Rachel's English
Plural Nouns
Plural nouns in American English are a critical component of sounding natural and native when speaking. In this plural nouns lesson you'll learn exactly how to pronounce -s and -es plural nouns in conversation. Spoken English has a...
Healthcare Triage
Are Daycare Rules Driving Overtreatment of Kids
Lots of parents in the United States rely on paid childcare so that they can do things like go to work, or get things done in a reasonably efficient manner. Daycare provider rules that keep sick kids at home for things like pink eye or a...
Curated Video
Advanced Speaking: Illness & Health Vocabulary In English
Let me show you some advanced common illness and health vocabulary in English. This lesson is particularly useful for students preparing for the IELTS speaking exam.
Mediacorp
Exploring the Impact of the Beef Ban on Rural Indian Farmers
Learn how the beef ban has changed how business is done at a cow fair. Also, learn how families deal with cows they own. Deciphering India, The Sacred Cow part 6/9
JJ Medicine
Chronic Cough | 3 Most Common Causes & Approach to Causes
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 causes of...
Professor Dave Explains
Measles (Genus Morbillivirus)
If you're above a certain age, you've heard of the measles. This is a particularly nasty viral infection that used to be incredibly common, though is now largely eradicated thanks to vaccinations. Although, anti-vaccine sentiment has...
Institute of Human Anatomy
Understanding COVID-19: A Healthcare Perspective
This video provides information on the current protocols and challenges faced by healthcare providers in managing the COVID-19 outbreak. It covers the transmission and symptoms of the virus, testing criteria, and the measures taken to...
Professor Dave Explains
Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
What is tuberculosis? Just like the rest of these diseases, it's caused by a bacterium, specifically Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This one is tricky because there are strains that are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, so...
Curated Video
The Common Cold: Causes, Symptoms, and Remedies
This video provides an informative overview of the common cold, its symptoms, causes, and prevention. It highlights the fact that the common cold is a viral infection that affects the upper respiratory tract and is really common in...
Professor Dave Explains
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
It's time to start talking about coronaviruses. Many people may remember the outbreak of SARS in 2003, which was a mysterious respiratory disease that was then linked to a coronavirus, which was called SARS-CoV. This was the first of...
Curated Video
The Importance of Reflexes
This video explains what reflexes are and how they are involuntary actions of the body in response to stimuli. It highlights various reflexes such as removing the hand from a hot object, blinking, sneezing, coughing, and the patellar...
FuseSchool
Dangers of smoking
Did you know that smokers are twice as likely to have a heart attack? And that one in two smokers will die from a smoking-related disease. In fact all of these things are negatively affected by smoking… pretty much every organ in your...
Professor Dave Explains
Whooping Cough Bordetella pertussis
Whooping cough, caused by Bordetella pertussis, is a baby killer. It goes all the way back to the middle ages, so let's get a closer look at this bacterium now.
HealthSketch
What is Asthma?
A simple animated video about the common breathing condition Asthma: its symptoms and triggers, how it is diagnosed and treated, and how it can be managed. This video will be helpful to students of all ages, health professionals,...
Weird History
What Happened During the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918?
In 1918 and 1919, the world took on a new, invisible enemy: the so-called "Spanish flu" pandemic sweeping the globe. The pandemic left tens of millions of casualties in its wake as it devastated one community after another. Given the...
60 Second Histories
What Was the Black Death?
A description of the Black Death and the difference between the bubonic and pneumonic plague.
Curated Video
Whooping cough cases on the rise, doctors blame lack of vaccinations
Health officials in Washington state are alerting residents to a sharp rise in cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough. (Scripps News)
Bloomberg
Hand Washing Will Help Stop Spread of Virus, Says IATA’s Powell
Mar.03 -- David Powell, medical adviser for the International Air Transport Association, discusses how coronavirus is impacting airlines and precautions travelers can take to prevent the virus. He speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe.”
Curated Video
What's The Risk Of A Potluck?
In our series "What's the Risk?" experts weigh in on what risks different scenarios pose for transmitting COVID-19.
Press Association
Health chief: Everyone with any respiratory tract infections could be asked to self isolate within fortnight
Chief Medical Officer for England Professor Chris Whitty says that "probably in the next 1-14 days" there will be a situation where we say everybody who has even a minor respiratory tract infection or a fever should be self isolating for...
Curated Video
What's The Risk Of Using Cash?
In our series "What's the Risk?" experts weigh in on what risks different scenarios pose for transmitting COVID-19.
Curated Video
Possible Coronavirus Treatments Include Cloned Antibodies, Vaccines
While the CDC says risk to Americans is still low, U.S. researchers and scientists are hard at work exploring possible treatments for coronavirus.
Curated Video
What's The Risk Of House Hunting?
In our series "What's the Risk?" experts weigh in on what risks different scenarios pose for transmitting COVID-19.
Curated Video
Hope for the rhino who survived poaching attack
LEAD IN: Vets in South Africa are working to return an injured rhino to the wild after being attacked by poachers. Hope's story is one of survival - a year ago poachers hacked off her horn and part of her faceBut thanks to the care of a...