Disease

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

Video playlists about Disease

11 ideas for ending HIV/AIDS

11 talks • 2h 13m
These powerful talks offer ideas for rethinking—and hopefully stopping—the spread of HIV and AIDS.

Survivor’s wisdom

13 talks • 3h 0m
Powerful, perspective-shifting talks on what it means to live courageously.

The fabulous life of germs

8 talks • 1h 47m
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.

The link between health and racism

7 talks • 1h 33m
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

16:12

David R. Liu

Can we cure genetic diseases by rewriting DNA?

Posted Apr 2019
11:41

Fatima AlZahra'a Alatraktchi

To detect diseases earlier, let's speak bacteria's secret language

Posted Mar 2019
5:10

Rebecca Brachman

A new class of drug that could prevent depression and PTSD

Posted Mar 2019
10:30

Yvonne van Amerongen

The "dementia village" that's redefining elder care

Posted Mar 2019
13:29

Julian Burschka

What your breath could reveal about your health

Posted Feb 2019
14:31

Jan Rader

In the opioid crisis, here's what it takes to save a life

Posted Jan 2019
11:13

Alexander Belcredi

How a long-forgotten virus could help us solve the antibiotics crisis

Posted Nov 2018
7:11

Faith Osier

The key to a better malaria vaccine

Posted Oct 2018
11:36

Niels van Namen

Why the hospital of the future will be your own home

Posted Sep 2018
13:40

Luhan Yang

How to create a world where no one dies waiting for a transplant

Posted Sep 2018
17:22

Steve McCarroll

How data is helping us unravel the mysteries of the brain

Posted Sep 2018
15:08

Dan Gibson

How to build synthetic DNA and send it across the internet

Posted Jul 2018
10:12

Caroline Harper

What if we eliminated one of the world's oldest diseases?

Posted Jun 2018
12:01

Chera Kowalski

The critical role librarians play in the opioid crisis

Posted Jun 2018
11:30

Sarah Donnelly

How work kept me going during my cancer treatment

Posted Apr 2018
14:08

Soka Moses

For survivors of Ebola, the crisis isn't over

Posted Mar 2018
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