SciShow
Have an Autoimmune Disease? Blame the Black Death
The bubonic plague killed so many people in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa that that natural selection event is still rippling through our genomes today. But the same genes that helped your ancestors survive the Black Death...
SciShow
The Impact of Diseases | Disease Ecology Explained
Guest Dr. Angie Luis is here to tell Hank about what happens when wildlife spreads diseases to humans—as we know from history, it can get ugly. Joining them is Jessi, who brings some wildlife that's totally unproblematic! Learn more with...
Curated Video
Mosquito-borne illnesses hit New Delhi
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION – AP CLIENTS ONLYNew Delhi - 21 September 20161. Various of patients on stretchers and beds in hospital2. Pan from piece of paper on window reading (English) "Fever Clinic"...
Curated Video
ZAIRE: KINSHASA: EBOLA VIRUS UPDATE
English/Nat
Across Zaire, families are trying to reach relatives in Kikwit, a city in the central African nation of Zaire that is infected by a killer virus. Locals call it the 'red diarrhea'.
The World Health Organization confirmed...
Curated Video
WHO addresses cholera outbreak in Yemen
LEAD IN:A cholera outbreak has gripped war-torn Yemen.The Al-Sabeen Maternity and Children Hospital in Sanaa has seen a rise in cases among children.STORY-LINE:In the past few days, eight cases have been discovered in the Al-Sabeen...
Curated Video
Children in hospital with suspected bird flu
1. Wide exterior of hospital
2. Corridor in ward
3. Various of medical staff in protective clothing
4. Various of children with suspected bird flu in ward
5. Set-up shot of Hoang Thuy Long, director of Vietnam's National Institute of...
Curated Video
Gunmen kill several women working on polio vaccination campaign
Karachi
1. Tracking shot of body of UN-backed polio vaccination team member being carried on stretcher at Abbasi Sheed Hospital, other bodies around
2. Mid of body on stretcher, hospital staff and cameraman around it
3. Wide of bodies on...
Curated Video
Nearly 4 years into his papacy, Pope criticised for being 'out of touch'
Tarquinia, Italy - March 25, 2009
1. Wide church of San Francesco in Tarquinia
2. Mid nuns entering church
3. Wide of procession entering church
4. Close of Archbishop Raymond Burke
5. Archbishop and priests
6. Close up priest kissing...
Curated Video
Thai airlines promises cash for SARS victims
Washington, DC, 2 June 2003
1. Wide of IATA panel
2. Lufthansa Chairman and CEO Jurgen Weber and Singapore Airlines CEO Choong Kong Cheong listening
3. Audience listening
4. Cheong walking to podium
5. SOUNDBITE (English), Singapore...
Curated Video
Mexico imposes ban on US chicken imports
1. Wide shot of press conference
2. Close up of presentation slide
3. Cutaway of reporters
4. Wide shot of speakers
5. SOUNDBTIE (Spanish) Dr. Javier Trujillo, National Health and Agricultural Services Director:
"This illness that has...
Curated Video
Water still in short supply, agencies drill boreholes
1. Pan from children cheering and jumping up and down to borehole drilling rig
2. Tilt down from drilling tower
3. Various of man operating drilling machine
4. Machine drilling
5. Water splashing from the ground
6. Various of people...
Curated Video
Chief executive admits SARS response too slow
SHOWS18 April 20031. Extreme wide shot Hong Kong's Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, posing with local leaders2. Close up of Tung posing3. Mid of Tung posing with leaders4. Camera cutaway5. Wide of Tung beginning press conference6....
Curated Video
Cholera on the rise in Haiti
The deputy medical coordinator of Doctors Without Borders in Haiti said on Saturday at least 18 people were being treated for cholera at a Jeremie hospital. The Pan American Health Organization and others warned of a surge in cholera...
Associated Press
Dozens of bodies found in trucks at NY funeral home
Police were called to a Brooklyn funeral home Wednesday after it resorted to storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks.
Crash Course
How Do We Know We're Sick? Crash Course Outbreak Science
Sometimes, diagnosing patients is pretty easy, but other times... not so much. Luckily, in a medical setting we have tools that can help us figure out what's wrong with patients, and how to help them. In this episode of Crash Course...
TED Talks
TED: Is the pandemic actually over? It's complicated | Anthony Fauci
Be spreaders of facts and truths, says scientist and immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci. Having advised seven US presidents on various disease outbreaks including COVID-19, he shares insights on the present and future of pandemics, backed up...
SciShow
6 Diseases That Have Shaped Human History
Infectious diseases have had some pretty major impacts on human history… and that’s putting it mildly. Here are 6 diseases that shaped human history
TED Talks
Seth Berkley: HIV and flu -- the vaccine strategy
Seth Berkley explains how smart advances in vaccine design, production and distribution are bringing us closer than ever to eliminating a host of global threats -- from AIDS to malaria to flu pandemics.
SciShow
Disease Ecology | SciShow Talk Show
Dr. Angie Luis is here to tell Hank about wildlife that spread diseases to humans, and Jessi brings some wildlife that don’t.
SciShow
How to Avoid Corpse-Flavored Water
As organisms decompose their chemical and bacterial components can leach into the surrounding ground and water. The bodies buried in cemeteries are no exception.
Crash Course
How Can Infrastructure Help Us Stop Outbreaks? Crash Course Outbreak Science
When you think about the technology that helps us prevent outbreaks, what do you think of? Vaccines? Lab tests? Medications? What about toilets? That's right! Toilets are an important piece of technology that can help us prevent...
TED Talks
Jaap de Roode: How butterflies self-medicate
Just like us, the monarch butterfly sometimes gets sick thanks to a nasty parasite. But biologist Jaap de Roode noticed something interesting about the butterflies he was studying — infected female butterflies would choose to lay their...
Crash Course
Why Do Outbreaks Affect People Unequally? Crash Course Outbreak Science
We’re all susceptible to infectious disease of some kind or other, but not everyone is equally likely to be the victim of an outbreak. The fact is, inequalities both between and within communities mean that some people are at higher risk...
TED Talks
Paul Ewald: Can we domesticate germs?
Evolutionary biologist Paul Ewald drags us into the sewer to discuss germs. Why are some more harmful than others? How could we make the harmful ones benign? Searching for answers, he examines a disgusting, fascinating case: diarrhea.