# The diseases that changed humanity forever

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Dan Kwartler
- Year: 2023
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, History, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_kwartler_the_diseases_that_changed_humanity_forever)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Since humanity’s earliest days, we’ve been plagued by countless disease-causing pathogens. Invisible and persistent, these microorganisms and the illnesses they incur have killed more humans than anything else in history. But which disease has been the deadliest? Dan Kwartler digs into how human progress and innovation throughout history exposed us to surprising new maladies. \[Directed by BASA, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Igor Figueroa, Estudio Mono\].

## Lectures

1. [The diseases that changed humanity forever](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/dan_kwartler_the_diseases_that_changed_humanity_forever/392febd8d275), 6 min (TED's player)