Instructional Video5:47
SciShow

The 1918 Pandemic: The Deadliest Flu in History

12th - Higher Ed
The science behind why the 1918 flu is “the mother of all pandemics” continues to challenge scientists today. Olivia sheds some light on why this flu was so powerful and what we learned from it.
Instructional Video11:59
Crash Course

How Do We Investigate Outbreaks? Epidemiology Crash Course Outbreak Science

12th - Higher Ed
At the heart of outbreaks are people! People are the ones who get sick, transmit diseases, and change the way they live in response to outbreaks. In outbreak science, we can better understand the relationship between people and disease...
Instructional Video11:32
Crash Course

Population Ecology: The Texas Mosquito Mystery - Crash Course Ecology

12th - Higher Ed
Population ecology is the study of groups within a species that interact mostly with each other, and it examines how they live together in one geographic area to understand why these populations are different in one time and place than...
Instructional Video11:31
Crash Course

How Are We All Part of Ending Outbreaks? Crash Course Outbreak Science

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video11:10
Crash Course

Micro-Biology: Crash Course History of Science

12th - Higher Ed
It's all about the SUPER TINY in this episode of Crash Course: History of Science. In it, Hank Green talks about germ theory, John Snow (the other one), pasteurization, and why following our senses isn't always the worst idea.
Instructional Video11:55
Crash Course

How Does the Healthcare System Work During Outbreaks? Crash Course Outbreak Science

12th - Higher Ed
Day to day, hospitals provide all kinds of services to help us get better and stay healthy, but during an outbreak, hospitals are the front line of the emergency. In this episode of Crash Course Outbreak Science, we'll look at how...
Instructional Video11:12
Crash Course

Why Do We Have Fewer Outbreaks? Epidemiological Transition - Crash Course Outbreak Science

12th - Higher Ed
We take it for granted that society gets better at tackling infectious disease over time, but when you really think about it the progress we’ve made in the last century is pretty amazing. How does that much progress happen so quickly?...
Instructional Video11:29
Crash Course

How Do Outbreaks Start? Pathogens and Immunology - Crash Course Outbreak Science

12th - Higher Ed
You may not realize it, but your body is like a fortress, designed to defend you from tiny foreign invaders known as pathogens. This seemingly small world is actually super diverse, and sometimes super dangerous too. That’s why in this...
Instructional Video7:54
Be Smart

Ebola Explained

12th - Higher Ed
Don't panic.
Instructional Video3:58
Crash Course

Crash Course Outbreak Science Preview

12th - Higher Ed
Welcome to Crash Course Outbreak Science! What do pathogens actually do to us that makes us sick? Why do societies respond to outbreaks of infectious diseases the way they do? How can we stop the next outbreak? These are the kinds of...
Instructional Video11:08
Crash Course

What Is Outbreak Science? Crash Course Outbreak Science

12th - Higher Ed
Infectious disease has affected the human species for as long as we’ve existed, but in that time we’ve come a long way in understanding what they are and how they spread. In this episode of Crash Course Outbreak Science, we’ll introduce...
Instructional Video7:57
SciShow

What Social Distancing Actually Is & What it Means for Mental Health

12th - Higher Ed
Social distancing is a time-honored, low-tech tool for slowing the spread of contagious pathogens. But it can also take a toll psychologically. Luckily, there are ways to mitigate these harms, so you can protect yourself and your...
Instructional Video6:00
SciShow

How Dangerous is COVID-19?

12th - Higher Ed
You may have heard several different projections about the fatality rate of COVID-19. How do different health organizations come up with these figures, and why do the numbers seem so fluid?
Instructional Video1:12
Curated Video

Pandemic Viruses: SARS

6th - 12th
SARS swept the globe amid fears of a lethal super-virus. Scientists hurriedly tried to find a cure and discovered that the SARS virus came from a very unlikely source. Biology - Cells And DNA - Learning Points. The Severe Acute...
Instructional Video14:06
Curated Video

What to Know About the Monkeypox Outbreak

12th - Higher Ed
Thousands of cases of monkeypox have been reported in countries where, historically, the virus is not endemic. But this virus isn’t new. In fact, Monkeypox is currently endemic in parts of West and Central Africa and scientists have...
Instructional Video3:54
Great Big Story

The Disease Detectives Stop Outbreaks at Their Source

12th - Higher Ed
Join the elite Epidemic Intelligence Service as they combat outbreaks and prevent the spread of deadly diseases. Follow their expeditions and life-saving efforts.
Instructional Video6:15
Financial Times

Battling the avian flu epidemic

Higher Ed
FT Food Revolution - The FT's Anjana Ahuja reports on how virologists are unlocking the secrets of the latest H5N1 avian flu strain, in an attempt to tackle the most serious and sustained disease threatening farmed poultry and wild birds...
Instructional Video3:24
Global Health with Greg Martin

E.coli - what you need to know about VTEC

Higher Ed
E.coli is a bacteria that can cause disease in humans. Verocytotoxin producing e.coli, or VTEC can cause bloody diarrhea and sometimes serious kidney disease in children. This video addressed the public health actions needed to control...
Instructional Video3:49
Vlogbrothers

EBOLA! (...meningitis)

6th - 11th
In which John is diagnosed with ebola by the Internet but turns out to be suffering from viral meningitis. How should we imagine novel diseases and how should we combat them? And why do we only focus on diseases that we fear will affect...
Instructional Video3:23
Vlogbrothers

Ebola: What IS Terrifying

6th - 11th
In which John discusses the ebola outbreaks in the United States, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia, and how best to deal with them.
Instructional Video3:39
Vlogbrothers

The Causes of Cholera

6th - 11th
In which John discusses cholera, its many causes, and why we aren't hearing much about the cholera epidemic in Yemen, the worst outbreak of the disease since at least 1949.
Instructional Video10:10
TLDR News

Coronavirus Budget: The UK’s 2020 Budget Summarised - TLDR News

12th - Higher Ed
Yesterday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced the UK government's new budget for 2020. As you'd expect the virus featured pretty heavily, but they also discussed taxation, investment, and borrowing. In this video,...
Instructional Video11:43
Mazz Media

All About Vaccines

6th - 8th
This dynamic, live-action video will inform students about the vaccines. The program begins with an explanation of the human immune system and how it defends the body from pathogens that cause disease. Viewers will learn the difference...
Instructional Video8:55
TLDR News

Could Coronavirus Start a Global Recession? - TLDR News.

12th - Higher Ed
COVID-19, more commonly known as coronavirus, continues to spread across the world. As the virus spreads investors and businesses are getting nervous. So in this video, we're going to explore the economic effect of COVID-19 and how the...