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Coronavirus Vaccine: How Long Do We Have to Wait - TLDR News.
With the Coronavirus spreading around the world, people are increasingly keen to see a vaccine developed to kill the virus. The problem is that researching and producing vaccines isn't an easy process. In this video, we explain how this...
Healthcare Triage
Coronavirus Questions and Answers
Aaron Carroll answers your coronavirus questions. We'll be doing more Q&As in the future.
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Zika outbreak: How the Zika virus damages the brain
Three new experiments studying how Zika affects a developing fetus could provide proof of a causal link between the outbreak in Brazil and the spate of birth defects in babies that followed. The Los Angeles Times reports that the...
Science360
BIOTECH'S FUTURE: ONE TEST SHOWS EVERY BACTERIA, VIRUS AND PARASITE IN YOUR BODY
Aperiomics, a small business funded by the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research program, is developing a test that can identify a wide range of pathogens in one biological sample. Crystal Icenhour, CEO of...
Healthcare Triage
Who Invented Vaccines? A History of Variolation and Innoculation
Part one of our six-part series on vaccinations, supported by the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, dives into the history of variolation, exploring the beginning of the long road that led to vaccines as we know...
Financial Times
Coronavirus why the west will be hit harder
FT science editor Clive Cookson on why the testing response in different regions has left western nations catching up with a crisis they never expected, and why culture, politics and behaviour are all important factors in beating the...
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How Does Coronavirus Actually Kill People? Mild, Severe and Critical COVID Explained - TLDR News
At the time of writing the Coronavirus has taken 165,636 lives globally and the death toll is rapidly increasing. So in this video, we wanted to explain what happens to a COVID patient. How symptoms progress from mild to severe and then...
Ti & Me TV
Advice For Dancers About Covid19 and Dance
Hi everyone! I know how troubling and worrisome the current times are with the Coronavirus seemingly taking over. I am anxious, fearful, and overwhelmed. COVID-19 is, of course, affecting everyone, but I am hear to talk about what the...
Healthcare Triage
Covid-19 and Long-term Recovery
Most of the world has been working on the assumption that when a person recovers from Covid-19, everything just goes back to normal. As the pandemic progresses though, we're learning about some patients who experience long-term...
The Economist
How to treat covid-19
A vaccine for covid-19 is a long way off. In the meantime, could existing drugs be used to treat the novel coronavirus?
AllTime 10s
EVERYTHING You Need To Know About Coronavirus
The Coronavirus is the latest threat to public health, with health officials saying that it has become a global pandemic. People are being placed into quarantines, hand sanitising stations are being set up across the world, and the news...
Curated Video
Understanding Health Issues: Causes, Interactions, and Data Insights
This is a video that discusses different factors that can affect an individual's health, including disease, diet, stress, life situations, and more. The video explains that different types of diseases may interact and cause additional...
Curated Video
Data Science Tutorial: How Does Outbreak Prediction Work?
This video tutorial discusses outbreak prediction using AI and data science, focusing on the current COVID-19 pandemic. The tutorial covers topics such as exponential growth models, the SIR model, and the importance of flattening the...
Healthcare Triage
What is Zika? What Should You Do About It?
What is Zika? Should you be afraid? We try not to fall into the trap of discussing the "panic du jour" on Healthcare Triage, but sometimes people are concerned about things they should be concerned about. But it's still important for...
Curated Video
Covid-19: your questions about coronavirus, answered
The novel coronavirus has killed thousands of people and is devastating the global economy. Ed Carr, The Economist's deputy editor, and Alok Jha, our science correspondent, answer your questions on covid-19. Find all of The Economist's...
TLDR News
Why We're Not Achieving Coronavirus Herd Immunity & How it Impacts a 2nd Wave - TLDR News
The only way that life can return to normal with Coronavius still present is if we reach a sufficient level of herd immunity. This could be achieved by the virus naturally spreading through the population or via a vaccine. The problem is...
Next Animation Studio
Covid likely jumped from bats at wildlife
The WHO says it thinks the virus likely passed from bats to animals at wildlife farms near Wuhan.
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Explainer: How Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID vaccine works
Johnson & Johnson announced on Jan. 29 that its single-dose coronavirus vaccine was 66 percent effective in preventing moderate disease
Science360
One test shows every bacteria, virus, and parasite in your body - Biotech's Future
Aperiomics, a small business funded by the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research program, is developing a test that can identify a wide range of pathogens in one biological sample. Crystal Icenhour, CEO of...
Healthcare Triage
What's Happening with the Hydroxychloroquine Study Retraction?
A significant study on the safety of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 has been retracted. So, what does this mean? What does it say about using the drug to treat COVID? What does it say about the way we do science?
Professor Dave Explains
Virus-Cell Interactions Part 1 Productive vs. Non-Productive
Now that we know a bit about viruses, we understand that they require a host cell. So let's get some more details about how viruses interact with cells. There are a few different ways this can play out, so let's start by looking at...
Next Animation Studio
Novel coronavirus could be a hybrid of bat and pangolin viruses: study
Explainer: How bat and pangolin coronaviruses may have recombined to create SARS-CoV-2
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The US are Leaving the World Health Organisation What That Means in Reality - TLDR News
Earlier this week Donald Trump confirmed his intention to pull the US out of the World Health Organisation. This feeds into the bigger issue that Trump seems to have with China and global organisations - but during a pandemic, this seems...
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Where Did COVID-19 Come From... Chinese Lab? Bats? Wet Markets? - TLDR News
Ever since the Coronavirus outbreak began, people began to speculate about where the virus came from? Did it come from a wet market in Wuhan? What about a bowl of bat soup? Or even the Wuhan Institute of Virology? In this video, we...