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New Technology Monitors AIDS Patients in Africa (1:25)
Watch this video about AIDS on HowStuffWorks. According to the latest UNAIDS/WHO report, nearly 40 million worldwide are now living with HIV/AIDS. In 2006, 2.9 million people died and another 4.3 million were newly infected. While sub-Saharan Africa... More »
Testing for Foot and Mouth Disease (1:49)
Watch this video about foot and mouth disease in livestock herds on HowStuffWorks. The U.S. livestock industry can lose up to $3 million per hour for every hour's delay in diagnosing food and mouth disease on a suspected herd. See how to diagnose... More »
Larry Brilliant Talks at TED About Disease Control (26:35)
Watch this video from TED featuring Larry Brilliant. TEDPrize winner Larry Brilliant is an epidemiologist who led the successful WHO campaign to eradicate Smallpox. He was recently named Executive Director of the Google Foundation. See how disease... More »
Author Steven Johnson on Infectious Diseases (10:49)
Watch this video from TED featuring author Steven Johnson on HowStuffWorks. Steven Johnson describes "The Ghost Map," telling the story of a cholera outbreak in 1854 London, and the famous map of the disease's path, which not only proved cholera was... More »
