Rumors, trust, and vaccines
Heidi Larson, Vaccine Trust Anthropologist, studies rumors. With today’s technology, information is at our fingertips; at the same time, misinformation spreads like wildfire. While working across the globe …
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A simple, powerful way to help prevent teen suicide
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What’s next for healthcare reform
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The power of CRISPR Cas9 comes with great responsibility
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Q&A with Peter Piot about COVID-19
This Talk Recorded at TEDMED 2020 on March 3, 2020 At TEDMED 2020 (March 3), Virologist and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Director Peter Piot sat …
Why do whistleblowers risk speaking out?
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How wearable robots are transforming human mobility
As a patient struggling to walk after a serious accident on the drive across the country to graduate school, Kathleen O’Donnell became acutely aware of the role mobility …
How a humanitarian turned NBA All-Star is changing healthcare in his homeland of the DRC
As a child growing up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a nation that has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world, Dikembe …