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Death rates from cardiovascular disease have fallen dramatically — what were the breakthroughs behind this?
Over a century of progress in surgery, drugs, prevention, and emergency response has driven down death rates from heart disease and stroke. The ... (2025)
Air Filtration and UV Disinfection Greatly Reduce Viruses in Hospital Wards - Marginal REVOLUTION
As I wrote earlier it’s puzzling that there isn’t more attention given to air filtration and UV light disinfection in hospitals, since these techni... (2021)
A grim warning from Israel: Vaccination blunts, but does not defeat Delta | Science | AAAS
With early vaccination and outstanding data, country is the world’s real-life COVID-19 lab (2021)
USA will share millions of AstraZeneca vaccine doses worldwide - POLITICO
The company has produced about 10 million doses of the vaccine for the U.S. but the FDA has not yet authorized their use. (2021)
Myths of Vaccine Manufacturing
In the last few days, the question of why more drug companies haven't been enlisted for vaccine production has come up. It's mostly due to this twe... (2021)
Variation in False-Negative Rate SARS-CoV-2 Tests by Time Since Exposure | Annals of Internal Medicine
Tests for SARS-CoV-2 based on reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) are being used to rule out infection among high-risk persons... (2020)
The ‘very, very bad look’ of remdesivir, the first FDA-approved COVID-19 drug
The Food and Drug Administration held no advisory meeting on antiviral, and the European Union signed contract without knowing of failed trial (2020)
At 12, She’s a Covid ‘Long Hauler’ - The New York Times
Although most young people recover quickly, doctors are seeing some children and teens with lingering fatigue and other chronic problems. (2020)
New CRISPR-based test detects coronavirus in just 5 minutes
CRISPR-based approach is much faster than current diagnostics, but does have some limitations (2020)
A Kid's Covid Vaccine Isn't Coming Anytime Soon - The New York Times
There are currently no trials underway, making a vaccine unlikely before fall of 2021. And students are missing online school at alarming rates. (2020)
How to Ship a Vaccine at minus –80°C, and Other Obstacles in the Covid Fight - The New York Times
Developing an effective vaccine is the first step. Then comes the question of how to deliver hundreds of millions of doses that may need to be kept... (2020)
The 1918 Flu, Masks and Lessons for the Coronavirus Pandemic - The New York Times
As the influenza pandemic swept across the United States in 1918 and 1919, masks took a role in political and cultural wars. (2020)
Blood Plasma Treatment for Covid-19 Now on Hold at F.D.A. - The New York Times
Government health leaders including Dr. Francis S. Collins and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci urged caution last week, citing weak data from the country’s la... (2020)
This Is How Your Brain Becomes Addicted to Caffeine | Science
Regular ingestion of the drug alters your brain's chemical makeup, leading to fatigue, headaches and nausea if you try to quit (2020)
‘Amazing, Isn’t It?’ Long-Sought Blood Test for Alzheimer’s in Reach - The New York Times
Scientists say such tests could be available in a few years, speeding research for treatments and providing a diagnosis for dementia patients who w... (2020)
Covid Vaccine Front-Runner Is Months Ahead of Her Competition - Bloomberg (July 2020)
The University of Oxford candidate, led by Sarah Gilbert, might be through human trials in September. AstraZeneca has lined up agreements to produc... (2020)
COVID-19 Test (At-Home Kit)
We'll send you an at-home kit to collect your nasal swab sample and ship it back to our lab. Our lab will test your sample for SARS-CoV-2, the vir... (2020)
Novavax Gets $1.6 Billion for Coronavirus Vaccine From Operation Warp Speed - New York Times
The Maryland-based company, which has never brought a product to market before, just made the biggest deal to date with the Trump administration’s ... (2020)
Opinion | Can Covid Damage the Brain? - The New York Times
“I tell the same stories repeatedly; I forget words I know.” The more we learn about the coronavirus, the more we realize it’s not just a respir... (2020)
You May Have Antibodies After Coronavirus Infection. But Not for Long. - The New York Times
Antibodies to the virus faded quickly in asymptomatic people, scientists reported. That does not mean immunity disappears. (2020)
How to Recover From Covid-19 at Home - The New York Times
Rest and fluids are essential, but not always enough. Here are some more things you can do to feel better. (2020)
How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes
The lungs are ground zero for COVID-19, but blood clots may play a surprisingly big role in severe illness (2020)
What is COVID-19's R number – and why does it matter?
Governments are monitoring it closely to decide whether to lift their lockdowns. But what actually is the “reproduction number”, and how do we keep... (2020)
The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them
It seems many people are breathing some relief, and I’m not sure why. An epidemic curve has a relatively predictable upslope and once the peak is r... (2020)
Opinion | In the Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine, We Must Go Big. Really, Really Big. - The New York Times
We should commit tens of billions toward a program. “ Today, the U.S. government could go big and create a Covid-19 vaccine A.M.C., guaranteeing... (2020)
Why Days 5 to 10 Are So Important When You Have Coronavirus - The New York Times
Tracking your daily symptoms can help you and your doctors make better decisions about whether a hospital visit is needed. "But what if you don’... (2020)
What you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine | Bill Gates
Humankind has never had a more urgent task than creating broad immunity for coronavirus. One of the questions I get asked the most these days is... (2020)
‘Will You Help Save My Brother?’: The Scramble to Find Covid-19 Plasma Donors - The New York Times
A doctor stricken with Covid-19 was running out of options. His family mounted a search for a donor whose plasma might help. Antibody rich convale... (2020)
Americans on Cusp of Meat Shortage With Food Chain Breaking Down - April 2020 - Bloomberg
‘The food supply chain is breaking,’ Tyson chairman says Almost a third of U.S. pork capacity is down after outbreaks Plant shutdowns are lea... (2020)
Opinion | Coronavirus Is Killing Silently. Here's How to Treat It Before It's Too Late - The New York Times
This is what I learned during 10 days of treating Covid pneumonia at Bellevue Hospital. “ “There is a way we could identify more patients who ha... (2020)
What’s Causing the Parkinson’s Belt?
The number of people with Parkinson's Disease has doubled in just 25 years, but its rise has been much worse in some places than in others. (2025)
Protocols for Increasing VO2 Max (and why zone 2 cardio might not be enough)
Protocols for Increasing VO2 Max (and why zone 2 cardio might not be enough) | Dr. Rhonda Patrick (2024)
Can AI Catch What Doctors Miss? | Eric Topol | TED
AI could propel the biggest transformation in the history of medicine, says physician-scientist Eric Topol. He explains how sophisticated AI models... (2023)
What is Biomedical Engineering & Why is it the BEST Major!! Part I
Hi everyone! Being a recent graduate from TWO Ivy League universities, Harvard & Cornell University, I thought I'd talk about the field that I've s... (2023)
TED: How we're using AI to discover new antibiotics | Jim Collins
TED: How we're using AI to discover new antibiotics | Jim Collins (2023)
Genetic Selection is Happening Already. Here's How it Works.
Genetic Selection is Happening Already. Here's How it Works. (2023)
America’s opioid crisis - How the Mexican cartels are making profits now - The Economist
Mexican cartels and criminals are the leading producers of illegal synthetic drugs. This shift is fuelling the latest phase in America’s opioid cri... (2022)
What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's | Lisa Genova - TED
Alzheimer's doesn't have to be your brain's destiny, says neuroscientist and author of "Still Alice," Lisa Genova. She shares the latest science in... (2022)
How to biohack your cells to fight cancer - TEDed
Check out the science of biohacking, where biologists go into a patient’s genetic code and reprogram their immune system to recognize and fight can... (2022)
Sleep is your superpower | TED - Matt Walker
Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more.Sleep is your li... (2021)
How aspirin was discovered - TED Ed Krishna Sudhir
4000 years ago, the ancient Sumerians made a surprising discovery: if they scraped the bark off a particular kind of tree and ate it, their pain di... (2021)
Long-Term Care: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver explains the industry behind nursing homes and assisted living facilities, and why long-term care needs fixing. Connect with Last Week ... (2021)
An Introduction to COVID-19 Tests Types
Testing is crucial to guiding our next steps in the fight against #COVID19, but do you know the difference between all the tests available? For mor... (2020)
Covid-19: why travel will never be the same | The Economist
Covid-19 has devastated global travel and—as the industry recovers from the effects of the pandemic—tourism will be increasingly localised and comp... (2020)
Why lockdowns are the wrong policy - Swedish expert Prof. Johan Giesecke
That was one of the more extraordinary interviews we have done here at UnHerd. Professor Johan Giesecke, one of the world’s most senior epidemiolog... (2020)
Coronavirus IV: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver discusses how Coronavirus is impacting the US workforce, from mass unemployment to the problems faced by essential workers. Connect wit... (2020)
COVID-19 How to Use One Ventilator to Save Multiple Lives
Watch this short video to learn how to use one ventilator to save multiple lives. To learn more about this study visit: https://onlinelibrary.wiley... (2020)
TED talk - Bill Gates: The next outbreak? We’re not ready
In 2014, the world avoided a horrific global outbreak of Ebola, thanks to thousands of selfless health workers — plus, frankly, thanks to some very... (2020)
How building prosthetic hands can help you give your best | Lain Hensley | TEDxChicoSalon
From dog houses to bicycles and beyond, Lain has found a space to expand both inspiration and ability around the world. Lain Hensley has traveled i... (2019)
Odyssey Teams' Helping Hands Program: LN-4 Prosthetic Hand Recipients
Helping Hands | http://odysseyteams.com | (800) 342-1650 In this video, we show recipients of the LN-4 Prosthetic Hand. The prosthetic hands are pa... (2019)
Helping Hands by Odyssey Teams | Giving An Amputee a Prosthetic Hand
Odyssey Teams had the opportunity to help this man by making him a prosthetic hand through our Helping Hands team building program. This is a life-... (2019)
Helping Hands Instructional Build / Charitable, CSR Team Building Kit from Odyssey Teams
Helping Hands | http://odysseyteams.com | (800) 342-1650 In this video, Lain Hensley shows us how to put together a prosthetic hand from Odyssey Te... (2019)
Is marijuana bad for your brain? - TED ED - Anees Bahji
Explore how marijuana’s two main active compounds, THC and CBD, affect your brain and body, and what risk factors to watch out for. -- In 1970, mar... (2019)
How the food you eat affects your brain - Mia Nacamulli
TED-Ed Published on Jun 21, 2016 When it comes to what you bite, chew and swallow, your choices have a direct and long-lasting effect on the mo... (2019)
How To Simplify Your Life - (video) School of Life
What many of us long for more than anything else is a simpler life; we feel overwhelmed by our responsibilities, schedules, commitments and obligat... (2019)
Why calories are a con | The Economist
Calorie-counting has been central to people's understanding of weight loss for over a century. Given that the great majority of diets fail—could th... (2019)
TED - The world needs all kinds of minds | Temple Grandin
Autism activist Temple Grandin talks about how her mind works -- sharing her ability to "think in pictures," which helps her solve problem... (2018)
Basic Capoeira Movements and Names
This video is intended to help beginner students learn basic capoeira movements and associate them with a name. Most of these movements are require... (2018)
This is How Much Sugar is In a Can of Coke
In 140 seconds, Dave Rubin demonstrates how much sugar is in one can of coca-cola. Comment below or tweet your thoughts to Dave at https://twitter.... (2018)
Why eating healthy is so expensive in America - YouTube
Produce helps your health and hurts your wallet, but some strategies may change that. The American dinner plate is deficient in nutritious produce... (2018)
Seniors Who Exercise Regularly May Have Younger Hearts, Muscles : Shots - Health News : NPR
Why develop an exercise habit now? Because 75-year-olds who've been doing it for decades may have the cardiovascular systems of people in their 40s... (2018)
Author Walter Isaacson On The Gene Editing Revolution - Fresh Air | NPR
Listen to this episode from Fresh Air on Spotify. Biochemist Jennifer Doudna, the subject of Walter Isaacson's new biography 'The Code Breaker,' sh... (2021)
Siddhartha Mukherjee on the future of disease and diagnostics
Will artificial intelligence change what it means to be human? Cancer physician, researcher, and author Siddhartha Mukherjee joins the podcast to h... (2023)
Dr. Matthew Hill: How Cannabis Impacts Health & the Potential Risks - Huberman Lab
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, my guest is Dr. Matthew Hill, Ph.D., a professor of cell biology and anatomy ... (2024)
What Evolutionary Biology Can Teach Us About Diet, Exercise, and Staying Alive - Plain English with Derek Thompson
Plain English with Derek Thompson on Spotify. What can the science of ancient humans and the lifestyle of hunter-gatherers teach us about how to be... (2024)
The Science of Healthy Hair, Hair Loss and How to Regrow Hair - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
In this episode, I explain the biology of hair, hair growth, why hair growth slows and what causes hair to stop growing and/or “fall out.” I discus... (2023)
Leverage Dopamine to Overcome Procrastination & Optimize Effort - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I explain how dopamine dynamics — meaning changes and interactions between ou... (2023)
Developing a Rational Approach to Supplementation for Health & Performance - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I explain how to design a supplementation protocol to support maximum mental ... (2023)
Using Caffeine to Optimize Mental & Physical Performance | Episode 101 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I explain how to use caffeine to enhance mental and physical health and perfo... (2022)
Nicotine’s Effects on the Brain & Body & How to Quit Smoking or Vaping | Episode 90 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I explain how nicotine impacts the brain and body, including its potent ability to enhance attention, foc... (2022)
ADHD & How Anyone Can Improve Their Focus | Episode 37 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I discuss ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder): what it is, the co... (2022)
Controlling Your Dopamine For Motivation, Focus & Satisfaction | Episode 39 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. This episode serves as a sort of “Dopamine Masterclass”. I discuss the immensely powerful chem... (2022)
Time Perception & Entrainment by Dopamine, Serotonin & Hormones | Episode 46 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I discuss how our brain and body track time and the role that neurochemicals,... (2022)
How to Enhance Your Gut Microbiome for Brain & Overall Health | Episode 61 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I discuss the profound effect the gut has on the nervous system. I cover the ... (2022)
Dr. Justin Sonnenburg: How to Build, Maintain & Repair Gut Health | Episode 62 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. My guest this episode is Dr. Justin Sonnenburg, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Stan... (2022)
What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health | Episode 86 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I discuss the physiological effects that drinking alcohol has on the brain an... (2022)
Focus Toolkit: Tools to Improve Your Focus & Concentration | Episode 88 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I provide a list of behavioral, nutritional, and supplement-based tools you c... (2022)
The Effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) on the Brain & Body | Episode 92 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I discuss cannabis (aka marijuana), including the biological mechanisms under... (2022)
Max Roser on building the world's best source of COVID-19 data at Our World in Data - 80,000 Hours podcast
Max runs Our World in Data, a small education nonprofit which began the pandemic with just six staff. But since last February his team has supplied... (2021)
The enduring mystery of long Covid - Today, Explained | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Today, Explained on Spotify. An estimated 10 percent of people who test positive for Covid-19 experience long-haul symp... (2021)
Florence Nightingale: Data Viz Pioneer - 99% Invisible | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from 99% Invisible on Spotify. Victorian nurse Florence Nightingale (played in this episode by her distant cous... (2021)
Bio Eats World: May I Have Your Insurance Card Again, Please? - Andreessen Horowitz
There's been a lot of talk (including on this show!) about the many kinds of innovations and technologies changing healthcare delivery for clinicia... (2021)
A Safer Psychedelic: non-hallucinogenic derivatives of psychedelics - a16z
On Bio Eats World, we discuss of new research creating safer, non-hallucinogenic derivatives of psychedelics for the treatment of depression and ad... (2021)
Solving Baumol's Cost Disease, in Healthcare - a16z
Why does the cost of education and healthcare services continue to rise rapidly, while the cost of goods rise much more slowly? According to econom... (2020)
Why Did the U.S. Turn Down Pfizer Vaccine Doses? - The New York Times | Podcast
Listen to this episode from The Daily on Spotify. From the start of the pandemic, the US said it was committed to ordering and stockpil... (2020)
Contact tracing: So promising. So invasive. - Should This Exist? - Podcast
Listen to this episode from Should This Exist? on Spotify. It’s one of the best weapons we have to contain a pandemic. But can it defe... (2020)
Rapid Response: The Covid test facts every CEO needs - Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman
Listen to this episode from Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman on Spotify. To safely re-open a business, you need more than masks. Cov... (2020)
The Biology of Aging: Introducing Bio Eats World (ep 1) - Andreessen Horowitz
Listen to this episode from a16z Podcast on Spotify. Welcome to the first episode of Bio Eats World, a brand new podcast all about h... (2020)
The truth about herd immunity - Vox | Today, Explained Podcast
Listen to this episode from Today, Explained on Spotify. Some people think it’s the only way out of the pandemic. Those people are very wrong. Tran... (2020)
a16z Podcast: On Vaccines and Vaccinology, in COVID and Beyond
WHEN are we going to have a COVID-19 vaccine, and how the heck are we going from 12 years of vaccine development compressed into 12 months or so? W... (2020)
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic, by Bill Gates
Governments, businesses, and individuals around the world are thinking about what happens after the COVID-19 pandemic. Can we hope to not only ward... (2024)
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker
"My new favorite book of all time." --Bill Gates "A terrific book...[Pinker] recounts the progress across a broad array of metrics, from health... (2018)
Dying for a Paycheck | Stanford Graduate School of Business
In one survey, 61 percent of employees said that workplace stress had made them sick and 7 percent said they had actually been hospitalized. Job st... (2018)
medRxiv.org - the preprint server for Health Sciences
medRxiv - the preprint server for Health Sciences, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution (2020)
Examine - Evidence-based Analysis on Supplements & Nutrition
Examine simplifies nutrition and supplementation — through meticulous analysis of the latest scientific research — to help answer your questions on... (2023)
MuscleWiki - Understand your body, simplify your workout
Select a muscle, and it tells you what workout (2021)
Ten Percent Happier: Mindfulness Meditation Courses
New to meditation? Get fidgety just thinking about it? Our expert teachers will walk you through the basics, one breath at a time. (2020)
IHME - COVID-19 Projections (state by state)
Explore hospital bed use, need for intensive care beds, and ventilator use due to COVID-19 based on projected deaths (2020)
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
Johns Hopkins experts in global public health, infectious disease, and emergency preparedness have been at the forefront of the international respo... (2020)
Help With COVID 19 - a clearing house for projects and volunteers
Help With COVID 19 - a clearing house for projects and volunteers that want to help with the COVID-19 crisis. These projects were posted... (2020)
COVID19 Update & Guidance to Limit Spread
These guidelines are intended to help Flatten the Curve with the COVID19 outbreak, to help limit spread and reduce the load on hospitals and other ... (2020)