Disease Hunters

Meet hardworking scientists racing to identify emerging pathogens battling existing viruses and cooperating to find urgently needed treatments and vaccines Experts study whether or not bats in one country carry the same virus as those in another how bats can carry so many viruses without getting sick and how viruses in various nonhuman animals have the potential to cause the next pandemic

Humanity has been battling bacteria for centuries Today tuberculosis still kills 15 million people yearly The discovery of antibiotics revolutionized healthcare and saved countless lives But as antibioticresistant superbugs emerge how do we stay one step ahead We look at how bacteria which is crucial to human survival can wreak havoc in our bodies

Our war with mosquitoes is bloody Mosquitoborne diseases kill over a million people each year making mosquitoes the worlds deadliest creatures Who can stop this menace Meet disease hunters who combat mosquitoborne diseases like dengue and malaria Through leading experts in Singapore the US and Thailand the program explores promising solutions to mosquitoborne diseases