Wonderscape
Science Kids: Understanding COVID-19 Variants
This video provides an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the origins of the virus, the impact on society, the development of vaccines, the emergence of variants, and the importance of global cooperation and vaccination in...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Pandemics - a worrying global public health threat
Pandemics are one of the greatest existential threats facing humanity today. Over the last few centuries, we've seen outbreaks and epidemics kill millions of people. From plague in the 14th century to influenza in the 20th century,...
SWPictures
Revolutionary Ultrasound Treatment for Cancer: A Clinical Trial Success Story
The video discusses a clinical trial being conducted at Churchill Hospital in Oxford, where doctors are using high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to treat kidney and liver cancer. The video features David Atwell, a tennis player who...
Science360
GET A CLUE: BIOCHEMIST STUDIES FRUIT FLY TO UNDERSTAND PARKINSON'S DISEASE
In episode 61, Jordan sends Charlie on a scavenger hunt for "clues" on how National Science Foundation-funded researchers at Kansas State are studying the way muscle diseases affect humans. The researchers are studying the fruit fly and...
AllTime 10s
10 Tiny Health Problems That Are Signs Of Impending Doom
Do you find yourself overlooking little medical issues, after all it can sometimes be a real effort to go see a doctor about something that's probably nothing? Well, maybe you shouldn't. Alltime 10s brings you 10 seemingly tiny health...
Mazz Media
Blood Pressure (Measurement and Control)
In this live-action program viewers will learn that blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of arteries and as the heart beats, it creates the pressure exerted by blood, moving blood throughout the circulatory...
Weird History
What Happened After The Polio Vaccine Was Invented?
As a disease that afflicted thousands of children, adolescents, and adults each year, polio was devastating and incurable. Polio led to paralysis and, in many cases, death. With no cure available, vaccination was the only real hope.
STAT
An old disease awakens
The World Health Organization director general said on Monday that the Zika virus outbreak shows the danger posed by dormant diseases that can "wake up".
Visual Learning Systems
Viruses and Monerans: Viral Diseases
Practical examples show how viruses and bacteria are both beneficial and harmful to humans. Animations describe the structure of a virus, and explain how they reproduce and cause disease. Microscopic images illustrate different types and...
AllTime 10s
10 Ways Global Warming Is Already Killing You
Floods, Wildfires... 'Zombie Anthrax'?! If you thought it was just your Grandkids who'd have to deal with the effects of climate change, have we got news for you. Here's 10 Ways Global Warming is Already Killing You.
Professor Dave Explains
Edward Jenner and the Dawn of Immunology
Now that we are past the Renaissance and approaching a more modern era, it's time to quickly touch upon a major advancement in battling pathogens. Edward Jenner invented the smallpox vaccine, which was responsible for eradicating the...
Healthcare Triage
That Pricey New Alzheimer's Drug? Still Not Great
We really need good treatments for Alzheimer's. But Biogen's very expensive and maybe not that effective drug Aduhelm is not the treatment we're looking for. Today we look at the saga of Adulhelm's approval and it's road to acceptance...
Restoration Planet
Bighorns at the Junction: effects of disease
The potentially devastating effects of disease on the Bighorn poulation in Chilcotin. Filmed over a two year period in the rare grasslands of the Chilcotin in British Columbia.
SWPictures
The Deadly Combination: The New TB Epidemic
The Deadly Combination part 4/5: This video highlights the emergence of XDR TB in South Africa and the challenges faced by healthcare workers in treating patients with drug-resistant strains. It also showcases the controversial approach...
TMW Media
Fort Jefferson and The Dry Tortugas National Park
It’s island living we seek on this episode of Travel Thru History! We visit a spectacular chain of islands off the Southern coast of Florida known as the Florida Keys. The keys have a rich history and culture distinct from the Florida...
Science360
Even healthy corals have viruses - Science Nation
Corals are important ecosystem engineers, providing habitat and nutrient recycling to tropical reefs. However, coral species' richness and abundance are in decline worldwide, due in large part to the impacts from global industrialization...
Curated Video
POWs in World War II
This is the untold story of the US servicemen and women held as prisoners of war.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Damon Centola - How Behavior Spreads: The Science of Complex Contagions
Damon Centola is a Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is Director of the Network Dynamics Group. He is a leading world expert on social networks and behavior change. His work...
Healthcare Triage
Should I disinfect my Amazon Deliveries? More Coronavirus Q&A: 4-1-2020
We're answering 40 more coronavirus and COViD19 questions from viewers! You can go to the timecode below to see an answer to a specific question. Stay safe! Wash your hands! 0:00 - Intro 1:47 - Please explain the rationale behind the...
Science360
NSF Science Now 13
This week's episode of NSF Science Now highlights new primate fossil discoveries in Tanzania, the first screening method to detect the early presence of ovarian cancer, a polymer material that more efficiently utilizes solar energy and...
Independent Producers
Corals and Climate Change
What makes up a coral? This audio story takes you to an underwater observatory where a scientist is studying coral reefs. The scientist has found that CO2 in the ocean is making the ocean warmer and dissolving the coral reef system. But...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica Insights: The Coronavirus Pandemic and Research at the ALS Therapy Development Institute
Conversation with Carol O. Hamilton, the Senior Director of Development at the ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI), to find out how they were able to keep their research lab and scientists active during the pandemic.
Next Animation Studio
Chagas disease spread by bite of a kissing bug on the rise in the US
According to a statement from the American Heart Association, Chagas disease has been spreading from Central and South America to the US.
Curated Video
Could a cure for cancer be hiding in your medicine cabinet?
A combination of drugs, including aspirin and statins, are being tested to treat cancer and other illnesses. There is mounting clinical evidence that the "repurposing" of existing drugs could offer effective new treatments.