Weird History
What People Ate During The Black Plague
When the Black Plague struck Europe in the 14th century, people didn't have much time to worry about their diets. Still, doctors warned that the most popular food and drinks in medieval England, such as fresh fruit and vegetables, could...
SWPictures
KILL OR CURE - Rubella - Tomorrow's Children
We travel to Poona in India where the very latest rubella vaccines are under development and we find out about the new methods of delivery and production. We filmed in the Dominican Republic in Central America where CRS is a major cause...
Professor Dave Explains
Gonorrhea Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Gonorrhea is the second-most common sexually transmitted infection, or STI, in the world. What is the pathogen responsible for this infection, how was it discovered, and precisely what does it do in the body? Let's answer these questions...
ACDC Leadership
Economic nightmare?
I made this video to explain why a global pandemic is difficult for economists and policymakers to address. COVID-19 can potentially cause a demand and supply shock. Whether or not that results in a global recession is up to consumers....
60 Second Histories
Dr John Snow - gathering evidence
Part 3 of this series sees John Snow explaining how he proved his theory about the spread of Cholera.
Curated Video
Covid-19: what the world has learned during lockdown
Lockdowns appear to have slowed the spread of covid-19. But what has the world learned about the virus during this time? Ed Carr, The Economist's deputy editor, and Callum Williams, our senior economics correspondent, answer your questions.
TLDR News
Are COVID Vaccines Really Safe? How Scientists Developed a Safe Vaccine in Months - TLDR News
With the roll-out of the Pfizer COVID vaccine set to begin next week in Britain, some are really beginning to question the jab. Considering how fast it's been developed, it's understandable that people have concerns; so in this video, we...
TLDR News
How The UK Wasted £16 Million On Coronavirus Tests That Didn't Work - TLDR News
About a month ago, the UK government made a big deal about the purchase of 17.5 million Coronavirus tests, with Johnson describing the move as a 'game-changer'. However, it was recently discovered that the tests didn't work and as such...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Contact Tracing as a Public Health tool to end lockdown during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic
This video explains how contact tracing can be used to life movement restrictions and end lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments around the world have countries in lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak. To ease these...
Catalyst University
Progeria, Accelerated Aging | Biochemical Mechanism of Progeria
In this video, I explain the mechanism of progeria, a rare but fatal accelerated aging disease. We will explore the synthesis pathway for normal wild-type Lamin A and the mutant form, progerin, for which the disease is named.
History Hit
Hadrians Wall: Sending letters and combating disease
How did the Romans proactively combat the spread of disease? How advanced were the Romans living on the frontier? Hadrians Wall, Part 4
But Why
Understanding Coronavirus
A new threat to human health, a disease called COVID-19, is spreading rapidly around the globe. The cause of COVID-19 is a coronavirus, named for the crown-like spikes on the surface of the virus particles. In this audio story, an...
The Wall Street Journal
The Rise Of The Microbiome
Viome founder and Chief Executive Naveen Jain speaks with WSJ Business Editor Jamie Heller about how fully mapping the microbiome may be a moonshot for medicine and how we combat illness.
Barcroft Media
The 24-Year-Old Who Looks Like A Toddler: BORN DIFFERENT
MEASURING 87cm in height and weighing 20kg, Sari Rezita Ariyanti looks like your average three-year-old, except she isn't a toddler - she's actually 24-years-old. Born on 16 October 1993, Sari is unable to walk and has to rely on her...
Barcroft Media
Giant 8-Month-Old Baby Weighs 38lbs: BORN DIFFERENT
A MORBIDLY obese baby has baffled doctors - by weighing in at a whopping 38lbs. Eight-month-old Chahat Kumar from Punjab, India was born an average weight but started ballooning in size at the age of four months. And now the bouncing...
Next Animation Studio
Explainer: Deadly virus threatens pets and wild rabbits in North America
Rabbits are under threat as a deadly hemorrhagic virus spreads across the southwestern United States.
The Wall Street Journal
How AI is Advancing Precision Health
What role can AI-powered algorithms play in detecting diseases? HeartFlow, a billion-dollar startup, shows us how AI is pushing the envelope in medical diagnoses.
Curated Video
The Nutritional Benefits of Millet
This video discusses the health benefits of millet. Millet's high concentrations of nutrients, such as calcium and fiber, make it a healthy whole grain choice, especially for people at risk of diabetes, osteoporosis, and other ailments....
Financial Times
Coronavirus sell-off why markets have further to fall | Charts that Count
The FT's US finance editor Rob Armstrong says investors in the S&P 500 have made above average returns over the past decade. But at this point, that is both reassuring and frightening.
The Wall Street Journal
Verily and Moderna on Intercepting the Next Pandemic
How can technology help detect and eradicate the next virus? Executives from Verily and Moderna discuss software, AI tools and novel vaccine technologies to fight off infectious diseases.
Science360
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week Episode 19
The whole tooth and nothing but the tooth, slipping into something solar, wet and dry disease, and mucus modifications to save lives The Whole Tooth The Whole Tooth: New Method to Find Biological Sex From a Single Tooth UC Davis, USAFA,...
The Wall Street Journal
GRAIL's Hans Bishop on The Key to Early Cancer Diagnosis
Grail CEO Hans Bishop shares his company's mission to create a simple blood test capable of detecting 50 types of cancer.
SWPictures
SURVIVOR'S GUIDE - Girl Power
An “army” of teenage girls are transforming heath care in rural Africa. We follow teenage health worker Ajebush in Ethiopia, to find out what difference she is making to the community and how her own life has changed. Four times a month,...