largely carved out the world we know now. However, these historical movements often contributed to widespread pandemics of diseases, including the Bubonic Plague and other regional illnesses that...
TED-Ed
What We Know (and Don't Know) about Ebola
Most people know that Ebola is a deadly virus that they want to avoid, but understand very little about the disease itself. This short video hopes to change that by explaining how the virus affects the body, the symptoms it causes,...
TED-Ed
The Past, Present and Future of the Bubonic Plague
It may be startling to know that the same bacteria responsible for the Bubonic Plague in the mid-fourteenth century still exists today. But don't worry, this video examines the causes and effects of the Black Death, and why the disease...
TED-Ed
HIV and Flu -- The Vaccine Strategy
What is the biggest threat to a mass number of humans? Not natural disasters, but rather, pandemics! With a lecture and slide show, the speaker discusses how medical technology in the form of vaccines is bringing an end to suffering and...
PBS
Pbs: Predicting Pandemics
A discussion of how to fight the swine flu pandemic and the fear we have of it. One of the most prominent figures in world health addresses issues which include 'how high tech tools are making it easier for scientists to detect global...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Simulating an Outbreak of Pandemic Flu
What can simulations of a flu outbreak in the city of Chicago teach us about how to better respond to a real-world pandemic?