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Disease

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

Video playlists about Disease

The fabulous life of germs

Germs -- they get around. Learn what their travels and overall existence can teach us about not just ourselves, but the past, present and future of humanity.

Survivor’s wisdom

Powerful, perspective-shifting talks on what it means to live courageously.

11 ideas for ending HIV/AIDS

These powerful talks offer ideas for rethinking—and hopefully stopping—the spread of HIV and AIDS.

The link between health and racism

Learn about the detrimental (and even deadly) impact racism has on our minds and bodies — and what society can do to heal and support the wellbeing of all.

Talks about Disease

The epidemics that almost happened

Kathryn M. Stephenson and David L. Suskind

What is a poop transplant, and how does it work?

What happens if an engineered virus escapes the lab?

Ethical dilemma: Should we get rid of mosquitoes?

3 ways to end a virus

How to tackle the stigma of living with HIV

Why plague doctors wore beaked masks

Will there be another pandemic in your lifetime?

Could one vaccine protect against everything?

Why is it so hard to cure the common cold?

Liesbeth Demuyser

What causes yeast infections, and how do you get rid of them?

A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text

We can make COVID-19 the last pandemic

How to design mosquitoes out of cities

Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah

The tragedy of air pollution -- and an urgent demand for clean air

Francisca Mutapi

Africans should lead on health care solutions for Africa

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Exclusive articles about Disease

The most critical factor in medicine? Human bias

Oncologist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Siddhartha Mukherjee explains why doctors aren't so much looking for disease as bias in their work.

Posted Oct 2015

3 articles on the danger of Ebola paranoia

It’s Halloween — and the only thing scarier than Ebola this week is Ebola paranoia. Should you panic in bowling alleys? How justified is your fear of hospitals? Are mandatory quarantines even legal in the U.S., anyway? 3 ideas behind the news.

Posted Oct 2014

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 decide.

Posted Jun 2014

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