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

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
13:15

Minda Dentler

What I learned when I conquered the world's toughest triathlon

Posted Mar 2018
12:49

Fredros Okumu

Why I study the most dangerous animal on earth — mosquitoes

Posted Jan 2018
17:06

Arik Hartmann

Our treatment of HIV has advanced. Why hasn't the stigma changed?

Posted Jan 2018
15:30

Keller Rinaudo

How we're using drones to deliver blood and save lives

Posted Nov 2017
7:01

Beth Malone

How my dad's dementia changed my idea of death (and life)

Posted Nov 2017
11:25

Carolyn Bertozzi

What the sugar coating on your cells is trying to tell you

Posted Aug 2017
12:10

Jimmy Lin

A simple new blood test that can catch cancer early

Posted Jul 2017
13:58

Manu Prakash

Lifesaving scientific tools made of paper

Posted Jul 2017
15:02

Sharon Terry

Science didn't understand my kids' rare disease until I decided to study it

Posted Jun 2017
20:30

Raj Panjabi

No one should die because they live too far from a doctor

Posted Jun 2017
15:10

Nina Fedoroff

A secret weapon against Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases

Posted May 2017
13:56

Lisa Genova

What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's

Posted Apr 2017
16:35

Moshe Szyf

How early life experience is written into DNA

Posted Mar 2017
10:44

Michael Botticelli

Addiction is a disease. We should treat it like one

Posted Mar 2017
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