TWiV 1231: What is a virus?
This Week in Virology
TWiV discusses Sen. Cassidy calling for ACIP meeting delay, RFK Jr. abandons GAVI, millions of children at risk as global vaccination rates fall, RFK Jr. grilled by Congress, autism rates have increased 60-fold due to changed definitions, deep mutational scanning of rabies virus glyoprotein, and and proton gradient and incomplete TCA cycle in a giant virus. Hosts: , , , and Angela Mingarelli Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV Sen. Cassidy calls for (NYTimes) RFK Jr. stops (NYTimes) Global...
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TWiV 1230: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello are alarmed at how RFK is breaking his promise of not altering vaccine policies, and nonexistent data and studies are used by members of the ACIP to make changes to immunization practices in the absence of a CDC director, justification for not honoring the US commitment to GAVI and global public policies including support of routine childhood immunizations, placing millions of children at risk for the return of vaccine preventable diseases including polio outbreaks in Pappa New Guinea and increased circulation of wildtype type...
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TWiV 1229: Virology throughout Europe
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Rich travels to Dubrovnik for the European Congress of Virology 2025 and Vincent joins via Zoom to speak with Stéphane Blanc, Vanda Juranić Lisnić, and Elisabeth Puchhammer-Stöckl about their work on plant viruses, cytomegalovirus, and Epstein-Barr virus. Hosts: and Guests: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV Assembled plant viruses (PLoS Path) Genome formula of (PLoS Path) Immune surveillance of (Cell Mol Immunol) Cytomegalovirus and (Nat...
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TWiV 1228: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss in shock how RFK is breaking his promise of not altering vaccine policies by appointing new members of the ACIP, next ACIP meeting on guidelines for the COVID and RSV vaccines, circulation of “human insect viruses” including West Nile virus, and an outbreak of mpox on a cruise ship, and the ongoing measles outbreak before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, how to reduce the use of antibiotics for RSV and influenza infections in children,...
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TWiV Special: Long COVID and ME/CFS with David Tuller
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David Tuller returns to TWiV to discuss RFK Jr. and the trashing of American public health, rituximab and ME/CFS, The Sick Times, the Cochrane Mess, a Norwegian Long Covid trial, effort preference and more. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode writes at virology blog CFS, a (virology blog) Norwegian (virology blog) (virology blog) Timestamps by . Thanks! Intro music is by Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected] Content on TWiV should not be taken as medical...
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TWiV 1227: How can antibody forget a pandemic?
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TWiV reviews the administrations dismantling of the committee that studies pandemic potential, firing of CDC vaccine advisory committee and replacing them with unqualified anti-vaxxers, zoonotic and sustained Mpox spread in Nigeria and Cameroon, and breadth of influenza A antibody cross-reactivity. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV 2:39 NIH terminates (Science) RFK Jr. fires all (CNN) RFK Jr. names of new ACIP (NPR) Mpox spread in West Africa (Nature)...
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TWiV 1226: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello in horror examine dismantling of public infrastructure for establishing vaccine guidelines, the creation of a autism taskforce by someone disciplined for practicing medicine without a license, the ongoing pertussis, bird flu and measles outbreaks, before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, the effective of oseltamivir vs supportive care when one is hospitalized with influenza infection, whether or not the NB.1.8.1 should be included in the fall 2025...
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TWiV 1225: Poultry flu and SARS-CoV-2
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TWiV reviews the administration’s call for fools gold-standard science, NIH may publish in-house, avian influenza viruses in birds in China, and Omicron pathogenicity and immune responses. Hosts: , , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV Fool’s (Nature) NIH may publish (Stat News) Diversity of (Nat Micro) and immunity (Cell Rep) on TWiV 1225 Timestamps by Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Kathy – Rich – ...
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TWiV 1224: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello in dismay examine the MAHA-Make America Health Again-report and its inclusion of fictious studies or “Creative literature degree Medical Science writing”, RFK Jr contradicted by the CDC for COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for children, reduction in MMR vaccine coverage, the ongoing bird flu and measles outbreaks, how the General Accounting Office instructed HHS to fix deficiencies in infectious disease testing before the next pandemic, before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections...
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TWiV 1223: Someone is guano be sick
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TWiV reviews RFK Jr.”s MAGA report with non-existent literature citations, a new fungus that could further devastate North American bats, surveillance of avian influenza viruses through bird guano in remote regions, and the receptor for HKU5 coronaviruses is ACE2 from Pipistrellus abramus bats. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV in MAGA report (Med Exp) Another fungus for (NY Times) Surveillance of avian influenza through (Nat Commun) ACE2...
info_outlineIn his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello in dismay examine the MAHA-Make America Health Again-report and its inclusion of fictious studies or “Creative literature degree Medical Science writing”, RFK Jr contradicted by the CDC for COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for children, reduction in MMR vaccine coverage, the ongoing bird flu and measles outbreaks, how the General Accounting Office instructed HHS to fix deficiencies in infectious disease testing before the next pandemic, before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, whether or not the NB.1.8.1 should be included in the fall 2025 vaccines approval of Moderna’s mNEXSPIKE vaccine for fall 2025, childhood immunization recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines, where to find PEMGARDA, results from the phase 3 randomized clinical trial of pemivibart, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, the identification of an association between FOXP4 and long COVID and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.
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Links for this episode
- The MAHA report (The White House)
- White House Health Report Included Fake Citations (NY Times)
- C.D.C. Contradicts Kennedy and Keeps Advice That Children May Get Covid Shots (NY TImes)
- CDC revises recommendation for COVID vaccines in kids (CIDRAP)
- Exclusive: CDC Expert resigns from COVID vaccines advisory role (Reuters)
- Trends in County-Level MMR Vaccination Coverage in Children in the United States (JAMA Network)
- U.S. Cancels Contract With Moderna to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine (NY Times)
- Canada Wants to Kill 400 Ostriches. Kennedy and Dr. Oz Want to Save Them. (NY Times)
- Confirmations of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Commercial and Backyard Flocks (USDA: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)
- H5 bird flu: current situation (CDC: Avian Influenza)
- Bird flu (CDC: Avian Influenza)
- H5N1 avian flu strikes another Arizona layer farm (CIDRAP)
- Bird flu outbreak kills 95% of Hickman’s Arizona chickens, closes West Valley farms (AZCentral)
- Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan)
- Additional Denver Resident Tests Positive forMeasles (Denver: The Mile High City)
- Health officials alert public of potential measles exposure at Denver International Airport and nearby hotel (Colorado: Department of public health and environment)
- Colorado announces another measles case linked to Turkish Airlines flight (CIDRAP)
- Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola)
- Weekly measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada)
- Measles (WHO)
- Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg)
- Get the FACTS about measles (NY State Department of Health)
- Measles (CDC Measles (Rubeola))
- Measles vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola))
- Presumptive evidence of measles immunity (CDC)
- Contraindications and precautions to measles vaccination (CDC)
- Measles (CDC Measles (Rubeola))
- Adverse events associated with childhood vaccines: evidence bearing on causality (NLM)
- Measles Vaccination: Know the Facts (ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America)
- Deaths following vaccination: what does the evidence show (Vaccine)
- Public Health Preparedness: HHS Needs a Coordinated National Approach for Diagnostic Testing for Pandemic Threats (GAO: US Government Accountability Office)
- GAO to HHS: Fix ‘persistent deficiencies’ in infectious-disease testing before next pandemic (CIDRAP)
- Influenza: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
- US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
- Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
- Respiratory virus activity levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
- Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
- FDA-CDC-DOD: 2025-2046 influenza vaccine composition (FDA)
- RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
- US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
- RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)
- Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
- COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
- COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)
- COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
- SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
- Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant BA.3.2, XFG, and NB.1.8.1 (biRxiV)
- mNEXSPIKE is now approved and coming this fall (mNEXSPIKE)
- FDA approval for mNEXSPIKE (moderna)
- COVID-19 vaccine for 6 months, 12 years (CDC: childhood vaccination)
- COVID-19 vaccine for65 years and older (CDC: Adult vaccination)
- ACIP Shared Clinical Decision-Making Recommendations (CDC: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices(ACIP))
- Safety and Efficacy of Pemivibart, a Long-Acting Monoclonal Antibody, for Prevention of Symptomatic COVID-19 (CID)
- Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda)
- EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)
- Infusion center (Prime Fusions)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
- Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool)
- Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society)
- What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC)
- Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
- Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)
- Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
- The answers: Long COVID
- Genome-wide association study of long COVID (Nature Genetics)
- Reaching out to US house representative
- Letters read on TWiV 1224
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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