Introducing the ethical debate surrounding the treatment of tuberculosis patients in the US. Would you enter quarantine voluntarily to prevent widespread infection?



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Discover why antibiotics have become one of the most frequently used medicines. And why their efficiency is threatened by the emergence of superbugs. Biology - Healthy Living - Sir Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic for...

Step into the extraordinary life and legacy of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a beacon of hope, compassion, and reconciliation. From his pivotal role in the fight against apartheid in South Africa to his unwavering dedication to promoting...

This video highlights the resurgence of tuberculosis, particularly the emergence of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR TB) due to misdiagnosis and misuse of drugs. It emphasizes the global impact of TB, the challenges in treatment, and...

Greetings to my brand new -itis. In which John discusses illness, and his experiences with it, and the way we imagine disease.

Upon viewing the Microscopic Life video series, students will be able to do the following: Understand that only during the past few hundred years have people been able to see and study very small life forms, generally referred to as...

The Deadly Combination part 1/5: The video is about the impact of tuberculosis in South Africa, focusing on the story of a family affected by the disease. It highlights the challenges of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, while also...

This is a global health video blog providing 10 facts about HIV by Dr Greg Martin

The Deadly Combination part 3/5: The video discusses the challenges of treating tuberculosis, including patient compliance and the rise of drug-resistant strains. It also explores the controversial practice of isolating patients with...

The Deadly Combination part 5/5: The video is about the challenges faced by patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa, including the toxic side effects of treatment and the long wait times for test results. It highlights...

Today, pop culture includes vampires of all shapes and sizes, from the lovelorn teenagers of the Twilight and True Blood franchises to the bloodthirsty antagonists of the Blade series to the militant version of Dracula found in...

Exercise 4: Acid-Fast, Endospore, and Capsule Stains

Learn how researchers at NIST are using the infamous tuberculosis bacteria to help answer the decades-old question of how genes are switched on and off.

The Deadly Combination part 4/5: This video highlights the emergence of XDR TB in South Africa and the challenges faced by healthcare workers in treating patients with drug-resistant strains. It also showcases the controversial approach...

In this episode, we take a closer look at Tuberculosis (TB), its epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment. We also look at drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and the relationship between tuberculosis and HIV.

Many believe that Dina Sanichar, the Indian wolf boy, was the inspiration behind Rudyard Kipling's famous work, The Jungle Book. Just like Mowgli, Dina was a feral boy raised by wolves, although his life was quite different from his...

This video showcases the important role of community health workers in ensuring the health and wellbeing of newborns in a rural area. Through their dedication and commitment, they provide regular check-ups and vaccinations to babies...

Improper use of antibiotics can create strains of drug-resistant pathogens. Fourty-five thousand cases of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis are found in the US each year. In one third of these cases, the patient dies. In Russia, at least...

Because he died so young, Keats' poetry is often read biographically. Readers usually come to the consensus that his death at 25 years of age robbed the world of one of its greatest writers. And Keats certainly thought his early death...

The impact of antibiotics on human health cannot be overstated. They are a big deal. And thanks to evolution, more and more bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics. Is there anything we can do? Yes. Let's talk about it.

This video tells the story of Louis Joseph and Louis Charles, the two biological sons of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. It explores their childhoods, their health struggles and their deaths. Louis Joseph died at the age of seven from...

Microbiology: Acid Fast Test

Chronic Cough | 3 Most Common Causes & Approach to Causes



This lesson is on an approach to determining the cause of a chronic cough. In this lesson, we discuss how a chronic cough is defined, an approach to determine the...

The question ‘what is a species?’ might sound like a simple one. We have evolved to categorise plants and animals into types, some safe like field mushrooms and other less safe like fly agaric toadstools. We have developed this idea...