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  • TWiV 1223: Someone is guano be sick
    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 at MicrobeTV Bad citations in MAGA report (Med Exp) Another fungus for North American bats (NY Times) Surveillance of avian influenza through bird guano (Nat Commun) ACE2 from Pipistrellus bats is receptor for HKU5 coronaviruses (Nat Commun) Letters read on TWiV 1223 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! 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 [email protected] Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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  • TWiV 1222: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    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 Vaccination trends (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard (CDC: COVIDVaxView) RFK Jr ends coronavirus shot recommendation for healthy children and pregnant women (Washington Post) Characteristics of Children Ages 1–17 Who Died of COVID-19 in 2020–2022 in the United States (American Academy of Pediatrics) RFK Jr.’s War on Children (Paul Offit: Beyond the Noise) AAP analyzes pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations from 2020-’24 (American Academy of Pediatrics) COVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations among Children and Adults — COVID-NET (CDC: National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases) COVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations among Children and Adults — COVID-NET (CDC: National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases) Long COVID in Children (CDC: NCHS) Long COVID Prevalence and Associated Activity Limitation in US Children (JAMA Pediatrics) The C.D.C. Now Says Healthy Kids Don’t Need Covid Shots. Is That True? (NY Times) U.S. Will No Longer Recommend Covid Shots for Children and Pregnant Women (NY TImes) Gregg Abbott (AP News) US school-entry vaccination rates fall as exemptions keep rising (AP News) Whooping cough cases are rising again in the US (AP News) Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier (AP News) Cardiac Events in Adults Hospitalized for Respiratory Syncytial Virus vs COVID-19 or Influenza (JAMA Network Open) USDA reported H5N1 bird flu detection in wild birds (CDC: Avian Influenza) USDA reported H5N1 in poultry (CDC: Avian Influenza) HPAI Confirmed Cases in Livestock (USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspections Service) H5 bird flu: current situation (CDC: Avian Influenza) Bird flu (CDC: Avian Influenza) Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola) Weekly measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) Measles (WHO) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg) Get the FACTS about measles (NY State Department of Health) Measles (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Measles vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Presumptive evidence of measles immunity (CDC) Contraindications and precautions to measles vaccination (CDC) Measles (CDC Measles (Rubeola) Adverse events associated with childhood vaccines: evidence bearing on causality (NLM) Measles Vaccination: Know the Facts(ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) Deaths following vaccination: what does the evidence show (Vaccine) Influenza: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView) Respiratory virus activity levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView) FDA-CDC-DOD: 2025-2046 influenza vaccine composition (FDA) RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) Respiratory syncytial virus: an under-recognized healthcare-associated infection (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology) Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 deaths (CDC) COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC) COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain) Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant BA.3.2, XFG, and NB.1.8.1 (biRxiV) New Covid variant NB.1.8.1 detected at US airports amid rise in cases U.S. reports cases of new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 behind surge in China (CBS News) WHO TAG-VE Risk Evaluation for SARS-CoV-2 Variant Under Monitoring: NB.1.8.1 (WHO) New COVID variant NB.1.8.1 detected at US airports amid rise in cases (The Economic Times: News) Infection Control Guidance: SARS-CoV-2 (CDC: COVID-19) Isolating the burden of transmission-based precautions for COVID-19 (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology) A pilot study of coughing into the shirt to disrupt respiratory pathogen transmission (International Journal of Emergency Medicine) Hybrid B- and T-Cell Immunity Associates With Protection Against Breakthrough Infection After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Vaccination in Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) Participants (JID) FDA panel is split on updates to COVID shots as questions loom for fall vaccinations(AP News) COVID-19 Vaccines (2025-2026 Formula) for Use in the United States Beginning in Fall 2025(FDA) Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines in the United States (CDC: COVID-19) 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) Clinical effectiveness of oral antiviral treatment for non-hospitalized high-risk patients with COVID-19 during Omicron JN.1 subvariant wave(Pneumonia) Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool) Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society) A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Effectiveness of Remdesivir to Treat Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Hospitalized Patients (CID) 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) Tocilizumab, sarilumab and anakinra in critically ill patients with COVID-19 (Thorax) Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) The answers: Long COVID Spike proteins of coronaviruses activate mast cells for degranulation via stimulating Src/PI3K/AKT/Ca2+ intracellular signaling cascade (Journal of Virology) Reaching out to US house representative Letters read on TWiV 1222 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to [email protected] Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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  • TWiV 1221: Nonsense mediated decay
    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 at MicrobeTV NSF funding cut to lowest level (NY Times) 1,000 grants cut at Harvard University (Nature) Administration ban on international students at Harvard blocked (CNN) DOGE killed NIH grants (Nature) Endemic coronavirus infection induces FcR binding antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 (J Virol) IFNAR1 deficiency and severe reaction to measles and yellow fever vaccines (J Exp Med) Letters read on TWiV 1221 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! 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 [email protected] Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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  • TWiV 1220: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    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 FDA to issue new vaccine approval guidance amid questions over coronavirus shots (Washington Post) FDA vaccine committee meeting(Reuters) Evidence-based approach to COVID-19 vaccination (NEJM) FDA CBER townhall: new COVID019 vaccination approval mechanism (YouTube) FDA poised to restrict access to COVID vaccines, our own Dr. Griffin is cited! (NY Times) Novavax approval letter (FDA) We giveth and taketh away: Novavax approved but restricted use (AP News) FDA approves Novavax COVID vaccine with stricter new conditions (NY Times) History behind public health falsehoods– vaccine and autism (NPR) Making vaccines less accessible-RFK Jr making MAHA! (PBS News Hour) Kenneday says DO NOT to take medical advice from him, the HHS secretary…hummmm (NY Times) Staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccines (CDC: COVID-19) How science lost America’s trust and surrendered health policy to skeptics (WSJ) HHS stops recommendation of COVID-19 shots for children and pregnant women (Reuters) No more routine COVID-19 vaccines for children and pregnant women (WSJ) House to investigate Pfizer for allegedly delaying COVID-19 vaccines (Reuters) Statement on the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines (WHO) WHO advisers say current strains OK for COVID vaccine production (CIDRAP) We can’t remain indifferent to suffering: Catholic Church now champions HPV vaccination (DailyNation) Air and surface sampling for mpox in UK (Eurosurveillance) Researchers report mpox DNA, live virus on surfaces and in air from patients’ rooms(CIDRAP) USDA reported H5N1 bird flu detection in wild birds (CDC: Avian Influenza) USDA reported H5N1 in poultry (CDC: Avian Influenza) HPAI Confirmed Cases in Livestock(USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspections Service) H5 bird flu: current situation (CDC: Avian Influenza) Bird flu (CDC: Avian Influenza) Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola) Measles and rubella weekly monitoring report: (Government of Canada) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg)  Get the FACTS about measles (NY State Department of Health) Measles (CDC Measles (Rubeola) Measles vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola) Presumptive evidence of measles immunity (CDC) Contraindications and precautions to measles vaccination (CDC) 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) Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView) Respiratory virus activity levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView) FDA-CDC-DOD: 2025-2046 influenza vaccine composition (FDA) RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 deaths (CDC) COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC) COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain) Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines in the United States (CDC: COVID-19) COVID-19 vaccine VRBPAC May 22 (FDA) Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) Infusion center (Prime Fusions) CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC) NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool) Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society) Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society) What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC) When your healthcare provider is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC) Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID) The clinical impact of prolonged steroid therapy in severe COVID-19 patients (BMC Pulmonary Medicine) Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org) Antibiotic Treatment in Patients Hospitalized for Nonsevere COVID-19 (JAMA Network Open) Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) The answers: Long COVID Self-reported health, neuropsychological tests and biomarkers in fully recovered COVID-19 patients vs patients with post-COVID cognitivesymptoms (PLoS One) Vortioxetine for Cognitive Impairment in Major Depressive Disorder During Post-COVID Syndrome (Journal of Clincial Psychiatrist) Reaching out to US house representative Letters read on TWiV 1220 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to [email protected] Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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  • TWiV 1219: Koalas sweep horse shift
    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 at MicrobeTV Pause in use of Ixchiq (FDA) Change in COVID vaccine recommendations (STAT) Basis for receptor shift in encephalitic alphavirus (Cell) Transcriptional silencing of koala retrovirus (Cell) Letters read on TWiV 1219 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! 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 [email protected] Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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