Disease

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of disease.

Exclusive articles about Disease

What can we learn from how animals cope?

Author of the book Animal Madness, TED Fellow Laurel Braitman shares 5 ways in which animals and humans suffer from similar mental illnesses. Anthropomorphism run amok? You deci...

Video playlists about Disease

10 ideas for ending HIV/AIDS

10 talks • 2h 09m
These powerful talks offer ideas for rethinking—and hopefully stopping—the spread of HIV and AIDS.

Talks about Disease

19:11

Bruce Aylward

Humanity vs. Ebola. How we could win a terrifying war

450K views Feb 2015
18:53

Nancy Frates

Meet the mom who started the Ice Bucket Challenge

703K views Nov 2014
10:39

Stephen Friend

The hunt for "unexpected genetic heroes"

841K views May 2014
14:08

Gary Slutkin

Let's treat violence like a contagious disease

651K views Oct 2013
15:18

Sonia Shah

3 reasons we still haven’t gotten rid of malaria

981K views Sep 2013
10:49

Jack Andraka

A promising test for pancreatic cancer ... from a teenager

3.8M views Jul 2013
14:40

Francis Collins

We need better drugs — now

661K views Mar 2013
12:59

Richard Weller

Could the sun be good for your heart?

822K views Jan 2013
13:57

Hadyn Parry

Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease

839K views Jan 2013
6:04

Max Little

A test for Parkinson's with a phone call

866K views Aug 2012
6:26

Alanna Shaikh

How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's

836K views Jul 2012
15:21

Allan Jones

A map of the brain

826K views Nov 2011
23:09

Bruce Aylward

How we'll stop polio for good

449K views May 2011
7:49

Mick Ebeling

The invention that unlocked a locked-in artist

881K views Apr 2011
11:40

Ken Robinson

Changing education paradigms

1.5M views Dec 2010
16:58

Nathan Myhrvold

Could this laser zap malaria?

771K views May 2010
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