Institute for New Economic Thinking
Prosperity for All
How do we make economic development work for everyone? William Easterly (Professor of Economics @New York University and Co-director @NYU DRI) discusses the critical successes and failures of nations in the evolving global economy.
Vlogbrothers
On Immunity, Inoculation, and Individuals
In which John, inspired by Eula Biss's book On Immunity, considers how immunity and inoculation happen. Other topics discussed include vaccination, the relationship between individual efforts and collaboration, and what must be shared to...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Communication Professor Reacts to Bill Gates Interview on PBS
Communication Professor reacts to Bill Gates's interview answers about Jeffrey Epstein on PBS with Judy Woodruff. His body language and nonverbal cues augment his awkward verbal responses.
Science360
SILK PROTEINS FOR MORE STABLE VACCINES
Almost all vaccines on the market require refrigeration to remain viable, including during transport. Continuous cooling is expensive and especially challenging in developing countries. To solve this problem, Vaxess Technologies Inc., a...
Financial Times
Covid-19 and the business of vaccines
The FT explains the business models behind vaccines and asks if the Covid-19 pandemic will fundamentally change the vaccine market. This short documentary features global experts including Bill Gates, the CEOs of Moderna and Gavi, and...
Healthcare Triage
How Vaccines Work with Your Immune System
Part three of our six-part series on vaccinations, supported by the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, dives into the immune system. We explore some of the ins and outs of this system, how it responds to viruses,...
Healthcare Triage
A Variety of Vaccines: A History of Vaccine Development
Part two of our six-part series on vaccinations, supported by the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, explores the history of vaccine development following the world’s first vaccination.
Global Health with Greg Martin
R0 and vaccine coverage. How to use a COVID-19 vaccine to get to herd immunity and beat Coronavirus
R0 (the basic reproductive number) tells us more than just how many people will be infected in a totally susceptible population. It can be used to calculate the how much vaccine coverage is needed to get to herd immunity. As COVID-19...
Financial Times
Coronavirus: the race between vaccines and new variants
Anna Gross lays out the threat new variants of the disease pose to the UK's vaccination programme. The hopes of the rest of the world could rest upon whether Britain succeeds in its target of 15m vaccinations by mid-February.
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Viruses: The Science Behind Human Infections
The video is an informative piece about viruses and their impact on living things, specifically humans. It explains what a virus is, how it reproduces and infects cells, and the sheer number of viruses that can exist in a single drop of...
Healthcare Triage
Vaccines and Herd Immunity
In the last few years the rates of vaccine preventable illness have been on the rise. This isn't just something that's happening in the United States - it's happening throughout the world. Often, these outbreaks begin with unvaccinated...
Brains On
Flu Vaccines
Fall in North America, the start of flu season, is when many people receive their yearly flu vaccine. The flu shot differs from other vaccines, such as measles or mumps, which are generally given only once during a person’s lifetime. The...
FuseSchool
Gene Technology
Gene technology includes a range of activities that take advantage of genetic variation, modifying genes and transferring genes to new hosts. It includes genetic engineering and genetic testing. Gene technology is the term given to a...
Curated Video
Modern Medicine
Learn about the bizarre and often dangerous medical treatments used in America up until the 20th century.
Professor Dave Explains
The Immune System: Innate Defenses and Adaptive Defenses
There are so many critters out there, bacteria and viruses that want to wreak havoc in our bodies. How do we defend ourselves against such tiny threats? The immune system! This is quite possibly the most profoundly remarkable aspect of...
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...
Curated Video
How to defeat malaria
Malaria still kills around 400,000 people a year. Efforts to eradicate the disease have stalled because of drug resistance—but pioneering gene-editing technology might offer a new solution
Global Health with Greg Martin
Health Systems (part II)
In this episode we'll be continuing our look at health systems, talking about how countries plan their procurement and supply chain management of products for healthcare, governance and leadership.
Professor Dave Explains
Pharmaceutical Drugs: Inhibitors and the Nature of Disease
We live in a time where there is much skepticism towards modern medicine. This stems purely from ignorance, however, and there are those who capitalize on this to sell an unbelievable array of alternative medicines that, almost without...
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...
Ancient Lights Media
How do vaccines work?
Understanding Vaccines - Viruses/Immunity Set - Part 4. This clips examines how vaccines are made and how they are able to produce immunity to infectious diseases.
Visual Learning Systems
Active and Passive Immunity Explained
This video explains the two main types of immunity - active and passive. Also, the video highlights the importance of vaccines in developing immunity and how they have greatly improved human life. Investigating the Immune System part 6/9
Curated Video
What will the economy under a new Trump administration look like?
Scott Bessent, who was tapped to serve as the next treasury secretary, will be a key figure in the Trump administration tasked with helping improve the economy. (Scripps News)
Curated Video
'This is completely nuts': Doctor reacts to RFK Jr.'s nomination to lead HHS
Robert F. Kennedy's stance on reforming federal health agencies does have some merit, but a doctor believes Kennedy's efforts could go too far. (Scripps News)