PBS
How The Prescription Drug Supply Chain Is Killing Local Pharmacies
The supply chain that brings pharmaceutical drugs from the factory to the pharmacy is long, complex and unclear. Congress and several state legislatures have proposed or enacted laws to bring more transparency and curb soaring drug...
PBS
A community overwhelmed by opioids
At the epicenter of America's opioid epidemic, Huntington, West Virginia’s
growing addiction problem has overwhelmed everyone from first responders to
business owners to newborns. So far, the city's robust efforts to fight
back...
TED Talks
Edward Tenner: Unintended consequences
Every new invention changes the world -- in ways both intentional and unexpected. Historian Edward Tenner tells stories that illustrate the under-appreciated gap between our ability to innovate and our ability to foresee the consequences.
TED Talks
TED: Medicine for the 99 percent | Thomas Pogge
Sad but true: Many of the cures and vaccines our world desperately needs -- for illnesses millions of people have -- just aren't being produced or developed, because there's no financial incentive. Thomas Pogge proposes a $6 billion plan...
SciShow
How Aspirin Changed Medicine Forever
Aspirin isn't just an old medicine cabinet stand-by, it's one of the oldest medicines we humans learned how to make ourselves. And our research into aspirin did more than just make it better at relieving pain, it opened the door to whole...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Is Medical intervention dangerous?
We ring fence NHS spending and western countries spend ever more on medicine. But a third of all deaths are due to medical intervention and some argue poverty not pathogens makes the biggest difference. Is it a fantasy to believe that...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Access to Medicines (Part 1) This Week in Global Health
In this video we look at what needs to be in place to ensure access to medicines in poor countries. This includes R&D for new pharmaceuticals and drugs to treat neglected disease and the importance of addressing intellectual property...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Access to Medicines (part III) - Intellectual Property
In this video the panel continue the series on Access to Medicines and focus on Intellectual Property issues.
Institute of Art and Ideas
Are Hospitals Bad for Us? (long form version)
We ring fence NHS spending and western countries spend ever more on medicine. But a third of all deaths are due to medical intervention and some argue poverty not pathogens makes the biggest difference. Is it a fantasy to believe that...
SWPictures
Crackdown on Counterfeit Medicines in Cambodia
This video showcases a raid in Cambodia where authorities seized 41 boxes of counterfeit medicines. The team, including Pfizer representatives, used a machine to quickly detect fake drugs, highlighting the global issue of counterfeit...
SWPictures
Using Text Messages to Fight Drug Counterfeiting in Nigeria
This video discusses the issue of drug counterfeiting in Nigeria and introduces a new idea of using text messaging to check the authenticity of medication. The system involves scratch cards with unique codes that patients can use to...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Space Health Technologies
Dr. Dorit Donoviel and Dr. Kristin Fabre, Director of TRISH and Senior Innovation Scientist, are helping NASA solve challenges and prepare for deep space travel through the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) by...
SWPictures
SURVIVAL: The Hidden Invaders
In Brazil, millions of people are infected with intestinal worms. Although there are effective drugs to treat worm infections, they’re not universally available and can’t prevent future infections. Now a team of scientists are trying to...
IDG TECHtalk
How AI helps scientists fight COVID-19
Artificial intelligence is useful for sorting through massive amounts of data and identifying anomalies within that data. Given the swaths of data healthcare workers and scientists are sorting through due to the coronavirus pandemic,...
The Wall Street Journal
Tech For The Greater Good: The Gates Foundation Takes On A Pandemic
Melinda Gates shares the latest on the race to develop a safe vaccine and the importance of its equitable distribution, as well as applying a gender lens to the global pandemic.
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.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Ruth Globus and Jon Galazka Talk About Biology Data from Space
A conversation with Jon Galazka, project scientist for NASA’s GeneLab, and Ruth Globus, a rodent research project scientist, at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
Hip Hughes History
Iron Triangles Explained: American Government Review
A super helpful 6 minute explanation of Iron Triangles. A certainty on the AP American Government exam and in Congress as well.
SWPictures
KILL OR CURE - Saving Lives
The developing world is soon set to get affordable vaccines. A new international agreement is planning to fix the price of a drug or vaccine to make them affordable for some of the world’s poorest people. The agreement is between donors,...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Access to Medicines (Part 2) R&D gaps
This video the panel focus on Access to Medicines and will look specifically at gaps in R&D for medicines needed to improve access to medicines in developing countries.
Zach Star
Chemistry Careers - What You Can Do With Your Chem Degree
This video will focus on the many chemistry careers you can pursue as a chemistry major. Many students enter the chemistry major, but often don't know what they can do with a chemistry major. This video will cover the schooling required...
Economics Explained
Why Are Modern Supply Chains So Needlessly Complex? | Economics Explained
How do companies come up with their intricate supply chains? Why are some of these supply chains so convoluted where others are extremely straightforward? Will the severe restrictions put on international shipping during the fallout of...
Science360
3D Proteins: Getting The Big Picture
Proteins are the workhorses of cells. With support from the National Science Foundation, University of Arkansas biochemist James Hinton has been researching their structure and function for decades. Back in the 1990's, he had a vision to...