Bloomberg
Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine `Much Easier to Distribute': Lancet Editor
Nov.19 -- Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet medical journal, comments on a study which showed that a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc produced a strong immune responses in older adults....
Press Association
Expert on benefit of UK delaying second vaccine dose
Oksana Pyzik of University College London gives an overview as to why a twelve-week gap between coronavirus vaccine doses has benefited the UK, despite it being seen as controversial to begin with.
Bloomberg
No Need for Covid Booster Shots Yet: Johns Hopkins' Pekosz
Jun.18 -- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor and Virologist Andrew Pekosz says the U.S. is in a good place when it comes to controlling Covid-19 infections. The Bloomberg School of Public Health is supported by...
Curated Video
COVID-19 vaccine testing in people gets underway
U.S. researchers gave the first shot to the first person in a test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine Monday -- leading off a worldwide hunt for protection even as the pandemic surges.
Curated Video
Look Inside A Lab Racing To Develop A Coronavirus Vaccine
Researchers at a lab in Maryland might soon have a vaccine to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.
Curated Video
COVID-19 vaccine testing in people gets underway
U.S. researchers gave the first shot to the first person in a test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine Monday -- leading off a worldwide hunt for protection even as the pandemic surges.
Bloomberg
Virus Update: The Race to Find a Vaccine for Covid-19
Apr.22 -- Bloomberg Intelligence's Sam Fazeli wraps up the latest efforts by European drug companies, academics and scientists to find a vaccine for the Covid-19 virus. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
Bloomberg
Covid Variants a Reminder That Pandemic Is Global: Johns Hopkins
Jan.29 -- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor and Virologist Andrew Pekosz discusses nationalization of vaccines and the efficacy of vaccines against variants. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Francine Lacqua on...
Curated Video
Oxford Researchers Focus On COVID-19 Reinfection
Researchers are injecting patients with COVID-19 to get a better understanding of the virus.
Bloomberg
WHO Advisor: Don't Ease Restrictions Until Young Are Vaccinated
Aug.22 -- After a weekend of record new cases in New South Wales state and spreading outbreaks in Victoria state and in New Zealand, University of NSW Professor Mary-Louise McLaws discusses the delta variant that's upending COVID...
Bloomberg
BioNTech Should Be Able to Increase Vaccine Output: CEO
Mar.09 -- BioNTech SE CEO Ugur Sahin says the company and its U.S. partner Pfizer could further increase Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity in 2022, depending on demand. He speaks with Bloomberg's Matt Miller.
Bloomberg
More Covid Variants to Come After Omicron: Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor and Virologist Andrew Pekosz discusses the likelihood of future Covid-19 variants on "Bloomberg Surveillance." The Bloomberg School of Public Health is supported by Michael R....
Bloomberg
Oxford Begins Trial to Reinfect Recovered Covid-19 Patients
Apr.19 -- University of Oxford Professor of Vaccinology Helen McShane discusses the school’s study that will reinfect recovered Covid-19 patients to study how to develop more effective vaccines against the pathogen. She speaks on...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : In French church, great bats the subject of scientific study
In the middle of the night, the nave of a Breton church resounds with shrill chirps: the building is hosting an annual check-up of great bats, one of the 1,400 species of bats demonised by humans who do not know what they owe them...
Curated Video
UK paediatrician on rare children's syndrome
Doctors in Britain, Italy, and Spain have been warned to look out for a rare inflammatory condition in children that is possibly linked to the new coronavirus.
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Human Body Videos: Immune System
Watch as antibodies in the blood stream prevent pathogens from attaching to healthy red blood cells, and mark them for destruction by macrophages. (Length: 53 sec.)
Curated OER
Kids Health: Immune Cells
Check out this entertaining and informative animation. The animation specifically shows the series of steps that must take place for immune cells to deal with a cold virus. The movie does mistakenly call a virus a cell, but otherwise is...
Other
Osmosis: Type Ii Hypersensitivity (Cytotoxic Hypersensitivity)
What is type II hypersensitivity? This video discusses five mechanisms of cellular damage, including via the complement pathway, opsonization and phagocytosis, and antibody-mediated cellular dysfunction. [9:04]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Types of Immune Responses
Immune responses including innate, adoptive, humoral and cell-mediated. [8:07]
AsapSCIENCE
Asap Science: Does Being Cold Make You Sick?
Can being cold give you a cold? Learn what is really happening in your body when you get chilled.
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Immune System
Paul Andersen explains how your body protects itself from invading viruses and bacteria. He starts by describing the nonspecific immune responses of skin and inflammation. He then explains how we use antibodies to disrupt the function of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Body Systems: Self vs. Non Self Immunity
Understand the difference between self and non-self immunity. [14:28]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: White Blood Cells: Defense and Immunity: Lesson 1
This lesson will describe how white blood cells play a role in defending our body's defense. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "White Blood Cells: Defense and Immunity."