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Should you get the COVID vaccine?

Five reasons you might hesitate to get the COVID vaccine, and why you should probably get it anyway: 0:46 - Unknown risks 1:48 - Effectiveness 2:28 - Fake news 3:30 - COVID conspiracy theories 4:00 - Your right not to be vaccinated Even if you are worried about getting the COVID vaccine, or are c

Why should you vaccinate against HPV?

If you could protect yourself or your children from developing cancer through taking a shot, would you? This week, Risk Bites looks at why HPV vaccines are recommended for protection against cervical and other cancers, and how the risks and benefits pan out. The Risk Bites Team: Producer: Andrew M

Vaccine variants

To build up immunity against viruses, there are different vaccine variants: Inactivated vaccines, vector vaccines and mRNA vaccines. Authors: 3sat/nano/Fynn Hendrichs,Franziska Ehrenfeld/Silke Cronauer/Jochen Schmidt Translation and dubbing: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.co

Why is there no COVID vaccine for children?

Whether children can tolerate the COVID vaccine at all has hardly been tested. The tests are not entirely harmless, as side effects can occur. That is why tests are first done on strong and healthy people, mostly young adults. Authors: ZDF/logo/Timo Amling/Marion Brand/Heidi Stifel/Jochen Schmidt

The history of vaccines

Since when do vaccines actually exist, how do they work, and what are their side effects? Author: 3sat/nano/Raketefilm/Andreas Gust/Konstantin Fuchs Translation and dubbing: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/TerraX

Not another COVID safety video ... honest!

How do you go about avoiding becoming infected by a harmful airborne virus like COVID-19 -- especially if you're a student heading back to campus? There are, of course, a number of blindingly obvious ways to do this. However, because so many people seem to have forgotten them, I thought it worth p

Why don't people take measles more seriously?

How do you decide whether you should be worried about communicable diseases like measles? University of Michigan’s Professor Brian Zikmund-Fisher returns to Risk Bites to explain the "availability heuristic" – the way we all use our memory and feelings to inform our risk perceptions about infectious

Vaping safety and health risks - the basics

What are the potential health risks of vaping? Please check the Further Information below for links to more information and resources on vaping and e-cigs. And don't forget to join the conversation in the comments. The Risk Bites Team: Andrew Maynard David Faulkner Alyssa Berry Risk Bites is sup