Khan Academy: Catching and Spreading the Flu

Learn about the three types of influenza virus (Type A, Type B, and Type C) and what makes them differ from one another. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. These videos do not provide medical...

Learn how antiviral drugs help people fight diseases like the flu. [13:49]

Find out how the flu spreads from person to person, and who is at the greatest risk of getting complications of the flu. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy.

Find out just how useful the flu vaccine actually is at preventing the flu! Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. These videos do not provide medical advice and are for informational purposes only....

Learn the difference between the cold and the flu, and how we sometimes can get fooled by viruses. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. [12:46]

Learn about the three types of influenza virus (Type A, Type B, and Type C) and what makes them different from one another. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. [8:16]

An explanation of the antiviral drugs, Oseltamivir and Zanamivir, which can be use to treat and help prevent the flu.

An explanation of when testing for influenza makes sense, and the most common test that is used.

We've all heard of H1N1 or H3N2; now you can understand what all of those names mean and find out why they are helpful in keeping track of the different flu viruses! [9:54]

Learn about how the flu vaccine is made every year in this video, Explore how the World Health Organization chooses what strains the of the flu should vrus should be included to protect most people. [9:17]