AFP News Agency
VOICED: Germany begins controversial swine flu vaccination
VOICED: Germany begins controversial swine flu vaccination
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Flu Symptoms: What Is the Flu?
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]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science Behind the News: Influenza & Flu Vaccines
The biology of a flu virus, how it is spread, how it manifests itself in the human body, and how to protect oneself through vaccination and preventative practices are explained. [4:02]
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Influenza Prevention and Treatment: Antiviral Drugs for the Flu
Video lecture explores antiviral drugs for the flu. [13:49]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Influenza Pathology: Naming the Flu: H Something, N Something
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]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Influenza: Flu Pathophysiology
Once the flu virus enters a cell it can turn that cell into a viral factory, making many more copies of the flu virus and causing illness. [2:54]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Influenza: Genetic Shift and Drift
The flu virus has the unique ability to change in two different ways, causing genetic shift and drift. Learn exactly how these two mechanisms differ from one another. [4:55]