Curated Video
Biological Vectors and Infectious Diseases
REAL WORLD SCIENCE: Biological Vectors and Infectious Diseases Using incredible videography, photos, animation and graphics, this information-packed video introduces students to biological vectors. Viewers will learn that biological...
FuseSchool
What Are Pathogens?
A pathogen is a microorganism that can cause disease. Pathogens may be viruses, bacteria, protists or fungi. Examples of bacteria infections are cholera, typhoid, food poisoning and gonorrhoea. Examples of viral infections are the flu...
Weird History
How One Doctor Attempted To Get Peers To Wash Hands
In the 19th century, physicians argued that Victorian hospitals offered modern, scientific care. But in Vienna, one doctor realized physicians were inadvertently ending the lives of their patients. That's because 19th-century medical...
Curated Video
Introduction to Acupuncture
This video provides an overview of acupuncture as an alternative treatment method. The video discusses the origins of acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine and its belief in the flow of energy called Chi along pathways called...
Step Back History
The AIDS Crisis: "How Many Beautiful Friends Died"
Today, we need to talk about one of the largest medical disasters in recent history that we almost never talk about. Let's talk about the people who thought they would die, had the state do nothing, and fought like hell to demand their...
Professor Dave Explains
Bacterial Pathogenesis How Bacteria Cause Damage
So we know that there are unbelievable numbers of bacteria inside of us, and some of them are good. So what about the bad ones? What do those do? How do they harm us, exactly? What defenses do we have against them? Let's take a look!
Curated Video
A potential cure for HIV
Scientists have developed a therapeutic vaccine for HIV which has the potential to create a functional cure for the disease. Here's how it works
Catalyst University
Anatomy | First, Second, and Third Degree Burns
In this video, we will differentiate the three classes of skin burns: first, second, and third
Professor Dave Explains
Anthrax Bacillus anthracis
Most of us know about anthrax either because of the terrorism involving sending anthrax in the mail, or because of the metal band by the same name. But let's get a closer look at the actual bacterium, Bacillus anthracis.
Iesha Learning
What are STIs?
In this video, young people learn about the different types of sexually transmitted infections and how they are transmitted.
Healthcare Triage
Myths About IUDs
Last week I talked about IUDs. But there are still a number of myths and misperceptions about them. I covered some of them in my last book, "Don't Put That in There, and 69 other sex myths debunked". But all of you didn't buy the book....
Next Animation Studio
Noroviruses explained
Noroviruses are a group of viruses better known as winter vomiting disease. Infection with these viruses affects the stomach, causing gastroenteritis. Noroviruses are found in the stool or vomit of infected people and transmitted...
Curated Video
The Role of White Blood Cells in the Immune System
The video provides an explanation of how the immune system works to defend the body against infection from pathogens, using white blood cells. It focuses on two types of white blood cells, phagocytes and lymphocytes, describing their...
Curated Video
Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases: Understanding the Types and Impacts
This video is a lecture presentation on communicable and non-communicable diseases. The presenter defines what a disease is and explains the difference between communicable and non-communicable diseases. The video also discusses the...
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Various types diseases
It describes communicable and non-communicable; acute and chronic; congenital and acquired; and endemic, epidemic and pandemic diseases.
Brave Wilderness
Snake Bite First-Aid
n this episode of On Location, Coyote demonstrates some snake bite first-aid! Hopefully you’ll never need to use it! *Coyote's demonstration of his snake bite first aid is solely his opinion and should not be considered an official...
Ancient Lights Media
What are viruses?
Understanding Viruses - Viruses/Immunity Set - Part 1. This clip offers a simplified look at how viruses are structured and how they infect living host cells.
Professor Dave Explains
Poliomyelitis (Poliovirus)
Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by the poliovirus, which has the ability to infect motor neurons in the spinal cord and cause paralysis. American President Franklin Roosevelt was famously crippled by polio. The poliovirus exists in a...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring the Bacteria Kingdoms
This video provides a brief introduction to bacteria and their role in causing infections. It also mentions the existence of different types of bacteria, such as those found in harsh environments like hot springs and deep ocean areas....
Professor Dave Explains
Zika Virus (Genus Flavivirus)
Zika is a virus that has been making the news lately, particularly due to its capacity for in utero transmission in pregnant women which has the potential to cause a birth defect called microcephaly. What is this virus? Where did it come...
Professor Dave Explains
Routes of Viral Transmission
Now we know a bit more about how viruses interact with cells, whether those are bacterial cells, or animal cells, such as ours. But how do they gain access to our cells in the first place? How do viruses get inside the human body? Let's...
Next Animation Studio
Coronavirus continues to spread amid Lunar New Years celebrations
Lunar New Years’ festivities pose a great challenge for the Chinese government as it tries to contain the Wuhan coronavirus.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Medical Inventions from War: The American Civil War
Learn more about how amputation of injured limbs saved the lives of soldiers during the American Civil War.
FuseSchool
What Are Vaccinations?
Vaccinations protect both humans and animals from a wide range of preventable and potentially serious illnesses. With vaccines, we take advantage of one of the most important aspects of the immune system: the ability to develop...