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This Week in Virology

This Week in Virology

著者： Vincent Racaniello
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 TWiV is a podcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick.Vincent Racaniello 2022 博物学 生物科学 科学 自然・生態学
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  • TWiV 1245: Grabbing herpesvirus with both arms

    TWiV 1245: Grabbing herpesvirus with both arms
    2025/08/17

    TWiV reviews fradulent science becoming an industry, FDA may not authorize Pfizer COVID vaccine for young kids, Kennedy won’t push strict pesticide regulations conserved betacoronavirus sequences recognized by human T cells, and Bispecific antibodies protect against herpes recurrent disease.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker

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    Links for this episode
    • Support science education at MicrobeTV
    • Frontiers in Comparative Systems Virology
    • Fradulent science becomes an industry (Science)
    • FDA may not authorize Pfizer COVID vaccine for young kids (CIDRAP)
    • Kennedy Won’t Push Strict Pesticide Regulations (NY Times)
    • Conserved betacoronavirus sequences recognized by human T cells (Cell)
    • Bispecific antibodies protect against herpes recurrent disease (Cell Rep)
    • Letters read on TWiV 1245
    • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
    Weekly Picks

    Brianne – New Study Suggests Using AI Made Doctors Less Skilled at Spotting Cancer
    Alan – Save the Microbes effort gets off the ground
    Vincent – Dr. Vinay Prasad’s Catch-22: The Only Way He Can Truly Succeed at His Job is to Get Fired Again

    Listener Picks

    Chaim – “Virus Hunters” by Greer Williams
    Bridget – Wave Life Sciences and their potential treatment for Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

    Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

    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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    1 時間 49 分
  • TWiV 1244: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

    TWiV 1244: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    2025/08/16
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello discusses Vijay Prasad’s return to the FDA, revoking of COVID vaccine authorization for young children, the Legionnaires’ outbreak in Harlem, the new labeling requirements for Ixchiq, the infectious attenuated Chikungunya vaccine and the importation of H5 influenza virus in Antarctica, before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, guidelines for treating COVID-19, whether or not the NB.1.8.1 should be included in the fall 2025 vaccines, where to find PEMGARDA, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, the association of “virus rebound” and post-acute sequelae among hospitalized patients, how virus infection particularly influenza and SARS-CoV-2 may ‘re-activate’ dormant cancer cells and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Prasad returns to the FDA (Washington Post)Pfizer Covid vaccine for young children may not be renewed by FDA (The Guardian)Report suggests FDA may not reauthorize Pfizer COVID vaccine for young kids (CIDRAP)Factors Associated With Pediatric COVID-19 Mortality: A Pediatric Investigators Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada (PICNIC) Study (Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society) Legionnaires’ Disease: In Harlem (NYC Health)Recommended Pause in Use of Ixchiq (Chikungunya Vaccine, Live) in Individuals 60 Years of Age and Older While Postmarketing Safety Reports are Investigated (FDA)FDA Removes Recommended Pause in Use and Approves Required Updated Labeling (FDA)Chikungunya Vaccines (CDC: Chikungunya virus) Chikungunya in China (CDC: Travelers’ Health)Travelers’ health notices (CDC: Travelers’ Health)Areas at Risk for Chikungunya (CDC: Chikungunya virus)Adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine is effective against herpes zoster ophthalmicus, and is associated with lower risk of acute myocardial infarction and stroke in adults aged ≥50 years (CID)Tracking HPAIV H5 through a geographic survey of Antarctic seabird populations(Scientific Reports)Report details first suspected H5 avian flu detections in seabirds in Antarctica(CIDRAP) Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan)Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola)Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg)Weekly measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada)Measles (WHO)Get the FACTS about measles (NY State Department of Health) Measles (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)Influenza: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)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)ENFLONSIA: novel drug approvals 2025 (FDA)RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)COVID-19 deaths (CDC)Respiratory Illnesses Data Channel (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses)COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)2025 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on the Treatment and Management of COVID-19: Pemivibart for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis, Vilobelimab for Critical Illness, and Abatacept or Infliximab for Severe or Critical Illness (CID)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 (bioRxiV)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)Paxlovid (Pfizer) 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 ...
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  • TWiV 1243: Capitalism, COVID, and cancer

    TWiV 1243: Capitalism, COVID, and cancer
    2025/08/10

    TWiV discusses the latest worrisome Executive Order on oversight of federal grantmaking, RFK Jr winds down mRNA viral vaccine development, Lenacapavir, a drug for AIDS prevention and treatment, and how respiratory virus infections awaken dormant metastatic breast cancer cells in lungs.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit and Brianne Barker

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    Links for this episode
    • Support science education at MicrobeTV
    • Oversight of Federal grantmaking (Whitehouse.gov)
    • Grantmaking gets a Christofascist (Rasmussen Retorts)
    • HHS winds down mRNA vaccine development (HHS)
    • Lives saved by COVID vaccines (JAMA)
    • Lenacapavir review (Bicochem Pharm)
    • UNAIDS urges Gilead to lower price of lenacapavir (UNAIDS)
    • Gilead and price gouging (Wikipedia)
    • Respiratory virus infections awaken metastatic breast cancer (Nature)
    • Letters read on TWiV 1243
    • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
    Weekly Picks

    Brianne – Xkcd: Geologic Periods
    Rich – Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
    Alan – The Broken Earth trilogy by N. K. Jemisin
    Vincent – Cacio e pepe: Good Food pasta recipe sparks fury in Italy

    Listener Pick

    Linda – DNA captured in air could identify life forms

    Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

    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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    1 時間 53 分
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