What makes HIV the world's most deadly virus? Its abilities to constantly evolve and to attack the body's immune system lie at the heart of its deadly nature. Biology - Cells And DNA - Learning Points. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)...

Find out why the Tasmanian devil is fighting for its life and facing extinction... Biology - Adaptation And Evolution - Learning Points. The Tasmanian devil is a small, carnivorous marsupial. Tasmanian devils are native to the Australian...

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Join us as we explore the incredible life and groundbreaking discoveries of Louis Pasteur, the father of microbiology. From his early experiments in fermentation to his development of pasteurization, Pasteur's work revolutionized science...

Meningitis is a potentially severe illness that involves inflammation of the protective membranes, known as meninges, covering the brain and spinal cord. This condition can be caused by a variety of organisms, including bacteria,...

Delve into the body's immune response against viral infections and the vital role of vaccines in disease prevention. Understand how symptoms like fever and coughing signal the immune system's battle against viruses, and explore the...

Discover the origins of COVID-19, named for its discovery in 2019, and the ongoing efforts to develop a vaccine. Learn essential safety measures like frequent handwashing, mask-wearing, and social distancing to slow the virus's spread...

The day has finally come: We have covid vaccines for kids under five. There are lots of questions and a few concerns. Let’s address them! <br/>

The surprising approval of the extremely expensive and maybe not that effective drug Aduhelm has been dominating the conversation around Alzheimer's treatments in recent memory. Today, we're getting positive and talking about a very...

Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, strikes fear into the hearts of parents, especially those with very young babies. It’s not very kind to other compromised populations, either. We’ve been working toward a vaccine for a long time, and...

RFK Jr. is claiming that scientists do not test vaccines with placebo-controlled trials, specifically against a saline placebo, and that all he’s asking for is that they are tested this way, as all other medicines are.



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We love some good vaccine data, and we were pretty excited to see a new, long-term study published this month on cervical cancer outcomes after the HPV vaccine.

Measles is really contagious and can easily spread in pockets of unvaccinated people. In February 2024 a health advisory was issued by the Florida Department of Health in Broward County to warn the public about several confirmed cases of...

Fentanyl is many times more potent than heroin or morphine, and is responsible for a lot of overdose deaths. Recent news reports have covered a potential fentanyl vaccine - how does that work, and how far are we from human trials?<br/>

Cancer prevention is a major goal in health research, and one major milestone was the HPV vaccine, which targets a virus that is responsible for different types of cancer, mainly cervical cancer. Now we’ve got some recent excitement in...

After 40 years of trying, why don’t we have an HIV vaccine? Did you know that even without a vaccine, we have antiviral medication that is 99 percent effective at preventing HIV? So why isn’t that good enough? The U.S. and the world have...

Now that children are back in school, they could be bringing home COVID-19 along with their homework. A vaccine could change that. Alok and Sheena explain the vaccine development process and address key issues and questions that are...

Thousands of cases of monkeypox have been reported in countries where, historically, the virus is not endemic. But this virus isn’t new. In fact, Monkeypox is currently endemic in parts of West and Central Africa and scientists have...

Malaria kills a lot of people every year, and many of those people are young children. Developing a vaccine against this deadly disease has been a long and difficult journey, but there’s been a breakthrough! While we are still working...

This video discusses how happiness, particularly in the context of a happy marriage, can impact immune response to the flu vaccine. Research conducted at the University of Birmingham found that individuals in happy marriages showed a...

Microbiologists at Bradford University are making strides in developing a potential vaccine to protect newborn babies from deadly bacterial infections like pneumonia and meningitis. By focusing on lipoproteins found on Group B...

This video discusses the testing of an experimental vaccine for the bird flu virus at the University of Rochester Medical Centre. Preliminary results show the vaccine to be safe and effective against the H5N1 strain. The US government...

Researchers at the University of Bath have developed a groundbreaking iontophoresis technique that allows substances to be delivered into the body without the need for needles. This innovative method offers a less invasive way to...

The National Institute of Biological Standards and Control is a leading research facility in the UK, responsible for developing vaccines and setting standards for biological medicines worldwide. With a history dating back to the 1920s...