TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The epidemics that almost happened | George Zaidan
In 2013, an Ebola outbreak began in Guinea. The country had no formal response system and the outbreak became the largest Ebola epidemic in recorded history. Guinea then completely overhauled their response system, and were able to...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What is a poop transplant, and how does it work? | Kathryn M. Stephenson and David L. Suskind
1,700 years ago, Chinese alchemist Ge Hong was renowned for his soup that could cure diarrhea-stricken patients. It had a surprising secret ingredient: feces. While it might seem unwise to consume feces, exciting new research suggests...
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What’s behind a severe decline in Florida’s citrus harvest
Oranges have long been synonymous with Florida, as a key element of the state’s economy. But this year, Florida projects the worst citrus harvest since the Great Depression, threatening a way of life for many. William Brangham reports on...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What happens if an engineered virus escapes the lab? | TED-Ed
Since the 1970s, researchers have engineered superbugs. While this research could help us prepare for future outbreaks, the stakes of this work are extremely high: if even one dangerous virus escaped a lab, it could cause a global...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Ethical dilemma: Should we get rid of mosquitoes? | Talya Hackett
Mosquitoes are responsible for more human deaths every year than any other animal, but very few of the 3,500 mosquito species actually transmit deadly diseases to humans. Scientists have been conducting experiments using engineered...
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NFL Concussions
Earlier Signs of Concussion Effects in NFL Players' Brains - Concussions and other frequent head injuries have grown as a major health concern for professional football players. Jeffrey Brown reports on a new, preliminary study that...
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Italian olive trees are withering from this deadly bacteria
The Salento region in southern Italy is synonymous with its renowned olive groves, some of which are thousands of years old. But a deadly bacteria, which causes trees to wither, is threatening a critical part of Salento's livelihood and...
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The 'silent massacre' killing El Salvador's sugarcane workers
A mysterious, chronic kidney disease is wreaking havoc on farm workers in Central America, particularly those who harvest sugar. Despite the risks, Salvadoran cane cutters continue the grueling work, pushed by economic troubles. Special...
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Fighting Malaria In The Remote Reaches Of Cambodia
Malaria causes nearly half a million deaths worldwide every year. Ninety percent of them are in sub-Saharan Africa, where poor infrastructure limits delivery of drugs. But now there is worry that those drugs are losing effectiveness as...
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How a volunteer surgical team in Rwanda chooses which patients to save
Rheumatic heart disease develops when strep throat goes untreated. It causes an estimated 275,000 premature deaths per year, mostly youth in developing countries like Rwanda, where antibiotics are rarely available. Surgery is the only...
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Dance Helps Parkinson's Patients Harness Therapeutic Power of Movement
Special correspondent Dave Iverson looks a unique program that uses dance as therapy for people with Parkinson's disease.
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Can Uganda Block Ebola’S Spread From Neighboring Congo?
Eastern parts of Democratic Republic of Congo are suffering from the second-worst outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in history, with more than 500 dead so far. Neighboring Uganda is watching with concern as the crisis unfolds, wary of...
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NIH's Francis Collins On How Americans Can Take Responsibility Amid Spreading Virus
Coronavirus is spreading across the United States more widely than it did in previous waves. U.S. hospitalizations rose 40 percent in the past month and increased across 38 states during the past week. The country saw more than 75,000...
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Self-empowerment is sweet for diabetes patients in innovative program
Empowering diabetes patients to feel like they can change their health is the goal of Project Dulce, an innovative program in San Diego that has been held up as a national model. It combines peer counseling, guidance from physicians and...
Curated Video
Coping With Alzheimer's: A Mother & Daughter Portrait Of Long-Term Care (May 30, 2013)
After being diagnosed with Alzheimer's, professional artist Mary Wyant slowly lost her ability to paint and the ability to take care of herself. Ray Suarez examines the story of Mary and her daughter Rebecca, who is now her mother's...
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To improve patients' diets, the doctor is in the kitchen
More and more primary care doctors are using the kitchen as the place to prescribe a powerful medicine: healthy food. With poor diets linked to many deaths from preventable diseases, research has found that changing diet and becoming...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What is schizophrenia? - Anees Bahji
Schizophrenia was first identified more than a century ago, but we still don’t know its exact causes. It remains one of the most misunderstood and stigmatized illnesses today. So what do we actually know about its symptoms, causes, and...
TED Talks
Rebecca Brachman: A new class of drug that could prevent depression and PTSD
Current treatments for depression and PTSD only suppress symptoms, if they work at all. What if we could prevent these diseases from developing altogether? Neuroscientist and TED Fellow Rebecca Brachman shares the story of her team's...
Crash Course
What Is Outbreak Culture? Crash Course Outbreak Science
When we think of how we respond to outbreaks, we often think of physical things like vaccines or medicines, but there is another factor that is just as critical to understand: culture! Culture determines how we collaborate and use the...
SciShow
The Unsung Scientist Behind the Building Blocks of DNA | Marie M. Daly
Our understanding of both clogged arteries and the building blocks of DNA are thanks to the groundbreaking work of Dr. Marie M. Daly, the first Black woman in the U.S. to receive a Ph. D. in chemistry.
TED Talks
TED: How COVID-19 transformed the future of medicine | Daniel Kraft
The pandemic forced the world to work together like never before and, with unprecedented speed, bore a new age of health and medical innovation. Physician-scientist Daniel Kraft explains how breakthroughs and advancements like AI-infused...
SciShow
What the CRISPR Embryo Editing Study Really Taught Us
What did the recent study using the CRISPR gene editing technique actually entail, and what did we learn from it?
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Why Some DNA Is Selfish
Your DNA is a part of you, but it might not share your sense of who's numero uno.
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The Problem with Bee Venom Therapy
Does bee venom therapy work? Stings cause pain, itching, or even death in some people, so how might potential benefits outweigh the risks?