Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
The Antibiotic Apocalypse Explained
Antibiotic resistance encompasses one of the world's most pressing public health problems. The video explains how antibiotics work and why humans are becoming resistant to them. It expands on the idea of antibiotic resistance and options...
Deep Look
Can the Frog Apocalypse be Stopped by a New "Vaccine"?
Thanks to chytrid fungus, the list of endangered and extinct amphibians has grown by around 200 species. The video details how the fungus attacks frogs, specifically the yellow-legged mountain frogs in California. It then offers hope...
MinuteEarth
How Risky Are Vaccines?
Are vaccines protection from infection — or are they risky business? Learners weigh the pros and cons in a short, animated video. The narrator discusses the many illnesses eradicated through world-wide use of vaccines and sheds light on...
MinuteEarth
Why Are There Dangerous Ingredients In Vaccines?
How does a cocktail of aluminum, formaldehyde, and an infectious disease keep you healthy? Science scholars explore the composition and role of vaccines in a short video that explains how vaccines interact with our immune systems, why...
TED-Ed
How Do Germs Spread (and Why Do They Make Us Sick)?
Much the chagrin of mothers around the world, germs are everywhere; it's unavoidable. Learn how these microscopic invaders have evolved different ways of spreading from one host to another with this short instructional video.
TED-Ed
HIV and Flu -- The Vaccine Strategy
What is the biggest threat to a mass number of humans? Not natural disasters, but rather, pandemics! With a lecture and slide show, the speaker discusses how medical technology in the form of vaccines is bringing an end to suffering and...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Phagocytes in Immunity
A description of nonspecific immunity, and the specific role of phagocytes. Understand how phagocytes engulf pathogens that enter the body as a line of defense. [16:19]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cytotoxic T Cells
How cytotoxic T cells get activated by MHC-I/antigen complexes and then proceed to kill infected cells. [10:05]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: March of the Immune Cells
Paul Kubes filmed the immune cells, neutrophils finding their way to a mouse's wounded liver. The researchers wanted to understand how neutrophils find injuries when bacteria aren't around to signal the damage. [3:32]
AsapSCIENCE
Asap Science: Does Being Cold Make You Sick?
Can being cold give you a cold? Learn what is really happening in your body when you get chilled.
Kurzgesagt
You Tube: Kurzgesagt: Why You Are Still Alive the Immune System
Every second of your life you are under attack. Bacteria, viruses, spores and more living stuff wants to enter your body and use its resources for itself. The immune system is a powerful army of cells that fights like a T-Rex on speed...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vaccines
A narrated tutorial investigating how vaccines are used to prevent diseases. [4:59]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Understanding the Ebola Virus Outbreak
A description of where and how the Ebola virus originated in western Africa in 2014 and how it spread.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: R Nought and Vaccine Coverage
An explanation of how a vaccine can lower the R Nought.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Understanding R Nought
An understanding and explanation of R nought and the spread of diseases.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vaccines: Lesson 1
This lesson will explain how vaccines can be used to assist the body in producing antibodies towards certain diseases. It is 1 of 10 in the series titled "Vaccines."