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?