1 /series/the-future-of-pandemics?selected=oliver-sackss-early-scientific-findings#player The Story of a Pandemic Oliver Sacks remembers his first encounter with sleeping sickness. OLIVER SACKS http://s3.amazonaws.com/bt_assets/system/idea_thumbnails/11850/large/rYpni5N_zKORNoUH5hNToxOmdiO7jn0m.?1255838600 /series/the-future-of-pandemics?selected=the-wiley-influenza-virus-porcine-and-otherwise#player Does Old Age Protect Against Swine Flu? Old age offers protection against swine flu, says Peter Palese, chairman of microbiology at the Mt. Sinai Medical Center. PETER PALESE http://s3.amazonaws.com/bt_assets/system/idea_thumbnails/15745/large/CSFTsT4myobIyqj35hZDE6MTpnYjublT.?1255846213 /series/the-future-of-pandemics?selected=the-flu-pandemic-can-we-beat-it#player The Elusive Universal Flu Vaccine Vaccine Researcher James Merson stresses the importance of developing a universal vaccine for Influenza. JAMES MERSON http://s3.amazonaws.com/bt_assets/system/idea_thumbnails/16246/large/IvtCzrBXF53VdV5n5iODoxOmdiO6UFJR.?1255848730 /series/the-future-of-pandemics?selected=jeffrey-koplan-on-educating-girls-and-women-for-a-healthier-world#player Jeffrey Koplan on Educating Girls and Women for a Healthier World Koplan, former director of the CDC, is vice president for global health at Emory University and director of the Emory Global Health Institute. Koplan describes the need for global chronic disease prevention, and talks about the most significant epidemics facing humanity, including obesity, tobacco usage, Malaria, and HIV-AIDS. EMORY UNIVERSITY http://s3.amazonaws.com/bt_assets/system/idea_thumbnails/14994/large/promo68694979.?1255843323 /series/the-future-of-pandemics?selected=re-who-are-we-37#player A History of Global Health Anthony Fauci on the past, present and future battles against disease. ANTHONY FAUCI http://s3.amazonaws.com/bt_assets/system/idea_thumbnails/5378/large/kkW-slLv2mXV9OeH5hNjoxOmdiO8HMyI.?1255836615 /series/the-future-of-pandemics?selected=are-our-kids-living-sicker-and-dying-younger#player Are Our Kids Living Sicker and Dying Younger? Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation calls on the food industry, schools and government to reverse the obesity epidemic. RISA LAVIZZO-MOUREY http://s3.amazonaws.com/bt_assets/system/idea_thumbnails/15522/large/rida.png?1257926044 /series/the-future-of-pandemics?selected=the-economics-of-aids#player Seth Berkley On The Economics of AIDS Pharmaceutical companies over the last couple of decades have been looking for blockbusters instead of incremental improvements. SETH BERKLEY http://s3.amazonaws.com/bt_assets/system/idea_thumbnails/486/large/JxmR3uItwBboPM7H5hYToxOmdiO2tEIX.?1255829397 /series/the-future-of-pandemics?selected=emergence-of-the-2009-swine-origin-influenza-pandemic#player Did Swine Flu Really Come From Pigs? Michael Worobey Evolutionary Biologist from the University of Arizona walks us through his research that outlines the evolution of the swine flu virus. MICHAEL WOROBEY http://s3.amazonaws.com/bt_assets/system/idea_thumbnails/15849/large/21083UUsSvXKrshH5hYzoxOmdiO78OZw.?1255846690