A woman is making the plight of her 6-year-old son public as a warning to other parents after he contracted La Crosse encephalitis from a mosquito bite, reports USA Today.

This live-action video program is about white blood cells. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated...

The video discusses the challenges of creating a new vaccine against seasonal flu every year due to the constant and rapid evolution of the virus.

Anna Gross lays out the threat new variants of the disease pose to the UK's vaccination programme. The hopes of the rest of the world could rest upon whether Britain succeeds in its target of 15m vaccinations by mid-February.

Researchers from Yangzhou University have shown that an uncovered toilet can eject infected aerosol droplets up to three feet, or one meter, in the air, according to a study published on June 16 in the journal Physics of Fluids.

Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is a virus that many people are familiar with, as it is unbelievably prevalent in the human population. But there are many strains that do different things in the body, as they invade different types of...

Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan have shut down public transport to stop the spread of a new strain of coronavirus. <br/>

This video provides an explanation of how the degree of magnification in a microscope is dependent on the type of microscope used. The concept of magnification is defined, and the equation for calculating magnification is introduced. Two...

This video provides an informative overview of the common cold, its symptoms, causes, and prevention. It highlights the fact that the common cold is a viral infection that affects the upper respiratory tract and is really common in...

The video is an informative piece about viruses and their impact on living things, specifically humans. It explains what a virus is, how it reproduces and infects cells, and the sheer number of viruses that can exist in a single drop of...

It's time to start talking about coronaviruses. Many people may remember the outbreak of SARS in 2003, which was a mysterious respiratory disease that was then linked to a coronavirus, which was called SARS-CoV. This was the first of...

Lesson on molluscum contagiosum (“the skin condition with a belly button”). Molluscum contagiosum is a very common skin condition that typically affects children. The molluscum contagiosum virus leads to the development of papules that...

Gilead’s remdesivir is an antiviral nucleoside analogue that disrupts a virus’s ability to replicate its genome.

Things get competitive as we compare California and Texas' approach to COVID. California locked down harder attempting to protect lives, while Texas favoured liberty and the economy keeping things more open. In this video, we compare the...

REAL WORLD SCIENCE: Biological Vectors and Infectious Diseases
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Using incredible videography, photos, animation and graphics, this information-packed video introduces students to biological vectors. Viewers will...

Fall in North America, the start of flu season, is when many people receive their yearly flu vaccine. The flu shot differs from other vaccines, such as measles or mumps, which are generally given only once during a person’s lifetime. The...

A pathogen is a microorganism that can cause disease. Pathogens may be viruses, bacteria, protists or fungi. Examples of bacteria infections are cholera, typhoid, food poisoning and gonorrhoea. Examples of viral infections are the flu...

We've all heard of the flu, and probably know that it is associated with a particular virus. What is the structure of this virus? How is it transmitted? What steps do we have in place in terms of treatment and prevention? The flu is...

Gene technology includes a range of activities that take advantage of genetic variation, modifying genes and transferring genes to new hosts. It includes genetic engineering and genetic testing. Gene technology is the term given to...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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?