This Physician's Map Helped Stop the 1854 Cholera Epidemic
Learn all about John Snow, the renowned physician who helped stop the 1854 cholera outbreak with a simple map.
These Creepy Diseases from History Are Still Around TODAY
Measles, scurvy, typhoid fever, the plague - we think of these diseases as a thing of the past. Alas, these ailments continue tormenting people to this day...
The Morally Murky Way to Speed Up Covid-19 Vaccine Process
Some scientists are proposing a controversial plan that could get us the coveted covid-19 vaccine faster. How does it work and what are the reprecussions?
COVID-19: The Difference Between The R Number & K Number
What does K Number mean in regards to the spread of COVID and how is it different from the R number? We're here to break it down.
Epidemiologist Assesses COVID-19 Risk of Varied Activities
In this informative video, an infectious disease expert explains which activities are the most and least dangerous in terms of COVID-19 risks
Knowing How Viruses and Bacteria Differ Can Be Life-Saving
The video below will teach you to distinguish between viruses and bacteria and explain why it’s very important to know the difference.
What Makes Opioid Addiction So Difficult to Fight?
Learn about the opioid crisis and why it's so difficult to stop it from famous historian and writer Mike Davis.
How 6 Pandemics Stopped and What We Can Learn From That
Here is how 6 major disease outbreaks in history have ended, and what we have learned from them.
The Medieval Disease That’s Perplexing Science to This Day
Past epidemics have turned into a hot topic recently, but there is one disease that seems to be forgotten. What is the sweating sickness and how did it originate?