Episodes
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Spillover - Zika, Ebola & Beyond
S1 E1 - 56m 8s
Investigate the rise of spillover viruses like Zika, Ebola and Nipah that can make the leap from animals to humans. Find out how human behaviors spread diseases and what science can do to anticipate and prevent epidemics around the world.
Extras + Features
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Natural Selection in an Outbreak
7m 24s
Computational geneticist Pardis Sabeti and disease ecologist Lina Moses discuss how the 2013–2015 Ebola outbreak in west Africa became the largest Ebola outbreak in history.
This video was produced as an educational resource by HHMI BioInteractive.
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Virus Hunter: Monitoring Nipah Virus in Bat Populations
8m 51s
Fruit bats carry a virus called Nipah which can be transmitted to humans and cause severe disease. In Bangladesh the virus causes a disease outbreak almost every year. Jon Epstein of the EcoHealth Alliance walks us through the history and evidence of how scientists uncovered the route of transmission to humans.
This video was produced as an educational resource by HHMI BioInteractive.
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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
8m 25s
Viruses like Dengue, Chickungunya, Yellow Fever, and Zika are spread mosquitoes. To reduce the number of infections, health officials have turned to producing genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes that, when released into the wild, reproduce with wild mosquitoes and cause their offspring to die.
This video was produced as an educational resource by HHMI BioInteractive.
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A Song about Ebola
2m
Bobby Sepka chronicles the Ebola outbreak through his music.
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Preview
30s
Investigate the rise of spillover viruses like Zika, Ebola and Nipah that can make the leap from animals to humans. Find out how human behaviors spread diseases and what science can do to anticipate and prevent epidemics around the world.
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Healthcare Workers and Ebola
4m 12s
Dr. Nahid Bhadelia describes caring for a young patient in an Ebola ward in West Africa.
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Sweet Drink, Deadly Disease
33s
How are a deadly virus, a tree climber, and a bat related? Watch this video to find out.
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