How Pandemics Spread
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In our increasingly globalized world, a single infected person can board a plane and spread a virus across continents. Mark Honigsbaum describes the history of pandemics and how that knowledge can help halt future outbreaks. (Launching a series on How Things Work) "How Pandemics Spread" was animated by Patrick Blower (http://www.patrickblower.com)
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- -: How Pandemics Spread
March 12, 2012 (about 12 years ago)In our increasingly globalized world, a single infected person can board a plane and spread a virus across continents. Mark Honigsbaum describes the history of pandemics and how that knowledge can help halt future outbreaks. (Launching a series on How Things Work) "How Pandemics Spread" was anim...
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- -: Laurie Garrett: What can we learn from the 1918 flu?
April 30, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com In 2007, as the world worried about a possible avian flu epidemic, Laurie Garrett, author of "The Coming Plague," gave this powerful talk to a small TED University audience. Her insights from past pandemics are suddenly more relevant than ever. TEDTalks is a daily video podcas...
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- -: Kary Mullis' next-gen cure for killer infection
July 9, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Drug-resistant bacteria kills, even in top hospitals. But now tough infections like staph and anthrax may be in for a surprise. Nobel-winning chemist Kary Mullis, who watched a friend die when powerful antibiotics failed, unveils a radical new cure that shows extraordinary prom...
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- -: Why Older People Have Greater Immunity to Swine Flu
September 4, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Peter Palese, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at Mt. Sinai, explains the current Viruss direct derivation from that which arose in 1918, the natural herd immunity that all humans share against it, and the reasons why the elderly stand at a lesser r...
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- -: The Origins of Swine Flu
September 4, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Michael Worobey, Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona, uncovers the origins of the current H1N1 virus and how it rested latent within pigs for up to ten years prior to 2009, and how it transfers between species. http://bigthink.com/michaelworobey/emergence-of-the-2009-...
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- -: Global Health: Are We Worried About the Wrong Things?
September 2, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/12/Health_Sustainability_and_Globalization Stephen Leeder argues that while the media tends to focus on communicable diseases, non-communicable illnesses are often more deadly. He illustrates this by stating that of 1000 people with swine flu, only one w...
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- -: Press Briefing on H1N1 Influenza
April 27, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Special briefing by those with primary governmental responsibility in handling the current H1N1 flu situation in the US and Mexico. • John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism • Dr. Richard Besser, the Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control an...
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