Professor Dave Explains
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is quite the infamous virus, which rose to notoriety in the 1980s once it was discovered to be the cause of AIDS, a terrible disorder of the immune system. HIV is a retrovirus, so what does that mean,...
Step Back History
The AIDS Crisis: "How Many Beautiful Friends Died"
Today, we need to talk about one of the largest medical disasters in recent history that we almost never talk about. Let's talk about the people who thought they would die, had the state do nothing, and fought like hell to demand their...
Curated Video
Genetic Modification: Processes and Applications
The video is a lecture presentation on genetic modification or genetic engineering, explaining the process of modifying an organism's genome to introduce desirable characteristics. The presenter describes the use of plasmids and viruses...
Curated Video
A potential cure for HIV
Scientists have developed a therapeutic vaccine for HIV which has the potential to create a functional cure for the disease. Here's how it works
Science Buddies
Model the Size of a Virus
How big or small are viruses really? This video shows you how you can make a scale model to find out and compare the size of a virus to many other small objects. How much bigger do you think a pencil dot is compared to a coronavirus?
Ancient Lights Media
How do we acquire immunity to bacteria and viruses?
Acquiring Immunity - Viruses/Immunity Set - Part 3, This clip offers a step by step look at how the human body develops immunity to infectious diseases.
Next Animation Studio
Brain-infecting virus being spread by mosquitoes in Florida
Health officials in Orange County, Florida have issued a public advisory warning residents of an increase of mosquitoes carrying the Eastern equine encephalitis virus.
Financial Times
Ebola: its history in numbers
The virus's outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the latest to hit Africa. The FT's Bernadeta Dadonaite tracks the history of the virus over the decades.
Curated Video
AIDS Memorial Quilt: Raising Awareness a Stitch at a Time
The AIDS Memorial quilt is a community art project that changed the world’s perception of HIV and AIDs.
Science360
Ask a Scientist – Nano expert: Nicole Steinmetz
You sent us your nano questions, and we answered! In this Ask a Scientist – Nano Edition, we join nano expert Nicole Steinmetz, from Case Western Reserve. See more nano videos and check out our Generation Nano: Small Science, Superheroes...
Next Animation Studio
New swine flu-related virus may potentially cause another pandemic: Chinese experts
Scientists from China have found a virus with “pandemic potential” that is related to the swine flu.
Healthcare Triage
Patterns from a Year of Covid Data
Now that we’ve been dealing with Covid-19 for over a year, we have a lot of information to help us understand the kinds of patterns that have emerged. While no one has been left untouched, some communities and groups bore a larger brunt...
Curated Video
Congo: the race to beat Ebola
Congo is in the grip of another Ebola outbreak, which has killed up to 400 people. There is no effective treatment for the deadly virus, but pioneering drug trials are under way
msvgo
Viruses and Viroids
This nugget describes the characteristic features of viruses, viroids and prions. It explains the contributions of different scientist and also provides examples of various types of viruses.
TLDR News
Coronavirus: Is it Fair to Compare Countries’ Death Rates? - TLDR News.
A lot of the stats coming out about Coronavirus directly compare countries' death tolls and infection rates, looking to see which nation has been hit hardest and who's reacted the best. The problem is that Trump & Johnson (who lead the...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
America Has No Problems... That Five Years of Full Employment Wouldn’t Fix
During the pandemic, many American workers have been forced to choose between their health and their jobs. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Suresh Naidu, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Columbia University, argues that a...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ravi Shankar "Latin for Life"
Pushcart prize winning poet, translator and professor Ravi Shankar has published, edited or has forthcoming over 15 books, including the Muse India award-winning translations of 9th century Tamil poet/saint, Andal, 'The Autobiography of...
Ancient Lights Media
What are viruses?
Understanding Viruses - Viruses/Immunity Set - Part 1. This clip offers a simplified look at how viruses are structured and how they infect living host cells.
Mazz Media
Internet Safety- Knock, Knock, Who's There?
This program helps children to understand they need to beware of engaging online with people you don't know or recognize. Through a series of short videos, viewers will learn to be cautious of online offers that are free, or seem too...
Professor Dave Explains
Poliomyelitis (Poliovirus)
Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by the poliovirus, which has the ability to infect motor neurons in the spinal cord and cause paralysis. American President Franklin Roosevelt was famously crippled by polio. The poliovirus exists in a...
Professor Dave Explains
Zika Virus (Genus Flavivirus)
Zika is a virus that has been making the news lately, particularly due to its capacity for in utero transmission in pregnant women which has the potential to cause a birth defect called microcephaly. What is this virus? Where did it come...
Professor Dave Explains
Routes of Viral Transmission
Now we know a bit more about how viruses interact with cells, whether those are bacterial cells, or animal cells, such as ours. But how do they gain access to our cells in the first place? How do viruses get inside the human body? Let's...
TLDR News
Coronavirus Pandemic: What the WHO’s Declaration Means - TLDR News.
Last night the World Health Organisation officially classified the COVID-19 virus (or Coronavirus) as a Pandemic. In this video, we discuss why they made this decision, what a pandemic is and why it matters.
Weird History
What Happened During the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918?
In 1918 and 1919, the world took on a new, invisible enemy: the so-called "Spanish flu" pandemic sweeping the globe. The pandemic left tens of millions of casualties in its wake as it devastated one community after another. Given the...