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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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Ebola Archive
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![Prophylactic mass vaccination programmes are not a realistic option in the battle to prevent new Ebolavirus outbreaks, a University of Kent-led research team has shown. The findings come as the World Health Organisation has announced a new […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Ebola_Vaccine_Implementation-115x115.jpg "Mass vaccinations will not prevent Ebolavirus outbreaks, new research shows")
Mass vaccinations will not prevent Ebolavirus outbreaks, new research shows
Posted on May 11, 2018 | No CommentsProphylactic mass vaccination programmes are not a realistic option in the battle to prevent new Ebolavirus outbreaks, a University of Kent-led research team has shown. The findings come as the World Health Organisation has announced a new […] -
![Researchers may be able to stop the replication of Ebola virus by mutating its most important protein, according to a paper published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Researchers were able to mutate Viral Protein 40 […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/vp40-115x115.jpg "Mutating Ebola’s key protein may stop replication")
Mutating Ebola’s key protein may stop replication
Posted on March 13, 2018 | No CommentsResearchers may be able to stop the replication of Ebola virus by mutating its most important protein, according to a paper published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Researchers were able to mutate Viral Protein 40 […] -
![Finding opens door to studying Ebola inhibitors in any lab without needing extreme safety precautions. University of Alberta researchers have found the Ebola polymerase (enzyme), which may lead to more effective research and better treatments for the […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Universty-of-Alberta-research-115x115.jpg "Discovery fills gap in search for better treatments for Ebola, other viruses")
Discovery fills gap in search for better treatments for Ebola, other viruses
Posted on March 8, 2018 | No CommentsFinding opens door to studying Ebola inhibitors in any lab without needing extreme safety precautions. University of Alberta researchers have found the Ebola polymerase (enzyme), which may lead to more effective research and better treatments for the […] -
![A new, faster and safer way of diagnosing the Ebola virus has been developed by an academic from Northumbria University, Newcastle. Research led and carried out by Dr Sterghios Moschos at Northumbria means that patients with Ebola-like […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/EbolaCheck-115x115.jpg "Breakthrough in rapid mass screening for the Ebola virus")
Breakthrough in rapid mass screening for the Ebola virus
Posted on October 16, 2017 | No CommentsA new, faster and safer way of diagnosing the Ebola virus has been developed by an academic from Northumbria University, Newcastle. Research led and carried out by Dr Sterghios Moschos at Northumbria means that patients with Ebola-like […] -
![Two Johns Hopkins materials science graduate students and their professors played a key role in a multi-institution research project that pinpointed how a tiny protein seems to make the deadly Ebola virus particularly contagious. This finding, published […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shutterstock_225959986-115x115.jpg "Johns Hopkins researchers pinpoint how tiny protein could make deadly Ebola virus contagious")
Johns Hopkins researchers pinpoint how tiny protein could make deadly Ebola virus contagious
Posted on August 25, 2017 | No CommentsTwo Johns Hopkins materials science graduate students and their professors played a key role in a multi-institution research project that pinpointed how a tiny protein seems to make the deadly Ebola virus particularly contagious. This finding, published […] -
![The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed a new ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Bas Uele Province on May 12, just over a week since it celebrated the collective effort that created the rVSV […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/shutterstock_257679499-115x115.jpg "New ebola outbreak in Congo: Can vaccines prevent an epidemic?")
New ebola outbreak in Congo: Can vaccines prevent an epidemic?
Posted on May 15, 2017 | No CommentsThe World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed a new ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Bas Uele Province on May 12, just over a week since it celebrated the collective effort that created the rVSV […] -
![The 2014 to 2015 ebola outbreak in West Africa was a huge challenge to the World Health Organization as it scrambled to contain the spread of the deadly disease, send medical aid, and produce a vaccine. The […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/WHO_vaccine-115x115.jpg "WHO celebrates ebola vaccine success and extends gratitude to guinea citizens")
WHO celebrates ebola vaccine success and extends gratitude to guinea citizens
Posted on May 8, 2017 | No CommentsThe 2014 to 2015 ebola outbreak in West Africa was a huge challenge to the World Health Organization as it scrambled to contain the spread of the deadly disease, send medical aid, and produce a vaccine. The […] -
![Patient showed virus in lungs 5 days after blood clearance A healthcare worker recovering from Ebola virus in Italy showed evidence of persistent viral infection in his lungs days after the virus was no longer detectable in […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Ebola_lungs-115x115.jpg "Ebola can linger, perhaps replicate in lungs")
Ebola can linger, perhaps replicate in lungs
Posted on January 18, 2017 | No CommentsPatient showed virus in lungs 5 days after blood clearance A healthcare worker recovering from Ebola virus in Italy showed evidence of persistent viral infection in his lungs days after the virus was no longer detectable in […] -
![At a time when public attention is diverted from Ebola and the sense of urgency that propelled a rapid public health response in 2014 and 2015 has faded, the push to bring an Ebola vaccine to licensure […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Ebola-115x115.jpg "Completing the development of Ebola vaccines")
Completing the development of Ebola vaccines
Posted on January 18, 2017 | No CommentsAt a time when public attention is diverted from Ebola and the sense of urgency that propelled a rapid public health response in 2014 and 2015 has faded, the push to bring an Ebola vaccine to licensure […] -
![A new Ebola vaccine is safe to use and highly effective against the deadly virus, scientists say, following successful trials in Guinea and Sierra Leone. The scientists’ study, published in the Lancet, notes that zero cases of […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Vaccine_Ebola-115x115.jpg "Final trials show Ebola vaccine offers 100 percent protection")
Final trials show Ebola vaccine offers 100 percent protection
Posted on December 23, 2016 | No CommentsA new Ebola vaccine is safe to use and highly effective against the deadly virus, scientists say, following successful trials in Guinea and Sierra Leone. The scientists’ study, published in the Lancet, notes that zero cases of […]