Humans vs. Viruses

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Curated by: TED-Ed (32 videos)

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Tracks in this Playlist

• How we conquered the deadly smallpox virus - Simona Zompi
• What happens if an engineered virus escapes the lab?
• Cell vs. virus: A battle for health - Shannon Stiles
• How stress affects your body - Sharon Horesh Bergquist
• Which is better: Soap or hand sanitizer? - Alex Rosenthal and Pall Thordarson
• When is a pandemic over?
• How does your immune system work? - Emma Bryce
• The surprising reason you feel awful when you're sick - Marco A. Sotomayor
• How do vaccines work? - Kelwalin Dhanasarnsombut
• How do ventilators work? - Alex Gendler
• What is a coronavirus? - Elizabeth Cox
• How do viruses jump from animals to humans? - Ben Longdon
• Why bats don't get sick - Arinjay Banerjee
• How mucus keeps us healthy - Katharina Ribbeck
• How the COVID-19 vaccines were created so quickly - Kaitlyn Sadtler and Elizabeth Wayne
• How fast can a vaccine be made? - Dan Kwartler
• How often should you get a flu shot? - Melvin Sanicas
• How do germs spread (and why do they make us sick)? - Yannay Khaikin and Nicole Mideo
• Why plague doctors wore beaked masks
• How a few scientists transformed the way we think about disease - Tien Nguyen
• Why is it so hard to cure the common cold?
• How do you know if you have a virus? - Cella Wright
• Learning from smallpox: How to eradicate a disease - Julie Garon and Walter A. Orenstein
• 3 ways to end a virus
• Will there be another pandemic in your lifetime?
• Could this technology end all viruses?
• We can prevent the next epidemic - George Zaidan
• The diseases that changed humanity forever - Dan Kwartler
• Why is it so dangerous to step on a rusty nail? - Louise Thwaites
• What’s the best way to treat the common cold?
• The real reason polio is so dangerous
• Why is it so easy for birds to spread illness? - Benjamin Anderson