This Week in Virology

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: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education Gold Standard Sciencein-houseH9N2 in China OmicronLetters readJolene Weekly Picks Kathy – mSphere virus species names standardization Rich – Real Tides & Currents Graph HD Alan – Invasive termites spreading from privately owned boats Vincent – Entomologist Answers Insect Questions Listener Picks Gerry – Citations Needed podcast 221: Anti-science mugging Joyrell – Mayday: Air Disaster Favorite one, two, three, for Vincent 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.

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 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. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MAHAFake CitationsContradicts kids resigns TrendsCancels Contract400 Ostriches.Commercial and Backyard Flocks H5 bird fluBird flustrikes anotherkills 95% of Hickman’s Arizona chickens WastewaterDenver ResidentDenver International Airportlinked to Turkish Airlines flight cases and outbreaksWeeklyMeaslesjpgFACTS MeaslesMeasles Presumptive evidence Contraindications and precautions Measleschildhood vaccinesVaccination:evidence showHHS Needs a Coordinated National Approach‘persistent deficiencies’11 pathogens respiratoryclift notesactivityclift notes FDA-CDC-DOD:11 pathogens respiratoryNet11 pathogensdeathsnational and regionalvariant trackergenomesBA.3.2, XFG, and NB.1.8.1coming this fallapproval6 months, 12 years 65 yearsShared Pemivibart,Where EUA center CDC QuarantineNIHchecker Infectious Disease Society guidelinessafetyimmunocompromisedrespiratory virusshortagesdexamethasone Anticoagulation evidence basedhotlineThe answers:association studyUS house representativeLetters read pdfJolene Ramsey Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

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: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education Bad citationsNorth American batsbird guanoPipistrellusreceptor for HKU5Letters readJolene Weekly Picks Brianne – New mutation found in orange cats Kathy – Middle schooler’s STEM project leads to a bacterium with antibiotic activity and to an anti-cancer compound Vincent – Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death 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.

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello discusses vaccination trends, the changes COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for children and pregnant women, easing of vaccination exemptions in Texas, the ongoing measles outbreak globally 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 and concern as confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 rise here and in China, different mechanisms by which to reduce transmission of respiratory pathogens, the May 22 VRBPAC COVID-19 vaccine meeting, where to find PEMGARDA, prolonged steroid and antibiotic therapies, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, how spike protein may alter mast cells and the immune response 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 trendsVaccination DashboardendsDied of COVID-19War on Children pediatricChildren and AdultsChildren and Adults ChildrenPrevalence Is That True?No Longer RecommendGregg Abbott vaccination rates fallrising againvaccine exemptions Cardiac Eventswild birdsH5N1 in poultryConfirmed Cases H5 bird fluBird flucases and outbreaksWeeklyMeaslesjpgFACTS MeaslesMeasles Presumptive evidence Contraindications and precautions Measleschildhood vaccinesVaccination:evidence show11 pathogens respiratoryclift notesactivityclift notes FDA-CDC-DOD:11 pathogens respiratoryNetunder-recognized11 pathogensdeathsnational and regionalvariant trackergenomesBA.3.2, XFG, and NB.1.8.1surge in China Risk Evaluationvariant NB.1.8.1 Infection Controtransmission-based precautionsdisrupt Protection questions loom(2025-2026 FormulaClinical ConsiderationsWhere EUA center CDC QuarantineNIHOmicron JN.1 subvariantchecker Infectious Disease Society guidelinesEffectiveness of Remdesivirsafetyimmunocompromisedrespiratory virusshortagesdexamethasone Anticoagulation critically illevidence basedhotlineThe answers:degranulationUS house representativeLetters read pdfJolene Ramsey Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

TWiV reviews cuts in National Science Foundation budgets, cuts to Harvard University grants, judge blocks ban on Harvard enrolling international students, DOGE ordered cuts of NIH grants, endemic coronavirus infection induces Fc receptor binding antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, and inherited IFNAR1 deficiency causing adverse reactions to measles and yellow fever infectious vaccines. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Angela Mingarelli Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education NSF funding1,000 grants cutban on international studentskilled NIH grantsFcR binding antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 IFNAR1 deficiencyLetters readJolene Weekly Picks Angela – Contact lenses that give people infrared vision — even with their eyes shut (one, two) Alan – Autocrats are afraid of you – see the graphic, especially. Vincent – How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet 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.

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello debate the changes in FDA vaccine approval policy especially how it is applied to COVID-19 vaccines and restricts vaccine availability/usage and Novavax’s vaccine, mpox on surfaces and in the air, “bird flu”, the ongoing measles outbreak globally before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, benefits of vaccination for infants, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, the high number of childhood deaths during this “flu” season, the May 22 VRBPAC COVID-19 vaccine meeting, where to find PEMGARDA, prolonged steroid and antibiotic therapies, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, cognitive impairment in long COVID 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 new vaccine approval guidancevaccine committeeEvidence-basedapproval mechanismour own Dr. Griffinapprovalrestricted useNovavax COVIDpublic health falsehoodsRFK JrDO NOTStaying up to datesurrenderedstops recommendation No more routineallegedly antigen compositioncurrent strains OKCatholic Church now champions Air and surface samplingmpox DNA, live virus on surfaceswild birdsH5N1 in poultryConfirmed Cases H5 bird fluBird flucases and outbreaksweekly monitoringjpgFACTS MeaslesMeasles Presumptive evidence Contraindications and precautionschildhood vaccinesVaccination:evidence show11 pathogens respiratoryclift notesactivityclift notes FDA-CDC-DOD:11 pathogens respiratoryNet11 pathogensdeathsnational and regionalvariant trackergenomesClinical ConsiderationsVRBPACWhere EUA center CDC QuarantineNIHchecker Infectious Disease Society guidelinessafetyimmunocompromisedrespiratory virusinfected/exposedshortagesdexamethasoneprolonged steroid therapy Anticoagulation Nonsevere COVID-19 evidence basedhotlineThe answers:symptoms Vortioxetine US house representativeLetters read pdfJolene Ramsey Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

TWiV reviews pause in the use of Chikungunya vaccine, HHS to stop recommending COVID shots for pregnant women and children, molecular basis for shifted receptor recognition by an encephalitic alphavirus, and evolution of koala retrovirus transcriptional silencing in wild koalas. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, and Rich Condit Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education IxchiqCOVID vaccine recommendations Basis for receptor shiftLetters readJolene Weekly Picks Rich – What’s that stuff in your bellybutton? Science has the answer. Vincent – New study reveals our skin’s own bacteria can help protect us from the bad effects of sunlight Listener Pick Rona – My Italian secret: the forgotten heroes and Italy and the Holocaust Foundation, Inc. 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.

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello wail about the attack on science within the US, cancellation of CDC’s committee on infectious diseases, mpox in Sierra Leone, “bird flu” in cats, the ongoing measles outbreak globally, before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, benefits of vaccination for infants, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the WasterwaterScan dashboard, the high number of childhood deaths during this “flu” season, the May 22 VRBPAC COVID-19 vaccine meeting, where to find PEMGARDA, benefit of remedesivir, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, weight and distinct symptoms of long COVID 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 infection preventionSierra Leone Current Situation : spillover into humans? cases and outbreaksTexasunvaccinatedMeasles outbreak guidanceweekly monitoringMennoniteschoose medical freedomjpg Deporting MeaslesFACTS MeaslesMeasles Presumptive evidence Contraindications and precautions MeaslesMeasles childhood vaccinesVaccination:evidence show11 pathogens respiratoryclift notesactivity216 child deathsclift noteshighest flu-related pediatric deathsBaloxavir Marboxil FDA-CDC-DOD:11 pathogens respiratoryNetHospitalization Rates Among InfantsRSV vaccine Infant Mortality Dashboard11 pathogensdeathsnational and regionalAccurately PredictOriginrecency and geographical originsvariant trackergenomesrisk factorpost-Lyme diseaseMulticomponent Vaccine Combo flu-COVIDdiscussClinical ConsiderationsVRBPACWhere EUA center CDC QuarantineNIHchecker Infectious Disease Society guidelinessafetyimmunocompromisedrespiratory virusinfected/exposedshortagesdexamethasone Anticoagulation reduced mortalityless deathevidence basedhotlineThe answers:neurological and neuropsychiatricdistinctUS house representativeLetters read pdfJolene Ramsey Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

TWiV reviews new CBER chief at FDA, ending of Gates Foundation in 2045, gain of function executive order, origins of bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, and single dose Sudan virus replicon vaccine protects guinea pigs from disease. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education Prasad replaces MarksGates Foundation Gain of function DURC policySARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2replicon vaccineLetters readJolene Weekly Picks Rich – Andor Season 2 Alan – Sequencing Mendel’s pea plant traits, and a good Science news article on the work Vincent – 2023 summer warmth unparalleled over the past 2,000 years Listener Pick Brian – Virology Capabilities Test (VCT): A Multimodal Virology Q&A Benchmark 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.

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello bemoan the attack on science within the US, salt water controls for vaccines, return to 1938 technology for flu vaccines, mRNA vaccines as “bioweapons”, rise in pertussis, benefits of the shingles vaccine and reduced dementia occurrence, and growing measles outbreak globally before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, the May 22 VRBPAC COVID-19 vaccine, meeting, where to find PEMGARDA, return to antibiotic treatment for respiratory viral diseases, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s 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): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode placebo control testingNext-Generation Universal Vaccine PlatformPromotes DisinformationGuns= fine….mRNA =mRNA Bioweapons Prohibition Act; Bioweapons of massive destructionpertussis surveillance1922 Deaths by pertussisPertussisSymptomsa doctor Live zoster vaccinationvaccine recipientsCurrent Situationcases and outbreaksTexasMeasles outbreak guidanceweekly monitoringjpgFACTS MeaslesMeasles Presumptive evidence Contraindications and precautions MeaslesMeasles childhood vaccinesVaccination:evidence show11 pathogens respiratoryclift notesactivity216 child deathsclift notes FDA-CDC-DOD:11 pathogens respiratoryNetRSV and Non-RSV Severe Respiratoryplunge 11 pathogensdeathsnational and regionalvariant trackergenomesBNT162b2 KP.2 vaccineClinical ConsiderationsVRBPACWhere EUA center CDC QuarantineNIHchecker Infectious Disease Society guidelinesantiviral treatment Delays safetyimmunocompromisedrespiratory virusinfected/exposedshortagesAntibiotic Prescribingdexamethasone Anticoagulationevidence basedhotlineThe answers:post COVID-19 conditionPersistent Cardiovascular and Pulmonary AbnormalitiesinflammationUS house representativeLetters read pdfJolene Ramsey Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

From the 2024 International Hepatitis B virus meeting in Chicago IL, Rich Condit speaks with Thomas Tu about his experiences as a both a HepB scientist and patient. Host: Rich Condit Guest: Thomas Tu Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education Hepatitis B FoundationTu LaboratoryJolene 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.

TWiV reviews universal vaccine initiative at NIAID, shut down of the Integrated Research Facility at Ft. Detrick, modeling the reemergence of infectious diseases as vaccination rates drop, and bacterial outer membrane vesicles bound to bacteriophages modulate neutrophil responses to bacterial infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education ASV 2025YouTubevirology blogNIAIDCIDRAPUSTexas Integrated Research Lab Modeling reemergenceattached to phagereviewLetters readJolene Weekly Picks Alan – A Paradise Built in Hell, by Rebecca Solnit (and here’s my review of it) Jolene – Virology course student communication projects, Spring 2025 Vincent – Vaccine Education Center 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.

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello bewail the attack on science within the US and withdrawal from the global health communities, association between the shingles vaccine and reduced dementia occurrence, ending of Uganda’s ebola outbreak, undermining effective responses to human bird flu infections, growing measles outbreak in the US and dire predictions of the return of vaccine preventable diseases including polio if vaccination rates continue to decline, before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the WasterwaterScan dashboard, how HHS is undermining the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, if Paxlovid reduces stroke, where to find PEMGARDA, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s 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): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode RIFFing vaccination and dementiarecombinant shingles vaccineend the US and globallyCurrent SituationJanuary 1–April 17, 2025greater in the US2024 Measlescases and outbreaksTexasMeasles outbreak guidanceMeasles may be endemic in 25 yearsReemergence of Vaccine-EliminatedjpgFACTS MeaslesMeasles Presumptive evidence Contraindications and precautions MeaslesMeasles childhood vaccinesVaccination:evidence show11 pathogens respiratoryclift notesactivity 200 childrenclift notes FDA-CDC-DOD:11 pathogens respiratoryNet11 pathogensdeathsnational and regionalvariant trackergenomescertain vaccines have ‘never workedFDA uncertainty FDA Puntsinject new uncertaintyClinical ConsiderationsWhere EUA center CDC QuarantineNIHchecker Infectious Disease Society guidelinessafetyimmunocompromisedrespiratory virusinfected/exposedshortagesdexamethasone AnticoagulationPractical Remdesivir Restriction Tocilizumab and IVIGevidence basedhotlineThe answers:New-Onset Type 2 DiabetesUS house representativeLetters read pdfJolene Ramsey Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

From the 2024 International Hepatitis B virus meeting in Chicago IL, Rich Condit speaks with Chari Cohen about her work as President of the Hepatitis B Foundation. Host: Rich Condit Guest: Chari Cohen Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education Hepatitis B FoundationJolene 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.

TWiV reviews new committee of experts to counter vaccine misinformation, resignation of NSF Director, dependence of immune response to rabies virus on the gut microbiome, and a nucleosome switch primes hepatitis B virus infection. Show notes coming soon.

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello deplore the US’s withdrawal from the global health community for pandemic preparedness i.e. the universal avian flu vaccine, and undermining the use of routine childhood vaccinations for pertussis and measles, RFK’s autism registry, yellow fever outbreak in Colombia and world immunization week after discussing the squirrel as the reservoir host for mpox, before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the WasterwaterScan dashboard, how immunity elicited by the RSV vaccine wanes in 3 years, if Paxlovid reduces stroke, where to find PEMGARDA, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, if vaccination impacts long COVID and if long COVID were to become epidemic. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode American Public’s Disengagementuniversal avian flu vaccine pandemic-ready universaspread among live poultry markets Funisciurus pyrropusreservoir hostOrthopoxvirus monkeypoxanimal source of mpoxunvaccinated teensFebruary flu surge Pertussis Cases ‘Fighting to breathe’cancels measlescases and outbreaksTexasjpgMeasles outbreak guidanceFACTS MeaslesMeasles Presumptive evidence Contraindications and precautions MeaslesMeasles childhood vaccinesVaccination:evidence showautism registrycollecting Americans’ private medicalmisinformation yellow fever cases World Immunization Week11 pathogens respiratoryclift notesactivity 200 childrenclift notes FDA-CDC-DOD:11 pathogens respiratoryNetwaning efficacy Efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity11 pathogensdeathsnational and regionalvariant trackergenomesWhere EUA center CDC QuarantineNIHcheckerLong-term stroke and mortality risk reduction Infectious Disease Society guidelinessafetyimmunocompromisedrespiratory virusinfected/exposedshortagesdexamethasone Anticoagulationevidence basedhotlineThe answers:effect of COVID-19 vaccination ORCHESTRAtrust in scientistscould become Center for post COVIDUS house representativeLetters read pdfJolene Ramsey Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

From the 2024 International Hepatitis B virus meeting in Chicago IL, Rich Condit speaks with Stephan Urban about his career working on HBV and HDV, and his philanthropy. Host: Rich Condit Guest: Stephan Urban Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education ASV 2025Hepatitis deltaHBV and HDVJolene 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.

TWiV discusses the rising autism rate among children, RFK Jr.’s claim that autism ‘destroys lives’, receptor binding specificity of a bovine H5N1 influenza virus, and improved dengue subunit vaccine modified to form E protein dimers. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education ASV 2025 Rising autism ratedestroys livesReceptor binding specificityAJ EisfeldTWiV 1131subunit vaccineLetters readJolene Weekly Picks Brianne – Scientists detect signature of life on a distant planet, study suggests Rich – Hanlon’s Razor Alan – Baby colossal squid filmed in deep ocean Vincent – How the United States became a science superpower — and how quickly it could crumble Listener Pick John – Revisionist History: The RFK Jr. Problem 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.

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello rue about the continuation of the gutting of the American public health infrastructure, the continuing measles outbreak, an unreported outbreak of deadly E.coli human infections, meningococcal disease before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, ACIP recommended changes in guidelines for the RSV and COVID-19 vaccines, reactogenicity differences between Novavax and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines, where to find PEMGARDA, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, long COVID interventions, effects of long COVID in children and adolescents and a list of ongoing clinical trials for long COVID treatment. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode purgingpurging of data cutsNIH, CDC and HHStrust in scientistssuspicion of scienceFDA chose notmeningococcal diseasehajj and umrah Vaccination: Measles boosterfire the expertscases and outbreaksTexasMeasles outbreak guidanceMeasles and rubellajpgFree MeaslesFACTS MeaslesMeasles Presumptive evidence Contraindications and precautions MeaslesDoctors’ talk measlesMeasles childhood vaccinesVaccination:evidence show11 pathogens respiratoryclift notesactivity 200 childrenclift notes FDA-CDC-DOD:11 pathogens respiratoryNetexpand recommendationcardiovascular events11 pathogensdeathsnational and regionalvariant trackergenomeschildren and young peopleNovavax’s COVID-19 vaccineuse of COVID-19 vaccinesfewer, milder reactionsnarrower useWhere EUA center CDC QuarantineNIHchecker Infectious Disease Society guidelinessafetyimmunocompromisedrespiratory virusinfected/exposedshortagesdexamethasone Anticoagulationevidence basedhotlineThe answers: Kidney FunctionCardiovascular post-acute sequelaeGreat barrington declarationtranscranial direct currentBrain Stimulation Treatmentneuropsychiatric symptomsacupunctureElectro-acupunctureACU-COVID)(Vagus)Stella5 years later US house representativeLetters read pdfJolene Ramsey Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

TWiV reviews RFK Jr’s odd comments on ‘single antigen’ vaccines and his September deadline for understanding why autism has increased, dire wolf does not come back from the dead, oral norovirus vaccine tablet that induces mucosal immunity in older adults, and identification of broadly neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies against norovirus. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education ASV 2025Novavaxautism rise Dire wolfvaccine tabletmonoclonal antibodiesLetters readJolene Weekly Picks Brianne – New experiment updates classic experiment on how life on Earth started Kathy – APOD ISS meets Venus, Sign up for NASA ISS alerts, GoISS Watch Alan – Mason bees could replace honeybees as crop pollinators Vincent – Mystery of medieval manuscripts revealed by ancient DNA Listener Pick Sonrisa – GOT’EM Good! 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.