SciShow
Why Haven't We Eradicated Polio?
If we’ve had vaccines for the polio virus for almost 70 years, why haven’t we been able to fully eradicate it from the globe? Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him)
TED Talks
Bruce Aylward: How we'll stop polio for good
Polio is almost completely eradicated. But as Bruce Aylward says: Almost isn't good enough with a disease this terrifying. Aylward lays out the plan to continue the scientific miracle that ended polio in most of the world -- and to snuff...
Curated Video
How Vaccines Help Eradicate Diseases: A History and Impact
This video explains how vaccines have played a crucial role in eradicating deadly diseases throughout history, using the example of polio. It highlights the way vaccines work by training the immune system to create antibodies, leading to...
Wonderscape
Battling Viruses: The Body's Defense and Vaccine Power
Delve into the body's immune response against viral infections and the vital role of vaccines in disease prevention. Understand how symptoms like fever and coughing signal the immune system's battle against viruses, and explore the...
Healthcare Triage
A Polio Case in the United States. What Does it Mean?
The surprising approval of the extremely expensive and maybe not that effective drug Aduhelm has been dominating the conversation around Alzheimer's treatments in recent memory. Today, we're getting positive and talking about a very...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Understanding Viruses and How to Stay Safe During a Pandemic
In this video, we learn about the role viruses have played in shaping human existence throughout history. We also learn about the characteristics of viruses, such as their small size and their need for living cells to reproduce. It also...
Next Animation Studio
Modified polio virus used to treat brain cancer
A new experimental treatment is using a modified version of a once-dreaded virus to fight against a deadly form of brain cancer.
Next Animation Studio
Venezuela reports first case of polio since 1989
A young child is reportedly afflicted with polio in Venezuela - the first reported case of the crippling disease since it's eradication in the country in 1989. The Telegraph reports that according to the Pan-American Health Organization,...
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...
Curated Video
Need2Know: UK In Mourning, America Remembers 9/11, US Open Crowns Its Youngest Winner
Get caught up on the stories you Need2Know for Monday, September 12, 2022.
Curated Video
Absence of ceasefire hurting fight against polio in Gaza, WHO says
The global health body says the virus could spread even beyond Gaza if violence does not end to enable the immunisation push.
Getty Images
Sabin oral polio vaccine dispensed.
'Victory Over Polio' banner over town street with traffic / 'Entrance For Polio Vaccine' sign on fence, 'Given at Your School' sign, people waiting in line for Sabin polio vaccine / people waiting in line for polio vaccine outside of...
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Sabin oral polio vaccine dispensed.
CU 'Babies Treated Here' sign / oral polio vaccine / nurse using eyedropper to give Sabin oral polio vaccine to baby being held by mother / woman using eyedropper to put oral polio vaccine into paper cups / nurse giving oral polio...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Five Americans win Nobel Prizes in chemistry, medicine, physiology, and literature
Title: "Nobel Prizes Presented in Sweden -- Five Americans Honored" superimposed over Nobel prize ceremony / high angle Nobel Prize winners in tuxedos walk two by two down aisle at ceremony / low angle German Max Born, Nobel Prize winner...
Curated Video
Polio Virus Spreading In U.K., Found In Sewage Samples
Scientists have found genetically linked samples suggesting the virus has mutated and has been spreading in Britain since February.
Curated Video
Polio Spreading: Virus Found In New York City Wastewater
Health officials in New York City have now detected the virus that causes polio in wastewater.
Curated Video
Health Officials Stress The Importance Of Polio Vaccination
The U.S. has immunized children against polio since the '50s. Every state has laws requiring children have their polio shot series to attend school.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vaccines: Lesson 1
This lesson will explain how vaccines can be used to assist the body in producing antibodies towards certain diseases. It is 1 of 10 in the series titled "Vaccines."