Epidemiology is the study of patterns of diseases. And most people might think that means epidemiologists are only studying things like Ebola. But the truth is much more varied.
The GBD study is the largest and most comprehensive effort to quantify health loss across places and over time, so health systems can be improved and disparities eliminated.
This animated simulation demonstrates the human immune system’s response to vaccination. After viewing the simulation, students can show what they learned by sequencing and labeling the steps in the process.
Most of the time, you won't notice it's there, but over the course of your life your immune system will guard you against hundreds of potentially fatal threats. Related Lesson
Why are some germs relatively harmless, while others can be fatal? This video describes how germs are passed around and offers new ideas to control them. Related Lesson
The first vaccine was made by injecting cowpox into a person to prevent them from getting small pox. But how does this counterintuitive process work? Related Lesson
Katharina Ribbeck reveals the mysteries of this transparent, shape-shifting layer that moistens and lubricates the vulnerable parts of our body while rendering us invisible to potentially deadly microbes. Related Lesson
For 10,000 years, humanity suffered from the scourge of smallpox. The virus killed almost a third of its victims within two weeks and left survivors horribly scarred. But the work of a Buddhist nun, a boy, a cow, a dairymaid, and physician Edward Jenner have made us smallpox free today. Related Lesson
Why do we need a new flu shot every year? Vaccines for diseases like mumps and rubella offer a lifetime of protection with two shots early in life; what’s so special about the flu? Related Lesson
The white death has haunted humanity like no other disease following us for thousands, maybe millions of years. In the last 200 years it killed a billion people.
In this episode, we’ll introduce some of the core concepts that will help us throughout this series as we discover the effects of infectious disease, from the microscopic, to the societal level.
Inequalities both between and within communities mean that some people are at higher risk than others. In this episode, we’ll look deeper at the factors that lead to this uneven distribution of outbreaks.
Today, we'll look at how hospitals and other healthcare facilities adapt in the face of an outbreak, from resources needs, the roles of healthcare workers, and costs.
Today, we'll examine the role cooperation on the individual, community, and national scale and see how it can improve outcomes during an outbreak, prevent future outbreaks, and even eradicate disease.
When you think about the technology that helps us prevent outbreaks, what do you think of? Vaccines? Lab tests? Medications? What about toilets? That's right! Toilets.
When we think of how we respond to outbreaks, we often think of physical things like vaccines or medicines, but there is another factor that is just as critical to understand: culture!
Because outbreak science is an interdisciplinary field, everyone has a role to play in ending outbreaks, including you! Today we'll take a look at how different fields come together to prepare for and prevent outbreaks.
