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This is what COVID does to your brain.
We’ve learned a lot about COVID’s effects on the brain over the past two years. And frankly, it’s not pretty. Brain fog, “long COVID”, sudden death, all resulting from neurological damage done by this awful virus. Despite quarantines,...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Dengue Virus Life Cycle
In this narrated animation, watch the dengue virus undergo RNA replication and protein transcription as it matures inside a human cell ultimately causing the infectious disease. [4:12]
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: The Show: Glo Germ
Is there a way to avoid spreading germs to our friends and families? Come along with Jordan and Sydney as they research this topic.
Minute Earth
Minute Earth: Why Do Bats Transmit So Many Diseases Like Ebola?
Find out why bats are the perfect animal to carry and spread some of the most infectious human diseases. [3:13]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Viruses: Flu Attack! How a Virus Invades Your Body
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] See how a viral infection works in the human body, as it tricks the host cell into making millions of copies of the virus. [3:40]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Influenza Prevention and Treatment: Antiviral Drugs for the Flu
Video lecture explores antiviral drugs for the flu. [13:49]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Body Systems: Viral Replication: Lytic vs Lysogenic
Learn about viral replication: Lytic vs Lysogenic. [5:11]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: 2 Types of Flu Vaccine
A video over viewing the two types of flu vaccines that are used. Learn the differences between LAIV (live, weakened) and TIV (dead) vaccines, and when each is appropriate to be used. [7:48]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Understanding R Nought
R Nought is the number of new cases that an existing case generates on average. Dr. Rishi Desai, a pediatric infectious disease physician, gives several examples of scenarios with different R Noughts. [8:59]