When a fan asks Neil deGrasse Tyson why there aren't more outbreaks, virus expert Laurie Garrett sets the record straight about two terrifying virus outbreaks: H7N9 influenza that caused havoc in China and killed 25% of the people who got it, and MERS-CoV, or Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, that is genetically close to SARS. With the start of mass pilgrimages to the area happening right now, MERS is a serious concern to the worldwide health community. With comic co-host Chuck Nice.
In this video from the GBC Health Conference 2013, Laurie Garrett moderates a panel looking at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the world's largest financier of health, which supports programs fighting the three diseases in more than 150 countries. Panelists included Dr. Brian Brink, Chief Medical Officer, Anglo American; Dr. Mark Dybul, Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Office of Global Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State.
In this segment for NTDTV, Laurie Garrett discusses the potential controversies surrounding accurate report of H7N9 case reports from China.
On his show The Big Picture, Thom Hartmann interviews Laurie Garrett about the H7N9 outbreak in China and how this flu is different from past strains.
In this video clip and accompanying article from Voice of America, Laurie Garrett connects the lessons learned from the swine flu panic in 2009 to today's outbreak of H7N9.
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CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks with Laurie Garrett, a global health expert who worked as a consultant on the movie Contagion , in an interview from September 2011.
In this CNN interview from 2011, Laurie Garrett explains why the movie "Contagion," although only a movie thriller, could become fact.
Laurie Garrett explains how biofuels, natural disasters and disease contribute to the global food crisis on this episode of The Colbert Report.
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Laurie Garrett warns that the bird virus in Indonesia is 850 times as bad as the swine flu, though the piggies are right outside our door.
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In 2007, as the world worried about a possible avian flu epidemic, Laurie Garrett, author of "The Coming Plague," gave this powerful talk to a small TED University audience. Her insights from past pandemics are suddenly more relevant than ever
Guest host Ron Brownstein and a panel of experts exchange views on the falling stock market and the reaction of the Bush administration. Guest host Laurie Garrett, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, and Dr. Seth Berkley of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative discuss the 14th International Conference on AIDS and the state of humanity's war on HIV/AIDS. Guest host Jon Frankel of CBS, and Greg LeMond, cyclist and three-time winner of the Tour de France, talk about Lance Armstrong's chances against fierce competitors, doping in the sport, and the popularity of cycling in America.
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