TED Talks
Dean Ornish: The killer American diet that's sweeping the planet
Forget the latest disease in the news: Cardiovascular disease kills more people than everything else combined -- and it’s mostly preventable. Dr. Dean Ornish explains how changing our eating habits can save lives.
TED Talks
Insights on HIV, in stunning data visuals - Hans Rosling
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Hans Rosling unveils data visuals that untangle the complex risk factors of one of the world's deadliest (and most...
TED Talks
Bjorn Lomborg: Global priorities bigger than climate change
Given $50 billion to spend, which would you solve first, AIDS or global warming? Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg comes up with surprising answers.
TED Talks
Sex, drugs and HIV: Let's get rational - Elizabeth Pisani
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Armed with bracing logic, wit and her "public-health nerd" glasses, Elizabeth Pisani reveals the myriad of...
TED Talks
Kristen Ashburn: The face of AIDS in Africa
In this moving talk, documentary photographer Kristen Ashburn shares unforgettable images of the human impact of AIDS in Africa.
TED Talks
Patience Mthunzi: Could we cure HIV with lasers?
Swallowing pills to get medication is a quick, painless and often not entirely effective way of treating disease. A potentially better way? Lasers. In this passionate talk, TED Fellow Patience Mthunzi explains her idea to use lasers to...
TED Talks
Marc Koska: 1.3m reasons to re-invent the syringe
Reuse of syringes, all too common in under-funded clinics, kills 1.3 million each year. Marc Koska clues us in to this devastating global problem with facts, photos and hidden-camera footage. He shares his solution: a low-cost syringe...
SciShow
How a Sick Chimp Led to a Global Pandemic: The Rise of HIV
In the first video in our two part series on HIV and AIDS, we explain how scientists figured out what HIV is, when the infection morphs into AIDS, and where they think the virus originated.
TED Talks
TED: How to heal a divided world | Michèle Lamont
How do we define worth in society, and who gets status? Sociologist Michele Lamont studies these questions and investigates ways to broaden the circle of recognition and fight the harm of social stigmatization. She lays out the steps...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Philip A. Chan: How close are we to eradicating HIV?
The world is getting closer to achieving one of the most important public health goals of our time: eradicating HIV. And to do this, we won't even have to cure the disease. We simply have to stop HIV from being transmitted until...
TED Talks
TED: Our treatment of HIV has advanced. Why hasn't the stigma changed? | Arik Hartmann
The treatment of HIV has significantly advanced over the past three decades -- why hasn't our perception of people with the disease advanced along with it? After being diagnosed with HIV, Arik Hartmann chose to live transparently, being...
TED Talks
Mitchell Besser: Mothers helping mothers fight HIV
In sub-Saharan Africa, HIV infections are more prevalent and doctors scarcer than anywhere else in the world. With a lack of medical professionals, Mitchell Besser enlisted the help of his patients to create mothers2mothers -- an...
SciShow
The Second-Ever Case of Full HIV Remission | SciShow News
There’s still a lot of work to be done before HIV is cured, but this week scientists reported the second-ever case of full HIV remission in a patient.
SciShow
Why HIV Isn't a Death Sentence Anymore
In the second video of our two-part series on HIV and AIDS, we look at the challenges that have kept scientists from developing a cure, and the treatments that have still managed to improve the outlook for those infected. Chapters View...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why it's so hard to cure HIV/AIDS - Janet Iwasa
In 2008, something incredible happened: a man was cured of HIV. In over 70 million HIV cases, this was a first, and, so far, a last, and we don't yet understand exactly how he was cured. But if we can cure people of various diseases,...
SciShow
HIV vs. AIDS & Ash the Chinchilla: SciShow Talk Show #19
Clinical Sexologist and Sexplanations Host Lindsey Doe teaches Hank the difference between HIV and AIDS. Then Chinchilla Ash teaches Hank about softness. Chapters View all LINDSEY DOE 0:19 IMMUNODEFICIENCY 2:38 STAGE 1: ACUTE INFECTION...
SciShow
HIV, Circumcision & The Fight Against AIDS
SciShow News reports some promising new findings about the worldwide fight against HIV, including insights about how we can make the most of one of our newest weapons against HIV: circumcision.
Crash Course
How Are We All Part of Ending Outbreaks? Crash Course Outbreak Science
Over the course of this series, we've seen that outbreak science is actually MANY sciences, including biology, epidemiology, sociology, and even economics! Because outbreak science is an interdisciplinary field, everyone has a role to...
Bozeman Science
Population Variation
Paul Andersen explains the importance of genetic variation within a population. He begins with a discussion of the devil facial tumor that is a form of cancer transferred between Tasmanian devils. He then explains how a decrease in...
TED Talks
TED: The ethical dilemma of designer babies | Paul Knoepfler
Creating genetically modified people is no longer a science fiction fantasy; it's a likely future scenario. Biologist Paul Knoepfler estimates that within fifteen years, scientists could use the gene editing technology CRISPR to make...
TED Talks
Seyi Oyesola: A hospital tour in Nigeria
Dr. Seyi Oyesola takes a searing look at health care in underdeveloped countries. His photo tour of a Nigerian teaching hospital -- all low-tech hacks and donated supplies -- drives home the challenge of doing basic health care there.
TED Talks
Nathan Wolfe: The jungle search for viruses
Virus hunter Nathan Wolfe is outwitting the next pandemic by staying two steps ahead: discovering deadly new viruses where they first emerge -- passing from animals to humans among poor subsistence hunters in Africa -- before they claim...
Curated Video
South Africa Demographics
New ReviewSouth Africa’s diverse ethnic makeup is a defining feature of the country. Though more than three-quarters of the population are of African descent, this group is extremely varied culturally and linguistically. Zulus make up the largest...
Curated Video
AIDS Symptoms
Howcast - Learn how to recognize the symptoms of AIDS from sexpert Jane Bogart in this Howcast STD video.