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Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer Episodes
Series 1: 4. Behaviour
This episode considers how, during a health crisis, the readiness of communities to engage with – and act upon – advice can have a significant impact on the spread o ...
10-06-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 3. Data
The emergence of ingenious and dogged fact-based research, data mapping and analysis has made tremendous improvements in public health. Before a vaccine or an effective treatmen ...
03-06-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 2. Medical Drugs
Inventions that combat illness directly are relatively recent breakthroughs in humanity’s fight against life-shortening disease. In this episode, Steven Johnson and David ...
27-05-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 1. Vaccines
The story of how the smallpox vaccine was developed, from the groundbreaking practice of variolation and Edward Jenner’s famous experiments, to US president Thomas Jeffers ...
20-05-2021
BBC 4