COVID-19 Extra Reading
Overview
Can COVID-19 Be Stopped?
Queen's Address
100+ Doctors Tell You The TRUTH About Battling Coronavirus
Why some become seriously ill from Coronavirus - and others don’t
Doctor Mike Interviews Dr. Fauci On COVID19
What Bill Gates Is Afraid Of
Coronavirus - common questions | NHS Q&A
Coronavirus stay at home advice | NHS
Prof Chris Whitty: How to Control a Pandemic
How coronavirus charts can mislead us
How long will the pandemic last
What actually is Coronavirus - Surgeon Explains
Covid-19: what the world has learned during lockdown
Doctors DRAGGED Over Coronavirus Statements
Why The 2019 Novel Coronavirus Is So Hard To Stop
Hey Google, Help Us Doctors! | Dr. Feinberg Interview
Testing
The Two Coronavirus Tests The World Needs Immediately
Coronavirus Tests
The Race to Develop a Coronavirus Treatment in 60 Days
The TRUTH About Coronavirus Antibody Tests
How to Get COVID-19 Test Results in an Hour or Less
Trusting Antibody Testing
UK hits 'precedented' target
Startup Designs Temperature-Detecting Glasses for COVID-19 Screening
Why Blood From Coronavirus Survivors Could Be a Lifeline for the Sick
Potential Vacccine?
When Will We Have a Coronavirus Vaccine?
First Human Trials in Europe at Oxford University
How scientists are fighting the coronavirus: A three minute guide
Price Gauging?
We May Have a COVID Vaccine in 2021, But Not Without Taking Risks
Vaccine Controversy
How Scientists Are Trying to Develop a Coronavirus Vaccine
COVID Conversations: Sarah Gilbert on Oxford's COVID Vaccine
Oxford coronavirus vaccine triggers immune response and appears safe
Dexamethasone Could Be a COVID-19 'Breakthrough'
Ventilators
OxVent Multidisciplinary Research
NASA Team Designs New Ventilator to Address U.S. Supply Shortages
PPE
Masks? Handwashing? Sanitizer?
Why the New Face Mask Recommendations?
Coronavirus Masks
How to wear PPE
The 3D Printing Industry Just Built a Stockpile in the Cloud
Access to PPE is a human right. We need action now.
Potential Treatment?
Chloroquine: The New Coronavirus Cure?
Our Best Bets for Treating Coronavirus
Here’s the Latest on Hydroxychloroquine and Coronavirus Antivirals
Remdesevir
Hydroxychloroquine + Azithromycin
How to treat Covid-19
Inside Hospitals
Inside an ICU fighting COVID-19
Inside an ICU during coronavirus
My First Day Working on a COVID-19 Ward in London
Coronavirus is changing how hospitals treat ALL patients
What has changed in the Emergency Department since the coronavirus outbreak?
Doctors VLOG: Life on the Battleground
Critical care doctor explains what coronavirus intensive care is really like
RCGP Together
Hospital Special: Fighting Covid-19 Trailer
Inside Italy's Hospitals: A Disturbing Look at Coronavirus Up Close
London in the Shadow of a Virus
Mental Health
Social Distancing & Mental Health
Why the Coronavirus Pandemic Is Affecting Your Dreams
Crisis Text Line Offers Mental Health Support During Pandemic
The Waking Nightmare of ICU Delirium for COVID-19 Patients
Why People Bake In A Crisis
Levels of Depression have Doubled during Coronavirus Pandemic
NHS Adaptations
Contacting your GP Remotely
Nye Health during COVID-19
Technology in COVID-19
Global Impact
How the virus will hit the poorest people on the planet
How Professional Sports Are Adapting to COVID-19
Why Is America So Bad At Public Health?
90% of U.S. COVID Deaths Could've Been Prevented?
Interview with Dr. Anne Schuchat- Principal Deputy Director, CDC
Why we're seeing mass layoffs in the US but not the UK
What coronavirus looks like in EVERY country on earth - From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe
Pollution has plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic - but will it last?
Great Depression Photos Gain New Attention as Unemployment Spikes
Dr. Anthony Fauci, explained
Covid-19: how it will change the world | The Economist
How covid-19 could change the financial world order | The Economist
How coronavirus changed the world in three months
The Latest Consumer-Spending Report, Explained
How the Oil Bust Could Reshape Global Markets
Pathophysiology
What is Herd Immunity?
Does Getting COVID-19 Make You Immune to It?
What Happens If You Get a Severe Case of COVID-19?
Recognizing Day to Day Signs and Symptoms of Coronavirus
Coronavirus: What are the symptoms?
Is This Coronavirus, or Just Allergies? Symptoms of COVID-19
Can You Get The Coronavirus Twice?
Why Bats Can Fight Off So Many Viruses
How Coronavirus Affects People With Diabetes, Cancer, And Other Conditions
What Coronavirus Symptoms Look Like, Day By Day
The Science Behind How the Body Clears Coronavirus
Coronavirus is not the flu. It's worse.
Tracing
Why Is COVID-19 So Hard to Track?
Digital surveillance technology: Coronavirus Pandemic
What Exactly is Contact Tracing?
How Covid-19 contact tracing could help beat the pandemic
How Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps Work
BAME Staff
UK hospitals warned BAME staff may be at greater risk of coronavirus
Covid-19 and the Impact on BAME communities - What needs to change?
Black Britons ‘twice as likely’ to die with coronavirus, says ONS
Thank You
Love for healthcare workers
Thank You - Part 1
Thank You - Part 2
Thank You - Part 3
What does the NHS mean to you?
Mick's Story
Hannah's Story
Reid's Story
Kathryn's Story
In it Together - Doctors share emotional truths
Captain Tom celebrates 100th birthday
99-year-old Captain Tom Moore raises more than £14m for NHS by walking in his back garden
Meet the 100-year-old walker inspired by Captain Tom Moore
Transmission
SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission leading to COVID-19
'R value' and importance of keeping it low to lift lockdown
Why Is SARS-CoV-2 So Contagious?
Humane Society on COVID-19 & Factory Farms Correlation
Why It's Good for COVID-19 Models to Be Wrong
What does the 'R' number of coronavirus mean?
Why COVID-19 Death Predictions Will Always Be Wrong
Why Some Viruses Jump From Animals To People And Some Don't
How Long The COVID-19 Coronavirus Lasts On Everyday Surfaces
Will 60% Get Coronavirus? w Stephen Fry
How wildlife trade is linked to coronavirus
Why fighting the coronavirus depends on you
Global COVID-19 Prevention
COVID Conversations: Mathematical Epidemiology
Past Pandemics
Spanish Flu: a warning from history
The parallels between COVID-19 and the Spanish Flu pandemics
The Price of Lifting A Lockdown Too Early
1918 Flu Pandemic VS 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic
Plague to coronavirus: how pandemics have transformed history
Missed Diagnoses
Cancer signs and symptoms during the coronavirus pandemic
Inequality
People in poorer parts of UK twice as likely to die from coronavirus
Does where you live increase your coronavirus risk?
Infodemic & Fake News
Infodemic: Coronavirus and the fake news pandemic
Doctor Fact-Checks PLANDEMIC Conspiracy
Please Don't Try These Things To Stop The Coronavirus
More health myths to ignore
Health claims debunked
Coronavirus Reopening Myths And Misinformation
Pathologists Debunk 13 Coronavirus Myths
Countries Compared
The big lesson from South Korea's coronavirus response
Covid-19: Why is America’s death toll so high? | The Economist
New Zealand records no new cases of coronavirus
How Quarantines Are Enforced Around the World
Personal Stories
My Boyfriend Died of COVID-19
Leaving Lockdown
How do we get out of LOCKDOWN?
Covid-19: the right way to leave lockdown | The Economist
What Could Be The Fastest Way To End The Coronavirus Crisis?
Immunity Passports
Controversy
Coronavirus: Is the government really ‘following the science’?
Hey Google, Help Us Doctors! | Dr. Feinberg Interview
Face Masks
What face masks actually do against coronavirus
Coronavirus Leaves 3M Scrambling To Cover A Face Mask Shortage
COVID Conversations: Face masks work!
Mutations?
How Viruses Like The Coronavirus Mutate
What the coronavirus looks like up close
The coronavirus is mutating. Now what?
WHO
Free COVID-19 online courses on OpenWHO
COVID-19 - Stronger Together
Seven Steps to Prevent the Spread of the Virus
WHO Response to COVID-19
Individual Sacrifice
Virology
#1: What is a Virus?
#2: The Infectious Cycle
#3: Genomes and Genetics
#4: Structure of Viruses
#5 Attachment and Entry
#6 RNA Directed RNA Synthesis
#7 Transcription and RNA Processing
#8 Viral RNA Replication
#9 Reverse Transcription and Integration
#10 Viral Assembly
#11 Infected Cell
#12 Infection Basics
#13 Intrinsic & Innate Defences
#14 Adaptive Immunity
#15 Mechanisms of Pathogenesis
#16 Acute Infections
#17 Persistent Infections
#18 Transformation and Oncogenesis
#19 Viral Vaccines
#20 Antivirals
#21 Viral Evolution
#22 Emerging Vaccines
#23 Viral Ecology
#24 HIV & AIDS
#25 Unusual Infectious Agents
#26 Therapeutic Viruse
Economy
Why paid sick leave is essential to beating coronavirus
UK plunges into worst recession on record
Schools
Chris Whitty: missing school is a greater risk to children than Covid-19
The Uncomfortable Truth About Reopening Schools
Brexit
Brexit Explained: What happened during coronavirus?
Public Health Extra Reading
Global Health
We Need Health for Peace and Peace for Health
What is Global Health?
Egoistic Altruism
The #1 reason people die early, in each country
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros, Video Message for New Year 2020
The Power of Health Workers
Global Spending on Health
What is people-centred care?
Universal Health Coverage - What does it mean?
WHO Triple Billion Project
Eliminating Yellow Fever (EYE) Strategy
International Classification of Diseases
Health Care Without Avoidable Infections
Adding "Life to Years" through Healthy Ageing
Protecting Health Every Day, Everywhere
Vaccines
What are Vaccines?
Why do you need to get a flu shot every year?
How Effective is the Flu Jab?
Flu Vaccine
Have the Flu Vaccine
NHS Flu Jab
Children's Flu Vaccine
Flu Vaccine - are there any side effects?
Flu Vaccination Campaign
WHO: Why should I get vaccinated?
WHO: How do vaccines work?
Opioid Epidemic
Painkillers now kill more Americans than any illegal drug
How fentanyl is making the opioid epidemic even worse
A Small-Town Plague: A New Approach to Opioid Addiction
Exercise
What Happens To Your Body When You Start Exercising Regularly
What happens inside your body when you exercise?
Pollution
Why is air pollution a problem?
The science of smog
It's not you. Commuting is bad for your health.
How noise pollution is ruining your hearing
Noise Pollution Is Much Worse For You Than You Think
Breathe Life – The Walk Home
Air pollution and health: How will our children continue to breathe?
NHS Health Check
1) Smoking and drinking
2) Physical Activity
3) Height and Weight
4) Waist Circumference
5) Diabetes
6) Blood Pressure
7) Cholesterol
8) Results
9) Patient Questions
Live Well Stay Well Service
Health Inequality
Health Inequality - Marmot Review 2010
The Impacts of Social Class
Wealth Inequality in UK
Health Inequalities and The Glasgow Effect
Social Inequalities in Health
How modern families increase social inequality
Why Some Countries Are Poor and Others Rich
Social Stratification
Food
Will Processed Food Really Kill You in the Long Run?
Why eating healthy is so expensive in America
Why is the Mediterranean diet good for your heart?
Five keys to safer food - WHO
Alcohol
The Great British booze problem
Alcohol awareness
Cirrhosis: Phil's story | NHS
Liver disease | NHS
Alcohol misuse: David's story | NHS
Why the US drinking age is 21
Heart Disease & Stroke
What Causes a Heart Attack?
What is a Stroke?
This is What A Stroke Does to Your Body
Smoking & Vaping
E-cigarettes linked to lung cancer in mice | NHS Behind the Headlines
Vaping: What People are Getting Wrong
Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping
Can The Harmful Damage From Smoking Be Reversed?
Why People Who Smoke Look Old
How Exactly Does Smoking Kill?
How Far Should Smoking Bans Go?
What Is Thirdhand Smoke And How Dangerous Is It?
Smoking vs Vaping
How do cigarettes affect the body?
The Tobacco Industry Targets the Vulnerable - WHO
Smoking Cessation: Past, Present, and Future
Climate Change
How serious is the UK about tackling climate change? - BBC Newsnight
Watch the US stall on climate change for 12 years
David Attenborough on the future of the planet
Greta Thunberg’s speech at UN climate change conference
The food to avoid if you care about climate change
Why a Half Degree Rise in Global Temperature Would Be Catastrophic
David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet
The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: 2019 report
Climate change is a medical emergency
Sir David Attenborough | A message to world leaders
Ocean Conservation
Years at a Glance
2019, in 6 minutes
2018, in 5 minutes
2017, in 7 minutes
2016, in 5 minutes
2015, in 4 minutes
2013, Health Successes
2014, explained in 4 minutes
Big Tech
Is big tech good for your health?
Big Pharma
The real reason American health care is so expensive
How drug companies make you buy more medicine than you need
NHS Extra Reading
Global Health
We Need Health for Peace and Peace for Health
What is Global Health?
Egoistic Altruism
The #1 reason people die early, in each country
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros, Video Message for New Year 2020
The Power of Health Workers
Global Spending on Health
What is people-centred care?
Universal Health Coverage - What does it mean?
WHO Triple Billion Project
Eliminating Yellow Fever (EYE) Strategy
International Classification of Diseases
Health Care Without Avoidable Infections
Adding "Life to Years" through Healthy Ageing
Protecting Health Every Day, Everywhere
Vaccines
What are Vaccines?
Why do you need to get a flu shot every year?
How Effective is the Flu Jab?
Flu Vaccine
Have the Flu Vaccine
NHS Flu Jab
Children's Flu Vaccine
Flu Vaccine - are there any side effects?
Flu Vaccination Campaign
WHO: Why should I get vaccinated?
WHO: How do vaccines work?
Opioid Epidemic
Painkillers now kill more Americans than any illegal drug
How fentanyl is making the opioid epidemic even worse
A Small-Town Plague: A New Approach to Opioid Addiction
Exercise
What Happens To Your Body When You Start Exercising Regularly
What happens inside your body when you exercise?
Pollution
Why is air pollution a problem?
The science of smog
It's not you. Commuting is bad for your health.
How noise pollution is ruining your hearing
Noise Pollution Is Much Worse For You Than You Think
Breathe Life – The Walk Home
Air pollution and health: How will our children continue to breathe?
NHS Health Check
1) Smoking and drinking
2) Physical Activity
3) Height and Weight
4) Waist Circumference
5) Diabetes
6) Blood Pressure
7) Cholesterol
8) Results
9) Patient Questions
Live Well Stay Well Service
Health Inequality
Health Inequality - Marmot Review 2010
The Impacts of Social Class
Wealth Inequality in UK
Health Inequalities and The Glasgow Effect
Social Inequalities in Health
How modern families increase social inequality
Why Some Countries Are Poor and Others Rich
Social Stratification
Food
Will Processed Food Really Kill You in the Long Run?
Why eating healthy is so expensive in America
Why is the Mediterranean diet good for your heart?
Five keys to safer food - WHO
Alcohol
The Great British booze problem
Alcohol awareness
Cirrhosis: Phil's story | NHS
Liver disease | NHS
Alcohol misuse: David's story | NHS
Why the US drinking age is 21
Heart Disease & Stroke
What Causes a Heart Attack?
What is a Stroke?
This is What A Stroke Does to Your Body
Smoking & Vaping
E-cigarettes linked to lung cancer in mice | NHS Behind the Headlines
Vaping: What People are Getting Wrong
Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping
Can The Harmful Damage From Smoking Be Reversed?
Why People Who Smoke Look Old
How Exactly Does Smoking Kill?
How Far Should Smoking Bans Go?
What Is Thirdhand Smoke And How Dangerous Is It?
Smoking vs Vaping
How do cigarettes affect the body?
The Tobacco Industry Targets the Vulnerable - WHO
Smoking Cessation: Past, Present, and Future
Climate Change
How serious is the UK about tackling climate change? - BBC Newsnight
Watch the US stall on climate change for 12 years
David Attenborough on the future of the planet
Greta Thunberg’s speech at UN climate change conference
The food to avoid if you care about climate change
Why a Half Degree Rise in Global Temperature Would Be Catastrophic
David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet
The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: 2019 report
Climate change is a medical emergency
Sir David Attenborough | A message to world leaders
Ocean Conservation
Years at a Glance
2019, in 6 minutes
2018, in 5 minutes
2017, in 7 minutes
2016, in 5 minutes
2015, in 4 minutes
2013, Health Successes
2014, explained in 4 minutes
Big Tech
Is big tech good for your health?
Big Pharma
The real reason American health care is so expensive
How drug companies make you buy more medicine than you need
Science Extra Reading
Genetics
Ageing
Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR
What is Epigenetics?
DNA Methylation Biomarkers
Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
Cystic Fibrosis
Sickle Cell Anaemia
XYY?
Haemophilia
Huntington Diseas
Neuroscience
Parkinson's
Loneliness
Alzheimer's
Pain
Anaesthesia
Addiction
Teenage Brain
Placebo Effect
Memory
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Mapping the brain
Glaucoma
How Exactly Is the Human Brain Organized?
This Doctor Asked His Patient To Play Her Violin Through Brain Surgery
Fear
Cardiovascular System
Athlerosclerosis
Stroke
Heart Attack
Infection & Immunity
Antibiotic Resistance
Could you be immune to everything?
Immune System
Lymph Nodes
The Rise of HIV
Pneumonia
HIV & AIDS
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Meningitis
Osteoarthritis
Gout
Myasthenia Gravis
Multiple Sclerosis
Graft-Versus-Host Disease
History of Medicine
Penicillin - Fleming, Florey & Chain
Public Health - Chadwick & Snow
Medieval Medicine
Anaesthesia & Aseptic Surgery - Lister & Simpson
Modern Medicine
18th Century Medicine
16th & 17th Century Medicine
19th Century Medicine
Microbiology - Pasture & Koch
Anatomy - Vesalius, Paré and Harvey
Revolutions in European Science and Tech
Tropical Diseases
Polio
Typhoid
Dengue Fever
Malaria
Leprosy
Rabies
Lupus
Ebola
Zika Virus
Haematology
Sickle Cell Anaemia
Blood Types
This Is How Your Body Makes Blood
What Are The Components of Blood?
Stem Cells
How Close Are We to the End of Infertility?
This is How Your Body Makes New Cells
Metabolism
This Is How Your Body Turns Food Into Energy
Mitochondria Aren't Just the Powerhouse of the Cell
Why Do We Need Hormones?
Folate Deficiciency
Iron Deficiency Anaemia
Innovation
Robot Surgeons and 4 Other Medical Advances That Sound Like Sci-Fi
Anatomy
How Exactly Is Your Body Held Together?
Cancer
Two-Thirds of All Cancers Are Caused by One Thing: Your DNA
Breast Cancer
Laser Sonic Scanner for Imaging Cancers?
