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TWiV 1273: Myocarditis and mimicry
12/28/2025
TWiV 1273: Myocarditis and mimicry
TWiV explains studies which reveal that Inhibition of CXCL10 and IFN-γ mitgates myocarditis associated with SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination, and identification of a bacteriophage T7 protein that antagonizes the DNA restriction system of the host by mimicking B form DNA. Hosts: and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV Understanding mRNA (Sci Transl Med) T7 protein overcomes (J Mol Biol) Structure of T7 protein that (Mol Cell) on TWiV 1283 Timestamps by Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Jolene – Vincent – by John Archibald Listener Picks Terry – by Tom Stoppard Greg – Intro music is by Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1282: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
12/27/2025
TWiV 1282: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Calling out “Happy Christmas to all and to all a good-night, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss high path influenza in dairy herds in Wisconsin and Marburg virus in Ethiopia before Dr. Griffin then deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, the slightly higher association of COVID-19 infection with death than following influenza infection, benefit of passive infant immunization with niresevimab, association of COVID-19 vaccine immunogenicity protection against severe disease in vulnerable populations, where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, long COVID treatment center, effect of remdesivir and nirmatrelvir/ritonavir on COVID-19 associated mortality, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a in Wisconsin (USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) Update: Genetic for Wisconsin Dairy Herd Detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza(USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) Marburg : Current Situation (CDC: Marburg Virus Disease) for measles (WasterWater Scan) Measles (CDC Rubeola) Tracking in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP () measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) (WHO) Get the about measles (NY State Department of Health) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) of measles immunity (CDC) to measles vaccination (CDC) Adverse events associated with : evidence bearing on causality (NLM) Measles Know the Facts (ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) Deaths following vaccination: what does the (Vaccine) Influenza: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Respiratory virus levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: (CDC FluView) In call with clinicians, flu vaccines widely(CIDRAP) Influenza Vaccine Composition for the U.S. Influenza Season (FDA) Increased in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Compared to Seasonal Influenza (International Journal of Infectious Diseases) RSV: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) (Yale School of Public Health) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) RSV-work (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP) for Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Related Hospitalization in Newborns (JAMA) RSV Immunization Questions(American Academy of Pediatrics) Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 (CDC) Respiratory Illnesses (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) COVID-19 trends (CDC) COVID-19 (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 galore (Nextstrain) Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant (bioRxiV) Association between against infection and severe disease in clinically vulnerable patient populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies (Clinical Microbiology and Infection) to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) Infusion (Prime Fusions) guidelines (CDC) COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Drug interaction (University of Liverpool) Help your eligible PAXLOVID with the PAXCESS Patient Support Program (Pfizer Pro) Understanding Options (PAXCESS) for treatment and management (ID Society) The effect of on mortality in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the Omicron era: an emulated target trial (Clinical Microbiology and Infection) Molnupiravir and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for (ID Society) What to do when sick with a (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing (CDC) guidelines (hematology.org) Daniel Griffin’s medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) Long COVID Long-COVID research just got a : will it find new treatments? (Nature) Reaching out to on TWiV 1282 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary () Timestamps by . Thanks! Intro music is by Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1281: Sex, herpes, and plankton
12/21/2025
TWiV 1281: Sex, herpes, and plankton
Vincent travels to Tegernsee, Germany for the Sixth Ringberg Symposium on Giant Viruses, where he talks with John Archibald, Susana Coelho, and Tom Delmont about their work on – you guessed it – giant viruses. Host: Guests: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode Transposable elements shaping (Genome Biol) link herpesviruses to giant viruses (Nature) Mirusviruses predicted to (Nat Micro) in the marine protist Aurantiochytrium (Nat Com) Timestamps by Ramsey. Thanks! Intro music is by Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1280: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
12/20/2025
TWiV 1280: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello protest Vinjay Prasad, head of CBER FDA Nov memo stating administration of the COVID-19 vaccine resulted in 10 children’s deaths, but are cautiously delighted by the December memo from those in CBER who dispute this data-less claim, how in 31 states pertussis vaccination rates have declined before Dr. Griffin then deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, of clinical outcomes of oseltamivir versus baloxavir for treating influenza infection, number deaths associated with COVID-19 hospitalizations and disease associated economic burden, where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, how the German government is committed to research into long COVID and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode Industry laments (Politico) Scoop: FDA vaccine chief’s memo cited 10 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine deaths—but the (Inside Medicine) Whooping cough cases soar as (NBC News) Marburg : Current Situation (CDC: Marburg Virus Disease) for measles (WasterWater Scan) Measles (CDC Rubeola) Tracking in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP () measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) (WHO) Get the about measles (NY State Department of Health) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) of measles immunity (CDC) to measles vaccination (CDC) Adverse events associated with : evidence bearing on causality (NLM) Measles Know the Facts (ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) Deaths following vaccination: what does the (Vaccine) Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina (Washington Post) Influenza: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Respiratory virus levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: (CDC FluView) In call with clinicians, flu vaccines widely (CIDRAP) Influenza Vaccine Composition for the U.S. Influenza Season (FDA) Comparison of clinical outcomes of in outpatients with influenza: a retrospective cohort analysis (International Journal of Infectious Diseases) RSV: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) (Yale School of Public Health) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) RSV-work (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP) Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 (CDC) Respiratory Illnesses (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) COVID-19 trends (CDC) COVID-19 (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 galore (Nextstrain) Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant (bioRxiV) Effectiveness of 2024–2025 in the United States — VISION, August 29, 2024–September 2, 2025 (CDC:MMWR) following recovery from COVID-19 hospitalization: A long-term cohort study (International Journal of Infectious Diseases) tied to 69% higher risk of death for up to 2 years (CIDRAP) to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) Infusion (Prime Fusions) guidelines (CDC) COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Drug interaction (University of Liverpool) Help your eligible PAXLOVID with the PAXCESS Patient Support Program (Pfizer Pro) Understanding Options (PAXCESS) for treatment and management (ID Society) Comparison of work productivity losses in the United States among employees with COVID-19 at high-risk of severe disease who were with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Journal of Medical Economics) Molnupiravir and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for (ID Society) What to do when sick with a (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing (CDC) guidelines (hematology.org) Daniel Griffin’s medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) Long COVID Long-COVID research just got a : will it find new treatments?(Nature) Reaching out to on TWiV 1280 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary () Timestamps by . Thanks! Intro music is by Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1279: Let hepatitis b
12/14/2025
TWiV 1279: Let hepatitis b
TWiV reviews considerations and perspectives on phage therapy, and the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of hepatitis b virus. Hosts: , , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV Immune 100 WHO global expert committee: (News-Medical) Considerations on (Nat Comm) What is ? (CDC) History of phage therapy (, ) JAMA Viruses that (can) make you well () The InVinceable TWiV () Blumberg Particles associated with (Nature) HBV vaccination remains (Hep B Foundation) Timestamps by Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Rich – Alan – on politicization of screwworm spread Jolene – by Sinclair Lewis Vincent – Listener Picks David – Eric – () Intro music is by Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1278: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
12/13/2025
TWiV 1278: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss the rise in norovirus infections, contamination of infant formula and botulism outbreak, confusion and response to the CDC’s ACIP decision to reverse the recommendation for a birth dose of the hepatis B virus vaccine and how states in the Northwest and Northeast are responding as well as some insurance companies, then deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, South Carolina’s imposed quarantine of individuals due to their accelerated measles outbreak, neurotropism of H1N1, benefits of the RSV and COVID vaccines, where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. 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(Wastewater Scan) Outbreak Investigation of : Infant Formula (November 2025) (FDA: Foodborne illnesses) Botulism outbreak sickens more than 50 babies and expands to (AP News) CDC universal hepatitis B birth dose recommendation, suggest blood testing after 1 dose (CIDRAP) of Routine Childhood Immunizations in the Era of the Vaccines for Children Program — United States, 1994–2023 (CDC: MMWR) Universal : safety, effectiveness and public health impact (CIDRAP) Schedule for Ages 18 years or younger (American Academy of Pediatrics) West Coast health experts , say hepatitis B vaccines at birth should continue (The Oregonian) Statement from the In Response to ACIP’s Hepatitis B Vote (NJ.Gov Health) Governors on Hepatitis B Vaccination, Reaffirm Commitment to Strong, Evidence-Based Childhood Vaccination Programs (Governors Public Health Alliance) Companies Statement on Vaccines (Blue Cross Blue Shield) Statement on Vaccine Coverage (AHIP) Pediatricians reject CDC advisers’ guidance, plan to against hepatitis B (CIDRAP) Survey: Social media on par with as trusted vaccine source (Healio) to investigate whether adult deaths linked to COVID vaccine (Washington Post) Exclusive: US of approved RSV therapies for infants (Reuters) Marburg : Current Situation (CDC: Marburg Virus Disease) Contemporary highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) viruses in human cerebral organoids (OFID) Confirmations of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (USDA: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) Indiana, cases of screwworm in Mexico, rising US flu activity (CIDRAP) Mexico reports of myiasis in humans caused by screwworm (Expreso.press) for measles (WasterWater Scan) Measles (CDC Rubeola) Tracking in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP () measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) (WHO) Get the about measles (NY State Department of Health) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) of measles immunity (CDC) to measles vaccination (CDC) Adverse events associated with : evidence bearing on causality (NLM) Measles Know the Facts(ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) Deaths following vaccination: what does the (Vaccine) Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina (Washington Post) Influenza: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Respiratory virus levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: (CDC FluView) Recommendations Summary (CDC: Influenza) of Influenza Viruses (CDC: Influenza (flu)) Influenza Vaccine Composition for the U.S. Influenza Season (FDA) RSV: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) (Yale School of Public Health) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) RSV-work (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) Intensive Care Unit Stay and Mechanical Ventilation Among by Age and Comorbidity Status (Infectious Diseases and Therapy) Cardiovascular Events After Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Adults (JAMA: Open Network) in Adults Hospitalized for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease, United States, February 2022–September 2023 (CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases) (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) Effectiveness of the against severe disease in infants in Scotland, UK: a national, population-based case–control study and cohort analysis (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Effectiveness of Nirsevimab in : A Test-negative Case-control Study in Infants With Bronchiolitis in Lombardy Region, Italy (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal) of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP) After Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prefusion F Protein Vaccination During Pregnancy (Obstetrics & Gynecology) Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 (CDC) Respiratory Illnesses (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) COVID-19 trends (CDC) COVID-19 (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 galore (Nextstrain) Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant (bioRxiV) COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and Among Adults Aged 18 to 59 Years in France (JAMA: Open Network) of mRNA vaccine-related myocarditis compared with historical conventional myocarditis: a population-based cohort study (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection) to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) Infusion (Prime Fusions) guidelines (CDC) COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Drug interaction (University of Liverpool) Help your eligible PAXLOVID with the PAXCESS Patient Support Program (Pfizer Pro) UnderstandingOptions (PAXCESS) for treatment and management (ID Society) Molnupiravir and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for (ID Society) What to do when sick with a (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing (CDC) guidelines (hematology.org) Daniel Griffin’s medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) Long COVID Reaching out to on TWiV 1278 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary () Timestamps by . 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TWiV 1277: Vaccine talk with Jake Scott
12/07/2025
TWiV 1277: Vaccine talk with Jake Scott
Infectious diseases physician Jake Scott returns to TWiV to discuss the dangerous anti-vaccine policies being established in the US and what RFK Jr. and his associates get wrong. Hosts: , , and Angela Mingarelli Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV Vaccine RCT (CIDRAP) What RFK Jr gets (Conversation) RFK Jr’s case (STAT) Too many kids’ vaccines? (STAT) Timestamps by Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Angela – Angela Palmer, science meets art (, ) Rich – ; Vincent – Intro music is by Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1276: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
12/06/2025
TWiV 1276: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss the positive side effect of the shingles vaccine on dementia outcomes and how one dose of the HPV vaccine is non-inferior to two doses, but are dismayed about the FDA’s secrecy around the inflammatory statement that the COVID-19 vaccine is linked to the death of 10 children. Dr. Griffin then deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, effectiveness of maternal administration of the RVS vaccine or the COVID vaccine for neonates, where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, how celiac plexus blocks improves gastrointestinal long COVID symptoms, brain alterations and neurodegenerative processes in long COVID cognitive impairment and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode The effect of shingles vaccination at different stages of the course (Cell) FDA links 10 children’s deaths to COVID-19 vaccines. (ABC News) Subject: and CBER’s path forward Dear Team CBER,(Washington Post) Noninferiority of to Two Doses(NEJM) Marburg : Current Situation (CDC: Marburg Virus Disease) Washington state resident believed to be the first to die from a (AP News) for measles (WasterWater Scan) Measles (CDC Rubeola) Tracking in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP () measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) (WHO) Get the about measles (NY State Department of Health) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) of measles immunity (CDC) to measles vaccination (CDC) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Adverse events associated with : evidence bearing on causality (NLM) Measles Know the Facts(ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) Deaths following vaccination: what does the (Vaccine) Influenza: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Respiratory virus levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: (CDC FluView) Recommendations Summary (CDC: Influenza) of Influenza Viruses (CDC: Influenza (flu)) Influenza Vaccine Composition for the U.S. Influenza Season(FDA) RSV: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) (Yale School of Public Health) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) RSV-work (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP) After Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prefusion F Protein Vaccination During Pregnancy (Obstetrics & Gynecology) Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 (CDC) Respiratory Illnesses (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) COVID-19 trends (CDC) COVID-19 (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 galore (Nextstrain) Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant (bioRxiV) Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines post-COVID-19 condition/long COVID: systematic review and meta-analysis (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection) SARS-CoV-2 During Pregnancy: Implications for Placental Antibody Transfer (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal) to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) Infusion (Prime Fusions) guidelines (CDC) COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Drug interaction (University of Liverpool) Help your eligible PAXLOVID with the PAXCESS Patient Support Program (Pfizer Pro) Understanding Options (PAXCESS) for treatment and management (ID Society) Molnupiravir and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for (ID Society) What to do when sick with a (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing (CDC) guidelines (hematology.org) Daniel Griffin’s medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) Long COVID Case Report: improves gastrointestinal Long COVID symptoms (Frontiers Neuroscience) Distinct brain alterations and in cognitive impairment associated with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (Nature Communications) Reaching out to on TWiV 1276 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary () Timestamps by . Thanks! Intro music is by Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1275: An amazing sequence and a gutsy therapy
11/30/2025
TWiV 1275: An amazing sequence and a gutsy therapy
TWiV explains the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of pre-mRNA splicing, and engineering bacteriophage to deliver proteins to the human intestine. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV Immune 100 of adenovirus mRNA (PNAS) An in adenovirus mRNA (Cell) Nobel Prize for (Nobel) A in adenovirus late mRNAs (Cell) with Phillip A. Sharp (ASM) Protein production in the gut by (Nat Biotech) phage T4 (Curr Op Virol) Timestamps by Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – Kathy – and Rich – Jolene – Vincent – by Nick Lane Intro music is by Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1274: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
11/29/2025
TWiV 1274: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and then decry appointment of the Louisiana State surgeon general as deputy chief of the CDC, the 3 children’s deaths during this fall’s pertussis outbreak, the Marburg virus outbreak in Ethiopia, results of the phase 1 safety trial for the novel poliovirus vaccines nOPV1 and nOPV3, and the first human death from H5N5 influenza virus infection in the US this fall, before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, effectiveness of the cell or egg based flu or the mRNA vaccines, immunogenicity and efficacy of updated COVID-19 vaccines, where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, immune and cognitive dysfunction during 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 Anti-science Movement: of CDC (X:Louisiana Office of the Surgeon General) CDC’s new deputy director is of vaccines, advocated for ivermectin (CIDRAP) Whooping cough cases on the (FOX4: KDFW) Third infant in Kentucky as national cases stay high for second year in a row (CIDRAP) More than reported this year as Kentucky records 3rd infant death (ABC News) Vaccination among Kindergartners (CDC: SchoolVaxView) Effects of human papillomavirus (HPV) on community rates of HPV‐related disease and harms from vaccination (Cochrane Library) Marburg : Current Situation (CDC: Marburg Virus Disease) Safety and immunogenicity of in healthy adults in the USA: a first-in-human, observer-masked, multicentre, phase 1 randomised controlled trial (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Washington state resident believed to be the first to die from a (AP News) for measles (WasterWater Scan) Measles (CDC Rubeola) Tracking in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP () measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) (WHO) Get the about measles (NY State Department of Health) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) of measles immunity (CDC) to measles vaccination (CDC) Adverse events associated with : evidence bearing on causality (NLM) Measles Know the Facts (ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) Deaths following vaccination: what does the (Vaccine) Influenza: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Respiratory virus levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: (CDC FluView) Superior Effectiveness and Estimated Public Health Impact of -Based Influenza Vaccines in Children and Adults During the US 2023–2024 Season (Infectious Diseases and Therapy) Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety of Influenza Vaccine(NEJM) Recommendations Summary (CDC: Influenza) of Influenza Viruses (CDC: Influenza (flu)) Influenza Vaccine Composition for the U.S. Influenza Season (FDA) RSV: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) (Yale School of Public Health) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) RSV-work (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP) Estimating of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in US Medicare-Enrolled Older Adults Following Medically Attended Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease (CID) Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) Warning in the Prescribing Information for RSV Vaccines Abrysvo and Arexvy: FDA Safety Communication (FDA) Brag Sets Off a Chain Reaction — Dr. Oz Takes the Bait, But the Math, and Starts Unraveling Mid-Interview (Atlanta BlackStar) Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 (CDC) Respiratory Illnesses (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) COVID-19 trends (CDC) COVID-19 (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 galore (Nextstrain) Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant (bioRxiV) Effectiveness of the against COVID-19-associated hospitalisation and death: a Danish, nationwide, register-based, cohort study (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Immunogenicity of Against JN.1 Subvariants in Adult Participants (OFID) SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and in Norway and Sweden (Rheumatology) to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) Infusion (Prime Fusions) guidelines (CDC) COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Drug interaction (University of Liverpool) Help your eligible PAXLOVID with the PAXCESS Patient Support Program (Pfizer Pro) Understanding Options (PAXCESS) for treatment and management (ID Society) Molnupiravir and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for (ID Society) What to do when sick with a (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing (CDC) guidelines (hematology.org) Daniel Griffin’s medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) Long COVID Digitally Assessed Is Associated With Lymphocyte Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Altered Immune Potential (OFID) Evaluation of Interventions for in Long COVID (JAMA Neurology) Reaching out to on TWiV 1274 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary () Timestamps by . 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TWiV 1273: EBV and lupus have not escaped our notice
11/23/2025
TWiV 1273: EBV and lupus have not escaped our notice
TWiV explains the 1953 paper by Watson & Crick proposing a structure for DNA, and the role of Epstein-Barr virus in triggering the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV Immune 100 (npr) A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid (Nature ) (Am J Resp Crit Care Med) Discovery of (Crick Papers) Jim Watson was (NY Times) What (Nature) EBV reprograms (Sci Transl Med) EBV and the (Sci Transl Med) Timestamps by Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – Kathy – Vincent – by William Gibson Intro music is by Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1272: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
11/22/2025
TWiV 1272: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are dismayed by the changes on CDC vaccine website positively stating the link between autism and vaccination, the finding of wild type poliovirus 1 in Germany, Marburg virus in Ethiopia, decimation of the elephant breeding colony by H5N1 and the first human case of H5N5 influenza virus infection before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, antibody escape by seasonal flu viruses, where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, if resistance exercise aids in recovery from long COVID and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode (CDC: Vaccine Safety) A new road to eradication- in Germany from Afghanistan (Reuters) Ethiopia confirms of Marburg virus disease (WHO: Ethiopia) Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses (HPAIV) Associated with Major Southern Elephant Seal at South Georgia (Communications Biology) Avian flu has world’s largest breeding colony of southern elephant seals (CIDRAP) Washington resident is infected with a of bird flu (AP News) (OceanAminals) That sounds far away: Multiple incursions of highly pathogenic avian influenza clade 2.3.4.4b A(H5N5) virus into North America and spillover to mammals (Cell Reports) Regional voices, : Parents’ and caregivers’ HPV vaccine attitudes in the northeast and Southeast United States (Vaccine) for measles (WasterWater Scan) Measles (CDC Rubeola) Tracking in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP () measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) (WHO) Get the about measles (NY State Department of Health) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) of measles immunity (CDC) to measles vaccination (CDC) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Adverse events associated with : evidence bearing on causality (NLM) Measles Know the Facts (ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) Deaths following vaccination: what does the (Vaccine) Influenza: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Respiratory virus levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: (CDC FluView) Recommendations Summary (CDC: Influenza) Emergence of ) variants with immune escape potential warrants enhanced molecular and epidemiological surveillance for the 2025–2026 season (University of Toronto Press) of Influenza Viruses (CDC: Influenza (flu)) With an absent CDC and , experts face upcoming season with uncertainty (CIDRAP) Influenza Vaccine Composition for the U.S. Influenza Season(FDA) RSV: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) (Yale School of Public Health) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) RSV-work (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) of nirsevimab on prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infection using a real-word global database (Journal of Infection) (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP) Estimating of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in US Medicare-Enrolled Older Adults Following Medically Attended Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease (CID) Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) Warning in the Prescribing Information for RSV Vaccines Abrysvo and Arexvy: FDA Safety Communication (FDA) Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 (CDC) Respiratory Illnesses (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) COVID-19 trends (CDC) COVID-19 (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 galore (Nextstrain) Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant (bioRxiV) COVID-19 vaccination is associated with in pediatric patients with atopic dermatitis (Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology) to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) Infusion (Prime Fusions) Risk mitigation of and filtration on SARS-CoV-2 transmission: a multicenter test-negative study (Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology) guidelines (CDC) COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Drug interaction (University of Liverpool) Help your eligible PAXLOVID with the PAXCESS Patient Support Program (Pfizer Pro) Understanding Options (PAXCESS) for treatment and management (ID Society) Molnupiravir and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for (ID Society) What to do when sick with a (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing (CDC) guidelines (hematology.org) Daniel Griffin’s medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) Long COVID Therapy After COVID-19 Infection(JAMA Open Network) Reaching out to on TWiV 1272 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary () Timestamps by . 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TWiV 1271: Hokies go viral II
11/16/2025
TWiV 1271: Hokies go viral II
Vincent visits Virginia Tech for the CeZAP Symposium and speaks with XJ Meng and Kylene Kehn-Hall about their research on hepatitis E virus and Rift Valley fever virus. Host: Guests: and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV Immune 100 virus (Curr Op Micro) and autophagy (PLoS Path) Timestamps by Ramsey. Thanks! Intro music is by Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1270: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
11/15/2025
TWiV 1270: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello record from the ASTMH meeting in Toronto and discuss continuing avian flu outbreaks, the continued global measles outbreak, the effectiveness of high and low doses of the influenza vaccine before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, children hospitalizations following COVID-19 and influenza vaccination, where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode Five new confirmed in ducks, turkeys in 3 US states (CIDRAP) Confirmation of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza in Commercial and Backyard flocks (USDA: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) for measles (WasterWater Scan) Measles (CDC Rubeola) Tracking in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP () measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) (WHO) Get the about measles (NY State Department of Health) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) of measles immunity (CDC) to measles vaccination (CDC) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Adverse events associated with : evidence bearing on causality (NLM) Measles Know the Facts (ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) Deaths following vaccination: what does the (Vaccine) Influenza: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Respiratory virus levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: (CDC FluView) Recommendations Summary (CDC: Influenza) Effectiveness of high-dose influenza vaccine in older adults (FLUNITY-HD) (LANCET) Relative effectiveness of the influenza vaccines for the prevention of laboratory-confirmed influenza among Italian older adults during three recent seasons (International Journal of Infectious Diseases) Influenza Vaccine Composition for the U.S. Influenza Season (FDA) RSV: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) (Yale School of Public Health) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) RSV-work (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) of nirsevimab on prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infection using a real-word global database (Journal of Infection) (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP) Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 (CDC) Respiratory Illnesses (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) COVID-19 trends (CDC) COVID-19 (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 galore (Nextstrain) Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant (bioRxiV) COVID-19 and influenza in Australian children 2018-2023: a national case analysis (Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society) to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) Infusion (Prime Fusions) guidelines (CDC) COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Drug interaction (University of Liverpool) Help your eligible PAXLOVID with the PAXCESS Patient Support Program (Pfizer Pro) Understanding Options (PAXCESS) for treatment and management (ID Society) Molnupiravir and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for (ID Society) What to do when sick with a (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing (CDC) guidelines (hematology.org) Daniel Griffin’s medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) Long COVID Reaching out to on TWiV 1270 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary () Timestamps by . Thanks! Intro music is by Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1269: The smell of influenza in the morning
11/09/2025
TWiV 1269: The smell of influenza in the morning
TWiV reviews the passing of James D. Watson, the research that showed human papillomaviruses to be present in genital and laryngeal papillomas and in some cervical cancers, and influenza virus infection, shedding and symptoms in a human challenge study. Hosts: , , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV Immune 100 dies (NY Times) (Medium) Canada’s new budget (Science) Bird flu while US agencies are asleep (npr) US slashed WHO budget, now globally (npr) in papillomas and cervical cancers (PNAS) zur Hausen 2008 (Nobel) Vincent interviews (YouTube) Influenza virus infection, shedding, and disease (J Virol) Timestamps by Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – board game Rich – Alan – Rats can Vincent – Intro music is by Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1268: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
11/08/2025
TWiV 1268: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello discusses the link between in utero SARS-CoV-2 infection and poor neurodevelopment outcomes, the use of an mRNA vaccine as an anti-cancer therapy, why one should receive the HPV vaccine, asymptomatic H5N1 isolations in humans, and H5N1 on turkey farms, before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, how two vaccinated physicians became infected with measles, effective of COVID-19 vaccine for children, where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, can you be retreated with Paxlovid, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, how a specific antibody type may associate with recovery from long COVID, if use of a probiotic is helpful to treat mild COVID-19, if vaccination helps prevent long in adolescents and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. 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Links for this episode of 3-Year-Old Children Exposed to Maternal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in Utero (Obstetrics & Gynecology) SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines to immune checkpoint blockade (Nature) TWiV 1267: A and an mpox treatment (microbeTV: TWiV1267) Cancers Caused by (CDC: Human papillomavirus (HPV)) Circulating DNA whole genome sequencing enables human papillomavirus-associated oropharynx cancer early detection (Journal of National Cancer Institute) Impact of Adult Women Who Are HPV-Positive or with Confirmed Cervical SIL with the 9-Valent Vaccine (Viruses) ACIP Shared Clinical Recommendations (CDC: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)) Vaccination Recommendation (CDC: Vaccines & Immunizations) Human Infections With Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Confirmed by Molecular and Serologic Testing (JAMA: OPEN Network) Review: Human avian flu cases can be asymptomatic, and the virus likely spreads among people (CIDRAP) Avian flu strikes farms in Dakotas, large egg facility in California (CIDRAP) at Ichilov Contracts Measles After Treating Unvaccinated Child (gov.il) for measles (WasterWater Scan) Measles (CDC Rubeola) Tracking in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP () measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) (WHO) Get the about measles (NY State Department of Health) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) of measles immunity (CDC) to measles vaccination (CDC) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Adverse events associated with : evidence bearing on causality (NLM) Measles Know the Facts (ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) Deaths following vaccination: what does the (Vaccine) Influenza: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Respiratory virus levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: (CDC FluView) Recommendations Summary (CDC: Influenza) Influenza Vaccine Composition for the U.S. Influenza Season (FDA) RSV: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) (Yale School of Public Health) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) RSV-work (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP) Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 (CDC) Respiratory Illnesses (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) COVID-19 trends (CDC) COVID-19 (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 galore (Nextstrain) Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant (bioRxiV) Vascular and inflammatory diseases after COVID-19 infection and vaccination in in England (LANCET: Child & Adolescent Health) to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) Infusion (Prime Fusions) guidelines (CDC) COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Drug interaction (University of Liverpool) Help your eligible PAXLOVID with the PAXCESS Patient Support Program (Pfizer Pro) Understanding Options (PAXCESS) Real-World Effectiveness of Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir in Coronavirus Disease 2019–Associated Hospitalization (CID) for treatment and management (ID Society) Molnupiravir and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for (ID Society) What to do when sick with a (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing (CDC) guidelines (hematology.org) Daniel Griffin’s medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) Long COVID SARS-CoV-2 spike-specific associates with clinical recovery in Long COVID (Journal of Infection) Efficacy of Strain Plasma in Patients with Mild COVID-19 (Infectious Diseases and Therapy) Preventive effect of vaccination on long COVID in with SARS-CoV-2 infection (Vaccine) Reaching out to on TWiV 1268 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary () Timestamps by . 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TWiV 1267: A cancer vaccine and an mpox treatment
11/02/2025
TWiV 1267: A cancer vaccine and an mpox treatment
TWiV discusses the impact of vaccinating with Gardasil-9 adult women who are human papillomavirus positive or with confirmed squamous intraepithelial lesions, and human monoclonal antibodies that target the monkeypox virus A35 protein which protect against lethal disease. Hosts: , , , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV Immune 100 Long tailed macaques are now (Science) Iceland now (npr) on adult women who are HPV+ or SIL+ (Viruses) Human mAbs that (Cell) Timestamps by Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – Kathy – Rich – Alan – Vincent – Listener Pick Bradon – Intro music is by Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1266: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
11/01/2025
TWiV 1266: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello ponder the nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General by President Trump, how mRNA vaccines may enhance effectiveness of check point inhibitor cancer therapies, if viral infection associates with cardiac disease, H5N1 isolation from backyard birds and turkey farms, and the effectiveness of the COVID-19, RSV and influenza vaccines before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, if revaccination with the mRNA RSV vaccine is effective, how effective today’s COVID-19 vaccine is for protection against severe disease following infection with current viral variants, where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, can you be retreated with Paxlovid, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode The Challenge of Malignancies in HIV-1, and Back to Decreased Immune Surveillance (Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research) SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines to immune checkpoint blockade (Nature) TWiV 1265: mRNA vaccines make great again (microbeTV: TWiV 1265) Viral Infections and of Cardiovascular Disease (Journal of the American Heart Association) Confirmations of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Commercial and (USDA: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) Three large in Minnesota hit with H5N1 avian flu (CIDRAP) Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza for 2025–2026 (NEJM) for measles (WasterWater Scan) Measles (CDC Rubeola) Tracking in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) (WHO) Get the about measles (NY State Department of Health) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) of measles immunity (CDC) to measles vaccination (CDC) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP () Adverse events associated with : evidence bearing on causality (NLM) Measles Know the Facts (ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) Deaths following vaccination: what does the (Vaccine) Influenza: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Respiratory virus levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: (CDC FluView) Recommendations Summary (CDC: Influenza) Influenza Vaccine Composition for the U.S. Influenza Season (FDA) RSV: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) (Yale School of Public Health) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) RSV-work (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP) Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity of With mRNA-1345, an mRNA Vaccine Against RSV, Administered 12 Months Following a Primary Dose in Adults Aged ≥50 Years (CID) Vaccine of a bivalent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) pre-F vaccine against RSV-associated hospital admission among adults aged 75–79 years in England (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 (CDC) Respiratory Illnesses (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) COVID-19 trends (CDC) COVID-19 (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 galore (Nextstrain) Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant (bioRxiV) Association of 2024–2025 Covid-19 Vaccine with Covid-19 in U.S. Veterans (NEJM) Durability of 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccines Against JN.1 (JAMA: Internal Medicine) to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) Infusion (Prime Fusions) guidelines (CDC) COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Drug interaction (University of Liverpool) Help your eligible PAXLOVID with the PAXCESS Patient Support Program (Pfizer Pro) Understanding Options (PAXCESS) for treatment and management (ID Society) Molnupiravir and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for (ID Society) What to do when sick with a (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing (CDC) guidelines (hematology.org) Daniel Griffin’s medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) Long COVID Reaching out to on TWiV 1266 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary () Timestamps by . Thanks! Intro music is by Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1265: mRNA vaccines make cancer treatment great again
10/26/2025
TWiV 1265: mRNA vaccines make cancer treatment great again
TWiV explains studies showing that SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines improve life span of cancer patients on checkpoint immunotherapy, and broad immunity conferred by a vaccine central in A(H5) influenza antigenic space. Hosts: , , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV Immune 100 sensitize tumors to checkpoint immunotherapy (Nature) People with some cancers live longer (Nature) Immune (NCI) from influenza H5 vaccine (Nature) Derek Smith on (TWiV 99 at 2:53) on TWiV 1265 Timestamps by Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Kathy – and Rich – ; Alan – Vincent – thanks to Kim! Listener Pick Jamie – Intro music is by Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1264: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
10/25/2025
TWiV 1264: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello are distressed by the continuing government shutdown, first locally acquired chikungunya virus infection, President Trump’s suggestion for removing aluminum from vaccines, H5N1 isolation from backyard birds and turkey farms, and the suggestion of establishing an alternative to the CDC’s MMWR and asymptomatic measles infections before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, the quarantining in the US due to measles, access to anti-influenza antiviral, where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, can you be retreated with Paxlovid, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, if colchicine is effective for long COVID, and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode New York health officials confirm state’s first case of chikungunya virus (AP News) Trump Vaccine Experts Over Aluminum (NY Times) Vaccines and Chronic Diseases in Childhood (Annals of Internal Medicine) Three large in Minnesota hit with H5N1 avian flu (CIDRAP) Confirmations of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Commercial and (USDA: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) (California.No) California raise concerns. But health officials say the risk remains low (AP News) ‘Alternative’ to Journal in the Works (MEDPAGE TODAY) Measles during acute febrile illness surveillance in Tanzania, 2023-2024 (CID) Frustration grows amid measles outbreak across several states (NBC News) More Than 100 Cases of Measles Reported in (NY Times) for measles (WasterWater Scan) Measles (CDC Rubeola) Tracking in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) (WHO) Get the about measles (NY State Department of Health) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP () of measles immunity (CDC) to measles vaccination (CDC) Adverse events associated with : evidence bearing on causality (NLM) Measles Know the Facts (ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) Deaths following vaccination: what does the (Vaccine) Influenza: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Respiratory virus levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: (CDC FluView) Recommendations Summary (CDC: Influenza) (CDC: Influenza (flu)) Influenza Vaccine Composition for the U.S. Influenza Season(FDA) Roche to sell for $50 to cash-paying US patients (Reuters) RSV: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) RSV-work (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP) Evidence to Framework (EtR): RSV Vaccination in Adults Aged 50–59 years (CDC: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases) of respiratory syncytial virus vaccines (Cochrane Library) Estimated for Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Related Acute Respiratory Illness in Older Adults (CID) Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 (CDC) Respiratory Illnesses (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) COVID-19 trends (CDC) COVID-19 (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 galore (Nextstrain) Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant (bioRxiV) to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) Infusion (Prime Fusions) guidelines (CDC) COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Drug interaction (University of Liverpool) Help your eligible PAXLOVID with the PAXCESS Patient Support Program (Pfizer Pro) Understanding Options (PAXCESS) for treatment and management (ID Society) Molnupiravir and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for (ID Society) What to do when sick with a (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing (CDC) guidelines (hematology.org) Daniel Griffin’s medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) Long COVID Effectiveness of for the Treatment of Long COVID(JAMA Internal Medicine) Reaching out to on TWiV 1264 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary () Timestamps by . Thanks! Intro music is by Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1263: Dementia vaccine?
10/19/2025
TWiV 1263: Dementia vaccine?
TWiV reviews continuing US measles outbreak, host and genetic variations that regulate antibody responses to hepatitis C virus, and varicella-zoster reactivation and the risk of dementia. Hosts: , , , and Angela Mingarelli Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV at CDC (Time) Measles cases in US (NPR) at The Incubator (Eventbrite) Viral and host variations against HCV (Cell Rep) VZV reactivation and (Nature Med) Taking a shot at dementia () Demented and crass () on TWiV 1263 Timestamps by Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Angela – Brianne – and their Alan – – live view of a reef in Biscayne Bay, FL (and ). Vincent – Listener Pick Greg – and Intro music is by Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1262: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
10/18/2025
TWiV 1262: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello are dismayed by the government shutdown, the firings at the CDC including EIS agents, H5N1 isolation from backyard birds and its stability in raw milk and cheese, before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, the quarantining of college students in the US due to measles, Japan’s declaration of a national influenza outbreak, effectiveness of the influenza and COVID vaccines, where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, can you be retreated with Paxlovid, long COVID treatment center, results from PLATCOV studies- still no antiviral activity attributed to ivermectin, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, long COVID in pediatrics, patient reported outcomes from the STOP-PASC clinical trial, contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research and the listener reminder that measles vaccine in those with interferonopathy may result in severe adverse affects. 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TWiV 1261: Must-see TVs
10/12/2025
TWiV 1261: Must-see TVs
TWiV covers a MacArthur Award for Jason McLellan, 2025 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine, first treatment for Huntington’s Disease, structure of an archael dsDNA virus from head to tail, and discovery of a Legionella phage that explains a determinant of human disease. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV wins MacArthur Award (NPR) Physiology or Medicine (Nobel Prizes) Huntington Disease treatment (BBC) Structure of (Sci Adv) Discovery of (Sci Adv) Microbe of the Month: (Trends Micro) on TWiV 1261 Timestamps by Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Alan – Specimen of the last female Great Auk . Jolene – Vincent – Intro music is by Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1260: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
10/11/2025
TWiV 1260: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello chat about Jane Goodall’s death and the Nobel prize in Physiology/Medicine for understanding immune system control before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, if 2 doses of the influenza vaccine are better for protection of first season children, if COVID-19 negatively impacts pregnancy and the unborn child, efficacy of long-acting monoclonal antibody against symptomatic COVID-19, where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, can you be retreated with Paxlovid, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, long COVID in pediatrics, association of COVID-19 with new-onset vascular dementia and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode legacy: three ways she changed science (Nature) They understood how the immune system is (The Nobel Prize) Daniel Griffin: The Nobel Prize for Understanding (WNYC: New York Public Radio) Kennedy’s Ties to Ally Leading Vaccine Lawsuits Raise (NY Times) Ebola outbreak in southern Congo shows signs of with no new cases, WHO reports (AP News) (WHO: African Region) Premature from measles in Alberta as cases throughout province near 2,000(Global News) DOH Issues Advisory After Measles Detection in City of (Finger lakes dailynew.com) for measles (WasterWater Scan) Measles (CDC Rubeola) Tracking in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP () measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) (WHO) Get the about measles (NY State Department of Health) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) of measles immunity (CDC) to measles vaccination (CDC) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Adverse events associated with : evidence bearing on causality (NLM) Measles Know the Facts (ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) Deaths following vaccination: what does the (Vaccine) Influenza: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Respiratory virus levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: (CDC FluView) Influenza-Associated — United States, 2024–25 Influenza Season (CDC: MMWR) Recommendations Summary (CDC: Influenza) (CDC: Influenza (flu)) Comparison of in the First Season Children Are Vaccinated Against Influenza (JAMA: Open Network) Influenza Vaccine Composition for the U.S. Influenza Season (FDA) RSV: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) RSV-work (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP) Evidence to Framework (EtR): RSV Vaccination in Adults Aged 50–59 years (CDC: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases) of respiratory syncytial virus vaccines(Cochrane Library) Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 (CDC) Respiratory Illnesses (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) COVID-19 trends (CDC) COVID-19 (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 galore (Nextstrain) Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant (bioRxiV) Neonatal outcomes among with COVID-19 (BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth) Safety and Efficacy of , a Long-Acting Monoclonal Antibody, for Prevention of Symptomatic COVID-19 (CID) to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) Infusion (Prime Fusions) guidelines (CDC) COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Drug interaction (University of Liverpool) Help your eligible PAXLOVID with the PAXCESS Patient Support Program (Pfizer Pro) Understanding Options (PAXCESS) With Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir Following Return of COVID-19 Symptoms and SARS-CoV-2 Positivity (CID) for treatment and management (ID Society) Molnupiravir and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for (ID Society) What to do when sick with a (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing (CDC) guidelines (hematology.org) Daniel Griffin’s medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) Long COVID Long COVID associated with and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR) (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Prevalence and duration of clinical symptoms of (Frontiers in Pediatrics) COVID-19 infection associated with of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years(NPJ| dementia) Reaching out to on TWiV 1260 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary () Timestamps by . Thanks! Intro music is by Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1259: Capricious flu and a tickborne clue
10/05/2025
TWiV 1259: Capricious flu and a tickborne clue
TWiV reviews experiments to understand infection, pathogenesis, and transmission of avian H5N1 influenza virus in goats, and identification of a cellular receptor for tick-borne encephalitis virus. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV Public (Nature) Culling of in Canada (Science) H5N1 in (Cell Rep) Receptor for (Nature) on TWiV 1259 Timestamps by Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – Alan – A tower of worms Vincent – Listener Picks Jay – Douglas – – Marsh Family parody Intro music is by Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1258: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
10/04/2025
TWiV 1258: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello chat about the ongoing Ebola outbreak in DRC, increases in screwworm diagnoses, a pertussis death in Mississippi before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, monoclonal antibody therapy against RSV, where to find PEMGARDA, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, olfactory dysfunction following SARS-CoV-2 infection and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode (WHO: African Region) Mexico sees in flesh-eating screwworm cases since August as cases move north (Reuters) Pediatric Reported (Mississippi State Department of Health) for measles (WasterWater Scan) Measles (CDC Rubeola) Tracking in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP () measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) (WHO) Get the about measles (NY State Department of Health) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) of measles immunity (CDC) to measles vaccination (CDC) (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) (CDC: Measles Rubeola) Adverse events associated with : evidence bearing on causality (NLM) Measles Know the Facts(ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) Deaths following vaccination: what does the (Vaccine) Influenza: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Respiratory virus levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: (CDC FluView) Influenza-Associated — United States, 2024–25 Influenza Season (CDC: MMWR) Recommendations Summary (CDC: Influenza) Influenza Vaccine Composition for the U.S. Influenza Season(FDA) RSV: Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) US virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) RSV-work (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) Nirsevimab Administration and in the 2024-2025 Season (JAMA: Open Network) (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP) Evidence to Framework (EtR): RSV Vaccination in Adults Aged 50–59 years (CDC: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases) of respiratory syncytial virus vaccines (Cochrane Library) Waste water scan for (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 (CDC) Respiratory Illnesses (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) COVID-19 trends (CDC) COVID-19 (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 galore (Nextstrain) Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant (bioRxiV) to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) Infusion (Prime Fusions) guidelines (CDC) COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Drug interaction (University of Liverpool) for treatment and management (ID Society) Molnupiravir and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for (ID Society) What to do when sick with a (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing (CDC) guidelines (hematology.org) Daniel Griffin’s medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) Long COVID After SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the RECOVER Adult Cohort (JAMA: Open Network) Reaching out to on TWiV 1258 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary () Timestamps by . Thanks! Intro music is by Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV Special: Searching plane poop for viruses
10/01/2025
TWiV Special: Searching plane poop for viruses
From ESCV 2025, Vincent speaks with Elke Wollants about a project to identify SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses in toilet waste from airplanes. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV (KU Leuven) Virologists in Greece (from ESCV) for pathogens (SSRN) Timestamps by Ramsey. Thanks! Intro music is by Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1257: Better cocktails and CRISPR chicken
09/28/2025
TWiV 1257: Better cocktails and CRISPR chicken
TWiV explains experiments to create genetically modified chickens that are resistant to avian influenza infection, and discovery of combination antiviral therapy for HTLV-1 infection. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV Creating avian influenza virus (Nat Comm) Antiretroviral therapy and apoptosis inhibition for (Cell) infection (Cleveland Clinic) on TWiV 1257 Timestamps by Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Rich – Alan – Archive of molecular biology artifacts at a museum Vincent – Intro music is by Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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TWiV 1256: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
09/27/2025
TWiV 1256: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
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TWiV 1256: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
09/27/2025
TWiV 1256: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
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