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![Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, also rendered Penn & Teller: B.S.!, Bullsh*t!, Bulls***!, or Bull!, is an American documentary television series that has aired since 2003 on the premium cable channel Showtime. In Canada, the series airs on […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/PennTeller-36x36.png "Penn & Teller de-construct the anti-vaccination movement")
Penn & Teller de-construct the anti-vaccination movement
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How Pandemics Spread: Introduction to Infectious Diseases
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![When you get the flu, viruses turn your cells into tiny factories that help spread the disease. In this animation, NPR’s Robert Krulwich and medical animator David Bolinsky explain how a flu virus can trick a single […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/FLU-36x36.jpg "Flu Attack! How A Virus Invades Your Body")
Flu Attack! How A Virus Invades Your Body
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![The first part explores how centuries of scientific and religious dogma were overturned by the earliest discoveries of the existence of cells, and how scientists came to realise that there was, literally, more to life than meets […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cell-36x36.jpg "BBC The Cell The Hidden Kingdom – Documentary")
BBC The Cell The Hidden Kingdom – Documentary
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![This video, created by Nucleus Medical Media, shows the function of white blood cells in normal immunity. It also portrays how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affects the immune system and causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Common […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/HIV-36x36.jpg "Medical Animation: HIV and AIDS")
Medical Animation: HIV and AIDS
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Influenza animation – flu virus mechanism
Posted on August 26, 2016 | No Comments
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CDC Archive
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![The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, is increasingly focused on health concerns outside the United States as the world becomes more interconnected. And its international mission goes well beyond fighting global infectious diseases […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/global-fight-against-diseases-115x115.jpg "The CDC is stepping up in the global fight against infectious diseases")
The CDC is stepping up in the global fight against infectious diseases
Posted on November 16, 2016 | No CommentsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, is increasingly focused on health concerns outside the United States as the world becomes more interconnected. And its international mission goes well beyond fighting global infectious diseases […] -
![Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that there was now enough evidence to definitively say that the Zika virus could cause unusually small heads and brain damage in infants born to […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Microcephaly_comparison-115x115.jpg "Zika virus causes birth defects, health officials confirm")
Zika virus causes birth defects, health officials confirm
Posted on April 15, 2016 | No CommentsOfficials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that there was now enough evidence to definitively say that the Zika virus could cause unusually small heads and brain damage in infants born to […] -
![The world is in danger of running out of vaccines for a deadly disease: yellow fever. A major outbreak in the African nation of Angola has already depleted the stockpile that world health officials had set aside […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Yellow_Fever-115x115.jpg "A ‘forgotten disease’ is suddenly causing new worries")
A ‘forgotten disease’ is suddenly causing new worries
Posted on April 4, 2016 | No CommentsThe world is in danger of running out of vaccines for a deadly disease: yellow fever. A major outbreak in the African nation of Angola has already depleted the stockpile that world health officials had set aside […] -
![Researchers at Georgia State University say a vaccine containing virus-like microscopic, genetically engineered particles — i.e.: nanoparticles, has been shown to be an effective treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). According to the Centers for Disease Control, […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Georgia-State-University-Logo-115x115.jpg "Vaccine with virus-like nanoparticles found to be effective treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)")
Vaccine with virus-like nanoparticles found to be effective treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Posted on August 27, 2015 | No CommentsResearchers at Georgia State University say a vaccine containing virus-like microscopic, genetically engineered particles — i.e.: nanoparticles, has been shown to be an effective treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). According to the Centers for Disease Control, […] -
![The most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vital Signs shows a mathematical model that is designed to demonstrate the rise in Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and drug-resistant infections. “Antibiotic resistant infections in healthcare settings […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/CDC_Logo-115x115.png "CDC models drug-resistant infections and C. difficile growth")
CDC models drug-resistant infections and C. difficile growth
Posted on August 11, 2015 | No CommentsThe most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vital Signs shows a mathematical model that is designed to demonstrate the rise in Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and drug-resistant infections. “Antibiotic resistant infections in healthcare settings […] -
![Scientists have successfully blocked the Ebola infection in cell-culture experiments, in a critical early step to develop a vaccine for the life-threatening virus. The Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, the largest in history, still remains in […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SiRNA_structure-115x115.jpg "Key protein pathways critical to Ebola virus can be blocked, according to new study")
Key protein pathways critical to Ebola virus can be blocked, according to new study
Posted on July 20, 2015 | No CommentsScientists have successfully blocked the Ebola infection in cell-culture experiments, in a critical early step to develop a vaccine for the life-threatening virus. The Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, the largest in history, still remains in […] -
![According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vaccines have saved more the 732,000 lives in the past two decades and studies have repeatedly shown that they are the best way to protect our communities from […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/shutterstock_20988352-115x115.jpg "Pediatric infectious disease expert sheds light on vaccine myths")
Pediatric infectious disease expert sheds light on vaccine myths
Posted on May 15, 2015 | No CommentsAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vaccines have saved more the 732,000 lives in the past two decades and studies have repeatedly shown that they are the best way to protect our communities from […] -
![The 2014-2015 flu season is “severe,” especially for those 65 and over, children under 5 years old and those with other medical conditions, warned Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CDC-Logo-115x115.png "CDC: Vaccine can’t handle this ‘severe’ flu season")
CDC: Vaccine can’t handle this ‘severe’ flu season
Posted on January 16, 2015 | No CommentsThe 2014-2015 flu season is “severe,” especially for those 65 and over, children under 5 years old and those with other medical conditions, warned Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in […] -
![What’s good for the kids is good for grandma and grandpa, too, federal health officials have decided. A vaccine that has been successful in stemming pneumonia in children (and the adults in their lives) is being pushed […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/US-CDC-Logo-115x115.png "CDC is urging two shots for seniors")
CDC is urging two shots for seniors
Posted on December 1, 2014 | No CommentsWhat’s good for the kids is good for grandma and grandpa, too, federal health officials have decided. A vaccine that has been successful in stemming pneumonia in children (and the adults in their lives) is being pushed […] -
![In Tennessee, the introduction in 2010 of a new pneumococcal vaccine for infants and young children coincides with a 27 percent decline in pneumonia hospital admissions across the state among children under age 2. That’s the lead […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Pneumonia-day-115x115.jpg "Pneumonia vaccine reducing pediatric admissions")
Pneumonia vaccine reducing pediatric admissions
Posted on November 7, 2014 | No CommentsIn Tennessee, the introduction in 2010 of a new pneumococcal vaccine for infants and young children coincides with a 27 percent decline in pneumonia hospital admissions across the state among children under age 2. That’s the lead […]