Healthcare Triage
Why Don't We Invest More in Public Health?
Many, many studies conclude that investing in public health is more effective than continually increasing spending on expensive treatments. So why doesn't the US spend more on public health?
Global Health with Greg Martin
Climate Change - This Week in Global Health
The 5th Episode of This Week in Global Health looks at Climate Change and health.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Hazard 5: Environments
Dr. Brian Crucian, a biological studies and immunology expert, discusses the hazard of hostile and closed environments in space. Crucian serves as the principal investigator for a NASA functional immune study. This is part five of the...
SWPictures
An Injection of Hope: The Importance and Challenges of Vaccination
An Injection of Hope part 2/4: This video discusses the history and impact of vaccines, including their role in eradicating diseases like smallpox and polio. It also highlights the ongoing challenges of getting vaccines to those who need...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Climate change and public health - why Trump should NOT have pulled out of the Paris Agreement
How will climate change impact on public health and global health? This video explores important reasons why climate change will affect population displacement, conflict, infectious disease and more. The impact of climate change on...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Epidemiological transition
Epidemiological transition is the changing patterns of disease (and causes of death) seen in human history. Those of us interested in public health and global health need to understand that this process isn’t over. The epidemiology of...
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,...
Healthcare Triage
Needle Exchanges Help Curb Disease, but Legislators Don't Like Them
For decades, public health experts have known that syringe exchange programs reduce the spread of certain viral infections - like H.I.V.,hepatitis B and hepatitis C - by removing infected needles from circulation.
Global Health with Greg Martin
Tuberculosis and Global Health
In this episode, we take a closer look at Tuberculosis (TB), its epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment. We also look at drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and the relationship between tuberculosis and HIV.
Learning Mole
Infections
A series that is perfect for PHSE and primary school students, each video will cover a dangerous situation and how to go about staying safe if ever students find themselves in these situations. This episode focuses on what to do if you...
Healthcare Triage
The Stuff We Worry About, and the Stuff That Actually Kills Us
What are we worried about in terms of health? What's really gonna kill us? How different is that from the past? All this and more on this week's Healthcare Triage News.
Curated Video
How AI Predicted the Coronavirus Outbreak
Jordan explains how algorithms can be used to predict and monitor disease outbreaks, including in the case of the 2020 Coronavirus, or COVID-19, outbreak.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
History of Pandemics
Learn about the history of pandemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic caused by a new coronavirus.
Science Buddies
Model How Herd Immunity Works
Find out how immunizations can limit the spread of an infectious disease up to a point where the whole population is protected through herd immunity.
SWPictures
Rapid Testing for the Next Pandemic
The video highlights the importance of quickly diagnosing and isolating people carrying infectious diseases to prevent their global spread. It introduces a small machine called the Micro Kit, designed by Professor Jackie Ying and her...
The Wall Street Journal
Deep Dive: The Big Shift in AI-Driven Care
Can algorithms trained on data detect and diagnose diseases like Covid-19 better than humans? Tech executives discuss the potential of AI-driven tools to help in detecting and preventing medical conditions.
SWPictures
Netherlands: Smelly Feet Fighting Malaria
The video discusses how scientists have discovered that mosquitoes are attracted to the smell of human feet due to the bacteria on the skin. The video features interviews with the researchers and footage of their experiments.
The Wall Street Journal
On The Frontlines With The Chan Zuckerburg Initiative
Priscilla Chan, co-founder and co-CEO of the Chan Zuckerberg initiative and Technology Editor Yun-Hee Kim discuss how technology can be better utilized to respond to Covid-19 at WSJ Tech Live.
SWPictures
KILL OR CURE - The Battle for a Vaccine
We investigate why pneumococcal disease is a major global health problem, killing more than 800,000 children every year. In industrialised nations a vaccine has dramatically reduced child deaths caused by the disease. Now scientists have...
Curated Video
Hablemos de distanciamiento social. (Let's Talk About Social Distancing)
Hablemos de distanciamiento social es un programa de video diseñado para abordar las preguntas y preocupaciones que los niños tienen sobre las reglas de distanciamiento físico. Los espectadores aprenderán que el distanciamiento social es...
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Principles of Treatment of Infectious Diseases
It describes the common manifestations of infectious diseases and various approaches to treat diseases.
Global Health with Greg Martin
How to create an epidemic curve
Epidemic curves are an important component of the public health and global health toolbox. During an outbreak of an infectious disease, public health professionals and epidemiologists create visual representations of the onset of illness...
Curated Video
White Blood Cells
This live-action video program is about white blood cells. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Know how to interpret an epidemic curve
Epidemic curves are a visual representation of the onset of cases in an outbreak. In this video Dr Greg Martin explains how to interpret and epidemic curve for point source outbreaks, common source outbreaks and propagated outbreaks....