COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, emerged in China and rapidly escalated into a global pandemic, as declared by the WHO on March 11, 2020. While most patients recover, the disease poses higher risks for the elderly...

Films like 28 Weeks Later (2007), [REC] (2007), Quarantine (2008), and Deadgirl (2008) depict the zombie plague as a result of scientific misjudgment, reflecting society's growing anxieties around technology and experimentation. At the...

In the 21st century, zombie narratives have evolved, reflecting new societal anxieties such as terrorism, bioengineering, pandemics, and environmental crises. With iconic video games like Resident Evil and films like 28 Days Later,...

This is an engaging program with a dramatised case study. Herpes is a Sexually Transmissible Infection (STI). It is caused by two related viruses, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). This program...

SARS swept the globe amid fears of a lethal super-virus. Scientists hurriedly tried to find a cure and discovered that the SARS virus came from a very unlikely source.



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Thousands of cases of monkeypox have been reported in countries where, historically, the virus is not endemic. But this virus isn’t new. In fact, Monkeypox is currently endemic in parts of West and Central Africa and scientists have...

Join the elite Epidemic Intelligence Service as they combat outbreaks and prevent the spread of deadly diseases. Follow their expeditions and life-saving efforts.

FT Food Revolution - The FT's Anjana Ahuja reports on how virologists are unlocking the secrets of the latest H5N1 avian flu strain, in an attempt to tackle the most serious and sustained disease threatening farmed poultry and wild birds...

E.coli is a bacteria that can cause disease in humans. Verocytotoxin producing e.coli, or VTEC can cause bloody diarrhea and sometimes serious kidney disease in children. This video addressed the public health actions needed to control...

In which John discusses cholera, its many causes, and why we aren't hearing much about the cholera epidemic in Yemen, the worst outbreak of the disease since at least 1949.

In which John is diagnosed with ebola by the Internet but turns out to be suffering from viral meningitis. How should we imagine novel diseases and how should we combat them? And why do we only focus on diseases that we fear will affect...

In which John discusses the ebola outbreaks in the United States, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia, and how best to deal with them.

Yesterday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced the UK government's new budget for 2020. As you'd expect the virus featured pretty heavily, but they also discussed taxation, investment, and borrowing. In this video,...

This dynamic, live-action video will inform students about the vaccines. The program begins with an explanation of the human immune system and how it defends the body from pathogens that cause disease. Viewers will learn the...

COVID-19, more commonly known as coronavirus, continues to spread across the world. As the virus spreads investors and businesses are getting nervous. So in this video, we're going to explore the economic effect of COVID-19 and how the...

The Deadly Combination part 4/5: This video highlights the emergence of XDR TB in South Africa and the challenges faced by healthcare workers in treating patients with drug-resistant strains. It also showcases the controversial approach...

This year the US is facing its worst West Nile Virus outbreak in years. To date, there have been ten deaths reported in Texas and six in Louisiana. This animation shows the transmission cycle of the virus, how it attacks the human...

Although we are currently living through a pandemic that has disrupted our lives and will shape the course of humanity, pandemics have been around since the dawn of civilization, as have stories about fictional pandemics. So now seems...

Over a thousand tornadoes happen every year in the United States but only few dozen take lives. Most tornadoes are brief and weak but the tornadoes that are large and powerful can wipe homes off their foundations. Tornadoes only come...

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the English Civil War

The claim that Bill Gates is somehow responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic has swept some areas of the internet. Conspiracies surround his vaccine and suggest that he is attempting to administer population control; we examine and...

Over a thousand tornadoes happen every year in the United States but only few dozen take lives. Most tornadoes are brief and weak but the tornadoes that are large and powerful can wipe homes off their foundations. Tornadoes only come...

Healthcare Triage is almost one year old. To celebrate, we're going to give you more Healthcare Triage. Two episodes a week. Monday will be a traditional episode, full of all the detail and knowledge you've come to expect.

Jordan explains how algorithms can be used to predict and monitor disease outbreaks, including in the case of the 2020 Coronavirus, or COVID-19, outbreak.