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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
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disease Archive
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![For patients with difficult-to-treat, drug-resistant infections, seeing an infectious diseases specialist can be a lifesaver. Such patients experienced significantly lower mortality rates when treated by physicians specializing in infectious diseases, according to a study at Washington University […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bacteria-viruses-115x115.jpg "Infectious diseases docs may be lifesaving for patients with antibiotic-resistant infections")
Infectious diseases docs may be lifesaving for patients with antibiotic-resistant infections
Posted on March 20, 2018 | No CommentsFor patients with difficult-to-treat, drug-resistant infections, seeing an infectious diseases specialist can be a lifesaver. Such patients experienced significantly lower mortality rates when treated by physicians specializing in infectious diseases, according to a study at Washington University […] -
![The effort to identify and contain the capabilities of infectious diseases is going robotic, with the development of a new artificial intelligence algorithm by University of South Carolina (USC) researchers. A team from USC’s Viterbi School of […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/shutterstock_511550275-115x115.jpg "USC researchers develop AI algorithm to help identify, treat infectious diseases")
USC researchers develop AI algorithm to help identify, treat infectious diseases
Posted on February 23, 2018 | No CommentsThe effort to identify and contain the capabilities of infectious diseases is going robotic, with the development of a new artificial intelligence algorithm by University of South Carolina (USC) researchers. A team from USC’s Viterbi School of […] -
![Increasing threat of animal-to-human diseases – and antibiotic resistance in both – ring alarm bells at international conference Zoonotic diseases and misuse of antibiotics in animals and humans resulting in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are converging in Asia-Pacific […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/shutterstock_537622483-115x115.jpg "Increasing threat of animal-to-human diseases")
Increasing threat of animal-to-human diseases
Posted on February 5, 2018 | No CommentsIncreasing threat of animal-to-human diseases – and antibiotic resistance in both – ring alarm bells at international conference Zoonotic diseases and misuse of antibiotics in animals and humans resulting in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are converging in Asia-Pacific […] -
![As climate change gives previously-obscure tropical diseases new opportunities to spread, veterinary epidemiologists are watching patterns in animal disease to help prepare for the future. Virus and bacterial diseases don’t appear out of nowhere, and most require […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Untitled-115x115.png "The changing disease climate")
The changing disease climate
Posted on November 28, 2017 | No CommentsAs climate change gives previously-obscure tropical diseases new opportunities to spread, veterinary epidemiologists are watching patterns in animal disease to help prepare for the future. Virus and bacterial diseases don’t appear out of nowhere, and most require […] -
![Scientists have warned there is “something different” about the new Black Death outbreak spreading across the world. Plague warnings were being issued for nine countries in south-east Africa this week, as authorities rushed to contain an outbreak […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/shutterstock_535482538-115x115.jpg "Can we predict the world’s next pandemic")
Can we predict the world’s next pandemic
Posted on October 31, 2017 | No CommentsScientists have warned there is “something different” about the new Black Death outbreak spreading across the world. Plague warnings were being issued for nine countries in south-east Africa this week, as authorities rushed to contain an outbreak […] -
![A unique scientific resource for the study of ticks and tick-borne diseases has moved to the University of Liverpool with exciting plans for international expansion. The Tick Cell Biobank houses the world’s largest collection of tick cell […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tick_University-of-Liverpool-115x115.jpg "Tick-borne disease research receives global boost")
Tick-borne disease research receives global boost
Posted on August 25, 2017 | No CommentsA unique scientific resource for the study of ticks and tick-borne diseases has moved to the University of Liverpool with exciting plans for international expansion. The Tick Cell Biobank houses the world’s largest collection of tick cell […] -
![A woman in Japan died last year from a tick-borne disease — but she was never bitten by a tick. Instead, investigators believe the woman became infected with a disease called severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome through […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tick_warning-115x115.jpg "This is how a woman died from a tick-borne disease without a tick bite")
This is how a woman died from a tick-borne disease without a tick bite
Posted on August 3, 2017 | No CommentsA woman in Japan died last year from a tick-borne disease — but she was never bitten by a tick. Instead, investigators believe the woman became infected with a disease called severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome through […] -
![Macroecologists are altering the health and medical community over a serious lack of data on the worldwide distribution of disease-causing organisms. This paucity of information will happen responses to the next global epidemic. Two research groups have […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/shutterstock_504572938-2-115x115.jpg "Where will the next major infectious disease outbreak occur?")
Where will the next major infectious disease outbreak occur?
Posted on July 4, 2017 | No CommentsMacroecologists are altering the health and medical community over a serious lack of data on the worldwide distribution of disease-causing organisms. This paucity of information will happen responses to the next global epidemic. Two research groups have […] -
![Scientists call attention to a serious lack of data on the worldwide distribution of disease-causing organisms. Without this knowledge, predicting where and when the next disease outbreak will emerge is hardly possible. Macroecologists hold the expertise to […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/University-of-Copenhagen-1-115x115.jpg "Critical gaps in our knowledge of where infectious diseases occur")
Critical gaps in our knowledge of where infectious diseases occur
Posted on June 23, 2017 | No CommentsScientists call attention to a serious lack of data on the worldwide distribution of disease-causing organisms. Without this knowledge, predicting where and when the next disease outbreak will emerge is hardly possible. Macroecologists hold the expertise to […] -
![It once was stated that “man’s weakness is not achieving victories, but in taking advantage of them.” This is the case for global infection control. We have so far eradicated only a single major infectious disease threat, […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/shutterstock_511409536-115x115.jpg "Why is it so hard to eradicate infectious diseases?")
Why is it so hard to eradicate infectious diseases?
Posted on April 11, 2017 | No CommentsIt once was stated that “man’s weakness is not achieving victories, but in taking advantage of them.” This is the case for global infection control. We have so far eradicated only a single major infectious disease threat, […]