NPR Series: VIDEOS: A Short History Of Germs https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=843382683 This is a series is about where germs come from. In this first of three episodes, we see what our early encounters with germs may have been like — and how germs first got the upper hand. en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Thu, 14 May 2026 15:51:04 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR Series: VIDEOS: A Short History Of Germs https://www.npr.org/series/843382683/videos-a-short-history-of-germs Germ History: Milkmaids Inspire Vaccines, But The Germs Keep Coming After milkmaids helped discover vaccination, we spent the next 150 years learning how to keep ourselves safe from germs. By the 1960s, we thought the battle was finally over. If only! Thu, 16 Feb 2017 06:38:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/02/16/515445752/germ-history-milkmaids-inspire-vaccines-but-the-germs-keep-coming https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/02/16/515445752/germ-history-milkmaids-inspire-vaccines-but-the-germs-keep-coming

After milkmaids helped discover vaccination, we spent the next 150 years learning how to keep ourselves safe from germs. By the 1960s, we thought the battle was finally over. If only!

]]> John Poole Germ History: From Measles To Syphilis, How We Created The Golden Age Of Germs Ten thousand years ago, many of our deadly human diseases didn't exist. What happened? Thu, 09 Feb 2017 00:01:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/02/09/513883557/video-from-measles-to-syphilis-how-we-created-the-golden-age-of-germs https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/02/09/513883557/video-from-measles-to-syphilis-how-we-created-the-golden-age-of-germs

Ten thousand years ago, many of our deadly human diseases didn't exist. What happened?

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]]> John Poole VIDEO: When Humans Got Cozy, Germs Got Deadly Our first germs didn't do much damage, until we gave up our hunter-gatherer ways and started farming. Episode 1 of a three-part animated miniseries on the battle between humans and germs. Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:26:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/02/02/512505625/hey-wait-don-t-eat-that-sneezing-chimp https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/02/02/512505625/hey-wait-don-t-eat-that-sneezing-chimp

Our first germs didn't do much damage, until we gave up our hunter-gatherer ways and started farming. Episode 1 of a three-part animated miniseries on the battle between humans and germs.

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