It has been a long time since TWiV has released an all listener email episode, and if you have been waiting for one, then this episode is for you! (and everyone else of course).
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier (blog post)
- International Conference on Pandemic Preparedness
- Letters read on TWiV 1107
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Brianne – Cats Are Perfect. An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why
Alan – Bardcore music by Hildegard von Blingin’
Vincent – A quote from Georgia O’Keefe: “I think it’s so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary – you’re happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous”. From the dailyphilosopher
Julia – Recent success in troubleshooting autoclave challenges
Charmaine – Viruses, myelin, the evolution of complex life, and the Fermi paradox
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on the circulation of measles, potential risk factors for severe disease following influenza infection before and SARS-CoV-2 circulation, before discussing if SARS-CoV-2 infection impacts sperm fertility, the guidelines for spring administration of COVID vaccines boosters, discusses the emergency use application of a pre-exposure prophylactic. revised guidelines for how to treat respiratory viral infection guidelines by the CDC,continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, revised guidelines SARS-CoV-2 treatment and how to treat respiratory viral infections, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, what do when healthcare workers succumb to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and long COVID. For more information about this body of work, For more information about this body of work, listen to TWiV 1088.
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Links for this episode- Measles tracking (CDC)
- Influenza risk factors for potential severe outcomes (OFID)
- COVID-19 national trend (CDC)
- Does SARS-CoV-2 infection influence sperm quality (Scientific Reports)
- Spring COVID-19 booster recommendations (CIDRAP)
- Older adult spring booster available (CDC)
- Advisory committee for immunization practices slides (CDC)
- Advisory committee for immunization practices spring 2024 COVID-19 boosters (CDC)
- Slide 19 (CDC)
- EUA for pemgarda (FDA)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
- Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (IDSociety)
- Nirmatrelvir for vaccinated or unvaccinated COVID-19 patients (NEJM)
- Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir vs. remdesivir for treatment of high risk outpatients (Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (IDSociety)
- Outpatient treatment with concomitant vaccine-boosted convalescent plasma (mBio)
- Updated respiratory virus guidances (CDC)
- What do when your heathcare provider is infected with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
- Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
- Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org) Long COVID evidence based review TWiV shout out (TWiV 1088)
- Contribute to our ASTMH fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1106
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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TWiV reviews influenza H5N1 in North American cows and in birds throughout New York City, polio health emergency extended, ChatGPT to control vaccine hesitancy, increasing viral hepatitis worldwide, dengue public health alert in Puerto Rico, cherry trees drowning in Washington DC, death of iron lung Paul, origin and dispersal history of hepatitis B virus in Eastern Eurasia, and antibody-independent protection against heterologous SARS-CoV-2 challenge.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier (blog post)
- Navigating the U.S. Immigration System webinar
- International Conferene on Pandemic Preparedness
- Avian influenza in dairy cows North Carolina and South Dakota
- H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4 Pathogenic flu throughout NYC
- Polio from Afghanistan to Pakistan extending public health emergency
- CHAT GPT to combat vaccine hesitancy
- Viral hepatitis worldwide
- Dengue public health alert in Puerto Rico
- Cherry trees being drowned by water level rise in DC
- Paul in iron lung dies (NPR)
- Hepatitis B virus in Eastern Eurasia (Nat Comm)
- Antibody-independent protection against heterologous SARS-CoV-2 (Nature)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Brianne – Do Other Planets Have Solar Eclipses?
Kathy – Radcliffe Wave and Mt. Etna smoke rings with video
Rich – Spongy Oak Apple Gall Wasp (Amphibolips confluenta) Life cycle; Gall formation
Alan – Rogue attempt to clone giant sheep for captive hunting
Vincent – The Scientists Rock. Literally.
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on the circulation of measles before addressing results of Pfizer’s phase 3 RSV vaccine clinical trial for adults under 60, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 circulation, differences between rural and urban communities dealing with SARS-CoV-2 infections, the latest statistics on influenza and COVID-19 circulation, restates the guidelines for spring administration of COVID vaccines boosters, discusses the emergency use application of a pre-exposure prophylactic. revised guidelines for how to treat respiratory viral infection guidelines by the CDC, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, revised guidelines SARS-CoV-2 treatment and how to treat respiratory viral infections, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, what do when healthcare workers succumb to SARS-CoV-2 infection, how long COVID affects the brain and associates with an increase in allergic incidents as well as if post SARS-CoV-2 infected patients are unable to exercise or have functional limitations. For more information about this body of work, listen to TWiV 1088.
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Links for this episode- Measles tracking (CDC)
- Measles just this year (MMWR)
- ABRYSVO phase 3 results (Pfizer)
- RSV surveillance (CDC)
- Influenza/flu surveillance (CDC)
- Provisional deaths due to COVID-19 (CDC)
- COVID-19 national trend (CDC)
- COVID-19 wastewater testing (biobot)
- Variant tracker (CDC)
- Rural-urban differences in COVID-19 mortality and hospitalizations (OFID)
- Spring COVID-19 booster recommendations (CIDRAP)
- Older adult spring booster available (CDC)
- Advisory committee for immunization practices spring 2024 COVID-19 boosters (CDC)
- EUA for pemgarda (FDA)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
- Nirmatrelvir for vaccinated or unvaccinated COVID-19 patients (NEJM)
- Assessment for clinical usefulness (NEJM)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (IDSociety)
- Updated respiratory virus guidances (CDC)
- What do when your heathcare provider is infected with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
- Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
- Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- Long COVID evidence based review TWiV shout out (TWiV 1088)
- Brian and cognitive changes in long COVID patients (BRAIN)
- Allergic disease incidents after COVID-19 (Nat Comm)
- Can post COVID patients exercise or do they have functional limitations (JAMA Network Open)
- Contribute to our ASTMH fundraiser at PWB 37:06
- Letters read on TWiV 1102 37:56
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv
Vincent travels to the University of Texas in Austin to speak with speak with Jason McLellan about his career and his research on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, including the effect of adding two proline residues, its effect on other viral spike glycoproteins, and general approaches to vaccine design.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit
Guest: Jason McLellan
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Prefusion-stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spikes (Science)
- Structure-based vaccine design (Curr Opin Immunol)
- Prefusion-stabilized SARS-CoV-2 S2-only antigen (Nat Comm)
- Stabilized coronavirus spike stem elicits broadly protective antibody (Cell Rep)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on the circulation of measles and influenza before addressing Vincent’s comment on measles inclusion in the clinical respiratory PCR panel, the latest statistics on influenza and COVID-19 circulation, if inflammatory cytokines and anti-viral antibody function synergistically, if administration of peptide agonists of the glucagon-like or sodium-glucose pump can reduce disease severity, restates the guidelines for spring administration of COVID vaccines boosters, discusses the emergency use application of a pre-exposure prophylactic. revised guidelines for how to treat respiratory viral infection guidelines by the CDC, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, revised guidelines for SARS-CoV-2 treatment and how to treat respiratory viral infections, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, what do when healthcare workers succumb to SARS-CoV-2 infection, if remdesivir or paxlovid can reduce cardiovascular adverse events and the first finding of the two-year longitudinal study on long COVID. For more information about this body of work, listen to TWiV 1088.
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Links for this episode- Measles tracking (CDC)
- What happens when measles is included in commercial syndromic PCR panels (MMWR)
- Influenza/flu surveillance (CDC)
- Influenza on the Texas ranch (Statnews)
- Sequence analysis of highly pathogenic avian influenza from Texas (CDC)
- Influenza/flu map (CDC)
- COVID-19 hospital admissions (CDC)
- COVID-19 national trend (CDC)
- COVID-19 wastewater testing (biobot)
- Variant tracker (CDC)
- Variant hospital admissions (CDC)
- Can inflammatory cytokines and antibodies play nicely to prevent COVID-19 mortality (IJID)
- Association of GLP-1RA and SGLT-2i to modulate COVID-19 severity (Diabetes Therapy)
- Spring COVID-19 booster recommendations (CIDRAP)
- Older adult spring booster available (CDC)
- Advisory committee for immunization practices spring 2024 COVID-19 boosters (CDC)
- EUA for pemgarda (FDA)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (IDSociety)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
- What do when your heathcare provider is infected with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
- Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
- Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- Remdesivir and cardiac adverse events in hospitalized patients (CID)
- Long COVID evidence based review TWiV shout out (TWiV 1088)
- Longitudinal study reveals long COVID symptom peaks and nadirs (OFID)
- Paxlovid lowers risk of cardiovascular disease in COVID-19 patients with autoimmune disease (BMC Medicine)
- Contribute to our ASTMH fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1102
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv
Paul Offit joins TWiV to discuss his latest book, “Tell Me When It’s Over”, an insider’s guide to deciphering COVID myths and navigating our post-pandemic world.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Brianne Barker
Guest: Paul Offit
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Tell Me When It’s Over by Paul Offit
- Navigating the U.S. Immigration System (webinar)
- Classifying Viral Subspecies (Workshop)
- Options XII for the Control of Influenza (Meeting)
- Letters read on TWiV 1101
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Dickson – Astronomers Unveil Strong Magnetic Fields Spiraling at the Edge of Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
Brianne – Inside the AI Competition That Decoded an Ancient Herculaneum Scroll
Vincent – biotech.symposium on Instagram
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on the circulation of measles influenza and SARS-CoV-2, before discussing the development of new monoclonal antibody therapy, if vaccines and antivial drugs can used effectively together. revised guidelines for how to treat respiratory viral infection guidelines by the CDC, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound including that after administration of the “oral remdesivir”, revised guidelines SARS-CoV-2 treatment and how to treat respiratory viral infections, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, what do when healthcare workers succumb to SARS-CoV-2 infection, if one can predict the loss infectivity of healthcare workers with mild COVID-19 disease and the dynamics of household transmission of the virus in children.
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Links for this episode- Measles tracking (CDC)
- Influenza/flu surveillance (CDC)
- Influenza/flu map (CDC)
- COVID-19 hospital admissions (CDC)
- COVID-19 national trend (CDC)
- COVID-19 wastewater testing (biobot)
- Variant tracker (CDC)
- Variant hospital admissions (CDC)
- What new monoclonal antibody therapy? (FDA)
- A New pre-exposure prophylaxis for COVID-19? (Invivyd)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
- Really COVID-19 rebound after Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir treatment? (JAMA Network Open)
- Can vaccines and antiviral be effective for COVID-19 together (International Journal of Infectious Diseases)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (IDSociety)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
- What do when your heathcare provider is infected with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
- Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
- Can loss of infectivity among healthcare works with mild and recurrent COVID-19 be predicted (CID)
- Household transmission dynamics in children with asymptomatic infection (CID)
- Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- Contribute to our ASTMH fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1098
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv
Vincent travels to the University of Heidelberg to speak with Volker Lohmann about his career and the research of his laboratory on hepatitis C virus, hepatitis A virus, and norovirus.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Volker Lohmann
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- HCV human challenge studies (Lancet Gastro Hepatol)
- Comparison of HCV and HAV infections (J Hepatol)
- HCV cell culture systems (J Med Chem)
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent domestic and global measles and mpox outbreaks, before reviewing recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza and SARS-CoV-2, discussing revised guidelines for how to treat respiratory viral infection guidelines by the CDC, revised guidelines SARS-CoV-2 treatment and how to treat respiratory viral infections, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, what do when healthcare workers succumb to SARS-CoV-2 infection, how much oxygen is necessary for effective treatment of severe disease, how COVID-19 effects the cardiovascular system of children and adolescents with long COVID and how iron metabolism may be altered during long COVID.
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Links for this episode- Measles tracking (CDC)
- Measles in Cook County (MMWR)
- Gaps in measles vaccination drives viral surges (Infectious Disease Advisor)
- Misinformation impacts public health? Seriously? (ID Society)
- CDC alert for global and domestic measles cases and outbreaks (CDC)
- Mpox in Kamituga associated with outbreak in DRB (Eurosurviellance)
- Mpox in US, 2023 (MMWR)
- Mpox in DRC, 2024 (reliefweb)
- CDC guidance for respiratory diseases, COVID antiviral & emergence of clade I mpox (ID Society)
- ~5% of infected dead from mpox (CIDRAP)
- First cases of mpox in Republic of Congo (AP News)
- Respiratory disease surveillance (CDC)
- RSV surveillance (CDC)
- RSV national trend (CDC)
- Influenza/flu surveillance (CDC)
- Influenza/flu map (CDC)
- COVID-19 hospital admissions (CDC)
- COVID-19 national trend (CDC)
- COVID-19 wastewater testing (biobot)
- Variant tracker (CDC)
- Variant hospital admissions (CDC)
- Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children 2023 (MMWR)
- Guidance for COVID-19 in children and adolescents (JPIDS)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
- What do when your heathcare provider is infected with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
- Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
- Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- High/low oxygenation target (JAMA)
- How much oxygen is needed (JAMA)
- Orthostatic intolerance in long COVID and healthy volunteers (JMV)
- Autonomic cardiac function in children and adolescents with long COVID (European Journal of Pediatrics)
- Long COVID iron dysregulation and inflammatory stress erythropoiesis (Nat Imm)
- Contribute to our ASTMH fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1098
- Dr. Griffin's COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv
Vincent travels to the fifth Giant Virus Meeting in Tegernsee, Germany and speaks with Sheree Yau and Victoria Queiroz about their research on picoeukaryotes (tiny algal cells) and their viruses, pithoviruses, and an educational kit for virology classes.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Sheree Yau and Victoria Queiroz
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier 8:16
- Virophage control of antarctic algal host-virus dynamics (PNAS)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
- Virus-host coexistence in phytoplankton through the genomic lens (Sci Adv)
- Two groups of pithoviruses (J Virol)
- Educational toolkit for virology classes (J Virol)
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin highlights measles outbreaks throughout the continental US, reviews recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 before discussing if vaccination protected children from the development of long COVID or cardiovascular diseases associated with virus infection, revised guidelines SARS-CoV-2 treatment and how to treat respiratory viral infections, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, how COVID-19 effects the autonomic nervous system, and if nirmatrelvir-ritonavir protects against adverse cardiovascular effects following SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Links for this episode- Measles everywhere (CDC)
- Respiratory disease surveillance (CDC)
- RSV surveillance (CDC)
- RSV national trend (CDC)
- Estimating niresevimab effectiveness for infants (MMWR)
- More than 100 children died of influenza (NBS News)
- Influenza/flu surveillance (CDC)
- Influenza/flu map (CDC)
- COVID-19 hospital admissions (CDC)
- COVID-19 national trend (CDC)
- COVID-19 wastewater testing (biobot)
- Variant tracker (CDC)
- Variant hospital admissions (CDC)
- Did the vaccine protect children against Long COVID (Pediatrics)
- Did COVID-19 vaccination impact cardiovascular diseases? (Nat Comm)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (IDSociety)
- Updated respiratory infection guidelines (CDC)
- What do when your heathcare provider is infected with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
- Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
- Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- Long COVID trial for autonomic nervous system dysfunction (NIH)
- Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir impact on myocardial injury and long-term cardiovascular outcomes in COVID-19 hospitalized patients (Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy)
- Contribute to our ASTMH fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1096
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv
TWiV reviews heterosexual transmission of clade I Mpox virus, continued circulation of oropouche virus in South America, herpesviruses in South American fur seals and sea lions, sex-specific differences in physiological responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection, underdetected dispersal and extensive local transmission drove the 2022 mpox epidemic, and a humanized mouse model for adenovirus-associated virus gene therapy.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Angela Mingarelli
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Heterosexual transmission of clade I Mpox virus (Emerg Inf Dis)
- Continued circulation of oropouche virus (PAHO and WHO)
- Herpesviruses in fur seals and sea lions (PLoS One)
- Sex-specific effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PLoS One)
- Drivers of 2022 Mpox virus epidemic (Cell)
- How AAV gene transfer works (YouTube)
- Humanized mouse model for AAV gene therapy (Nat Comm)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Dickson – Baden Powell – Manha de Carneval
Angela – Upcoming Health & Fitness podcast from MicrobeTV
Rich – Mark Smith Photography
Alan – OpenVertebrate (and Science article on it)
Vincent – Veterinary apparel for the veterinary nerd
Anne – Why Reed Jobs is betting on cancer innovations
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 before discussing revised guidelines for how to treat respiratory viral infection guidelines by the CDC, effectiveness of the new SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and the combination of vaccination and antiviral therapy against the development of disease, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, how to pay for paxlovid, the lack of evidence supporting ivermectin as an antiviral drug, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, how COVID-19 affects cognitive function and the effect of long COVID and how healthcare works have difficulty making the proper diagnosis for long COVID even using a questionnaire.
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Links for this episode- Respiratory disease surveillance (CDC)
- RSV surveillance (CDC)
- RSV national trend (CDC)
- Influenza/flu surveillance (CDC)
- Influenza/flu map (CDC)
- COVID-19 hospital admissions (CDC)
- COVID-19 national trend (CDC)
- COVID-19 wastewater testing (biobot)
- Variant tracker (CDC)
- Variant hospital admissions (CDC)
- What to do when you are sick with a respiratory virus (CDC)
- Basis for respiratory virus guidance (CDC)
- Effectiveness of updated COVID-19 vaccines (MMWR)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
- Synergy or additive protection with vaccination and oral antivirals (CID)
- To rebound or to not rebound (MMWR)
- Know your COVID-19 tools (ESMED)
- How to pay for Paxlovid (PAXCESS)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Still talking about Ivermectin? (Journal of Infection)
- Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (IDSociety)
- Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- Cognition and memory after COVID-19 (NEJM)
- Loss of IQ after SARS-CoV-2 infection (CIDRAP)
- Really, more evidence for long COVID and impaired cognition (NEJM)
- Memory assessment before and after COVID-19 (NEJM)
- Please complete this memory questionnaire (Community hyperbaric)
- Impact of long-term COVID-19 on workers in healthcare settings (PLoS One)
- Healthcare workers have difficulty assessing long COVID (CIDRAP)
- Contribute to our ASTMH fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1094
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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TWiV discusses effectiveness of this season’s flu vaccine, efficacy of Pfizer RSV vaccine, nOPV2 in the US, dengue in Peru, measles in Michigan and Indiana, how coordinated inflammatory responses dictate control of Marburg virus by reservoir bats, and tRNA acquisition in phages driven by degradation of host translational machinery.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Effectiveness of flu vaccine (MMWR, Eurosurveill)
- Efficacy of Pfizer RSV vaccine (Pfizer)
- Understanding six types of vaccine technologies (Pfizer)
- nOPV in US? (CDC)
- Dengue in Peru (Peruvian State)
- Measles in Michigan and Indiana
- Marburg virus control by reservoir bats (Nat Commun)
- tRNA acquisition by phages (Cell)
- Viruses of Microbes 2024
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Brianne – The reappearance of Lake Manly
Kathy – “Practical Playbook for Addressing Health Misinformation”
Rich – Making It So: A Memoir by Patrick Stewart
Jolene – Thinking Like a Phage by Merry Youle
Vincent – The Science of Leap Year
Blog design – Anthony Fauci will reflect on his long government career in ‘On Call,’ to be published in June
Peter – Republican warns of vaccines being slipped into vegetables: ‘A polio vaccine in there’
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 before discussing new vaccine guidelines released by the advisory committee on immunization practices, and reviews the CDC guidelines for quarantine/ isolation following SARS-CoV-2 infection, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, how to pay for paxlovid, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, the role of IFN-g in long COVID, if the brain-blood-barrier is compromised in long COVID, meaning of persistent community SARS-CoV-2 RNA findings, and the effects of hyperbaric oxygen on post COVID neurocognition.
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Links for this episode- Respiratory disease surveillance (CDC)
- RSV surveillance (CDC)
- RSV national trend (CDC)
- RSV vaccination stats (CIDRAP)
- Influenza/flu surveillance (CDC)
- Influenza/flu map (CDC)
- COVID-19 hospital admissions (CDC)
- COVID-19 national trend (CDC)
- COVID-19 wastewater testing (biobot)
- Variant tracker (CDC)
- Variant hospital admissions (CDC)
- ACIP COVID vaccination for seniors recommendations (CIDRAP)
- Additional vaccine doses for older adults (CDC)
- Evidence based advice from the ACIP (CDC)
- State mandates did NOT influence primary vaccination rates only boosters (PNAS)
- No nOPV2? (CDC)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- To rebound or to not rebound (MMWR)
- Know your COVID-19 tools (ESMED)
- How to pay for Paxlovid (PAXCESS)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Molunpiravir plus antibody therapy for at-risk outpatients (Nat Comm)
- Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (IDSociety)
- Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- Spontaneous release of IFN-g in Long COVID (Science Advances)
- Blood-brain-barrier compromise in long COVID associated cognitive impairment (Nat Neuroscience)
- Persistent community SARS-CoV-2 RNA (Nature)
- Hyberbaric oxygen therapy improves post COVID neurocognition (Scientific Reports)
- Medical study questionnaire, the SHORT form (Brandeis)
- Long term effects of hyperbaric oxygen post COVID (Scientific Reports)
- Contribute to our ASTMH fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1092
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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TWiV reviews resurgence of Lassa fever in West Africa, at least 3 paralytic cases of cVDPV2 in Zimbabwe, CWD from eating prion-laden plants, measles in New Orleans and Broward County Florida, failure of Florida Surgeon General to support vaccination, a measles variant in Switzerland, SARS-CoV-2 persistent infections, leaky blood-brain-barrier for long COVID brain fog, West Nile virus transmitted among mosquitoes by the excreta, and viroid-like colonists of human microbiomes.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit and Kathy Spindler
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Viruses of Microbes 2024
- Resurgence of Lassa fever (Science)
- cVDPV2 in Zimbabwe (UNICEF)
- CWD from eating plants (CIDRAP)
- Measles in New Orleans (LA Dept Health)
- SARS-CoV-2 persistent infections (Nature)
- Leaky BBB for brain fog of long COVID (Nat Neurosci)
- Measles in Broward County FL (7 News)
- Failure of FL Surgeon General to support vaccination (X)
- Measles variant (Eurosurveillance)
- West Nile virus transmitted among mosquitos by excreta (bioRxiv)
- Mosquito life cycle (YouTube)
- Viroid-like colonists of human microbiomes (bioRxiv)
- Letters read on TWiV 1091
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Dickson – Sustainable energy in America 2024 factbook
Kathy – Life Magnified USPS stamps
Rich – “How plants communicate with each other when in danger” by Kasha Patel (Original Nature Communications article)
Alan – A Sargasso Sea of Space card game.
Vincent – Tell Me When It’s Over by Paul Offit
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus before discussing uptake of the RSV vaccine Abrysvo or the monoclonal anti-RSV antibody nirsevimab to prevent severe disease following RSV infection in infants 8 months or younger before going over this week’s influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus statistics, including all circulating variants in the US, examines if self-testing is more accurate than clinician administered Binax rapid diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection, if N95 masks need a yearly fitting, how SARS-CoV-2 vaccination impacts the prevalence of long COVID, reviews the CDC guidelines for quarantine/ isolation following SARS-CoV-2 infection, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, how to pay for paxlovid, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, why determining the exact number of long COVID incidences is challenging, how the incidence and predictors for fatiguing illness following SARS-CoV-2 infection may used to reenforce the need for public health actions to prevent virus infection and the risks of respiratory pathologies including lung cancer associate with SARS-C0V-2 infection.
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Links for this episode- Respiratory disease surveillance (CDC)
- RSV surveillance (CDC)
- RSV national trend (CDC)
- RSV vaccination stats (CIDRAP)
- Abrysvo vaccine stats (Axios)
- RSV vaccination dashboard (CDC)
- Influenza/flu surveillance (CDC)
- Influenza/flu map (CDC)
- COVID-19 hospital admissions (CDC)
- COVID-19 national trend (CDC)
- COVID-19 wastewater testing (biobot)
- Variant tracker (CDC)
- Variant hospital admissions (CDC)
- Who is more accurate the clinician or the self for BinaxNow rapid testing (ASM Spectrum)
- Annual N95 fitting (Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology)
- How vaccination impacts long COVID prevalence (Annals of Epidemiology)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- To rebound or to not rebound (MMWR)
- Know your COVID-19 tools (ESMED)
- How to pay for Paxlovid (PAXCESS)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (IDSociety)
- Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- Long COVID in adults (MMWR)
- Estimating and predicting fatiguing illness after SARS-CoV-2 infection (EIS)
- Long term risks of respiratory disease following SARS-CoV-2 infection (eClinical Medicine)
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- Letters read on TWiV 1080
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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TWiV reviews a fatal Alaskapox case, MERS in Kenya, diagnostic tests for Nipah and Lassa diseases, HPV vaccination rates in the US, cases of measles in Arizona and Minnesota, hepatitis C virus-derived RNA circles in infected cells, and prevention of respiratory virus transmission by resident memory CD8+ T cells.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker
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- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Viruses of Microbes 2024
- Fatal case of Alaskapox (AK Beacon)
- MERS in Kenya (Emerg Inf Dis)
- Diagnostic tests for Nipah and Lassa (CEPI)
- Measles in Arizona and Minnesota
- HCV-derived circular RNAs (PNAS)
- Resident memory CD8 T cells prevent respiratory virus transmission (Nature)
- Letters read on TWiV 1089 1:24:33
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Dickson – Visualizing Science: Illustration and Beyond
Brianne – Vaccination from the Misinformation Virus and Invisible Corps
Alan – Preventing needlephobia in kids
Vincent – Two new Djs I discovered Rosana Nun and Sunset Cartel
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the use of monoclonal antibody therapy to prevent RSV hospitalization of infants and use of GSK’s RSV vaccine Arexy to prevent severe disease following RSV infection in adults between 50-59 years before he reviews recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus, including all circulating variants in the US, discusses if how the influenza vaccine is manufactured can reprogram the antibody response, cardiovascular consequences of influenza infection, mortality of chikungunya virus infection, if an alternative vaccination schedule impacts the anti-SARS-CoV-2 immune response, dispels the myth that increased mortality correlated with the first vaccine dose, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, how to pay for paxlovid, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, how manage long COVID including prevent burnout and compassion fatigue of caring for long COVID patients, whether the CDC or WHO definition of long COVID is beneficial or the use of directed questions, baselines test and listening to the patient tell their story are beneficial in making a long COVID diagnosis.
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Links for this episode- Nirsevimab immunoprophylaxis to prevent RSV hospitalization (Eurosurveillance.)
- Arexvy given Priority Review in US for the prevention of RSV disease in adults aged 50-59 (GSK)
- Respiratory disease surveillance (CDC)
- RSV surveillance (CDC)
- RSV national trend (CDC)
- Can antibodies be redirected from egg adapted epitopes using recombinant or cell cultured based influenza vaccines (Nat)
- Can influenza infection lead to cardiovascular events (JID)
- Risk of death after chikungunya infection and disease (Lancet)
- Influenza/flu surveillance (CDC)
- Influenza/flu map (CDC)
- COVID-19 hospital admissions (CDC)
- COVID-19 national trend (CDC)
- COVID-19 wastewater testing (biobot)
- Variant tracker (CDC)
- Variant hospital admissions (CDC)
- Alternative intervals between vaccine doses (Nat Comm)
- Early mortality after first vaccination dose (CID)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- To rebound or to not rebound (MMWR)
- Know your COVID-19 tools (ESMED)
- How to pay for Paxlovid (PAXCESS)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (IDSociety)
- Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- Burnout compassion fatigue Long COVID (OFID)
- Scoring PASC (JAMA)
- What is your definition of the Long COVID (WHO)
- Contribute to our ASTMH fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1088
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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TWiV reviews rhinovirus complications in infants, a new influenza antiviral drug, Oropouche fever in Brazil, measles in Maryland and Ohio, effect of eliminating non-medical vaccine exemptions in NY, foot-and-mouth disease in Europe, severe primary and secondary dengue infections, and therapeutic mitigation of measles-like immune amnesia and exacerbated disease after prior respiratory virus infections.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Angela Mingarelli
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- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Viruses of Microbes 2024
- Infant rhinovirus bronchiolitis contribution to hospital bed and vent use (JAMA Net Open)
- Onradivir new influenza antiviral (Lancet)
- Oropouche fever in Brazil (PAHO)
- Maryland and Ohio measles
- Repealing school vaccination exemptions (JAMA New Open)
- Increases risk of FMDV entry into Europe (pig333)
- Severe primary and secondary dengue (Nat Med)
- Mitigation of measles immune amnesia and exacerbated disease (Nat Comm)
- Letters read on TWiV 1087
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Dickson – For Your Processing Pleasure: The Sharpest Pictures of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io in a Generation
Angela – Whale Scientists
Rich – Benefit-risk assessment of vaccines; The Brighton collaboration standardized module for vaccine benefit-risk assessment; Vaccine adverse events: causal or coincidental?; Austin area Singing Valentines
Vincent – International Day of Women and Girls in Science, 11 February
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the how the pandemic influenced the healthcare job market and why people conceal their infectious diseases before he reviews most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus, including all circulating variants in the US, discusses if susceptibility and disease severity are inheritable traits, if vaccination during pregnancy protects neonates or leads to adverse effects, the effectiveness of a monovalent XBB.1.5 against disease resulting from infection with Omicron variants, whether vaccination in the same or opposite arms effect antibody protection, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, how to pay for paxlovid, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, how SARS-CoV-2 infection may alter one’s sleep patterns, what the health and economic burdens of mild disease are, and if there are predictors for recovery from fatigue and cognitive deficits following SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Links for this episode- Do you want a job in healthcare? (JAMA)
- Why people don’t tell the truth about infectious diseases (Psychological Science)
- Respiratory disease surveillance (CDC)
- RSV surveillance (CDC)
- RSV national trend (CDC)
- Influenza/flu surveillance (CDC)
- Influenza/flu map (CDC)
- COVID-19 hospital admissions (CDC)
- COVID-19 national trend (CDC)
- COVID-19 wastewater testing (biobot)
- Variant tracker (CDC)
- Variant hospital admissions (CDC)
- Is susceptibility and severity of COVID-19 inheritabile (Nat Comm)
- Neonates of vaccinated mothers (JAMA)
- How is the monovalent XBB.1.5 vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic infection Sept 2023-Jan 2024 (MMWR)
- Second dose in the opposite arm improves antibody response (JCI)
- Virus specific immune repsonses following contralateral or ipsilateral immunication (eBioMedicine)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- To rebound or to not rebound (MMWR)
- Know your COVID-19 tools (ESMED)
- How to pay for Paxlovid (PAXCESS)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (IDSociety)
- Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- How COVID-19 affected your sleep (Frontiers in Public Health)
- Health and economic burden of COVID-19 after illness (BMC Medicine)
- Predicting recovery from fatigue and cognitive deficits after COVID-19 (eClinical Medicine)
- Contribute to our ASTMH fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1086
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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TWiV reviews measles outbreaks in England and Europe, 2 fatal Nipah virus cases in Bangladesh, yellow fever outbreak in Sudan, and discuss how the type of immunodeficiency influences the outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and programming of alveolar macrophages by intestinal bacteria that influences severity of respiratory viral infection.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Viruses of Microbes 2024
- Pig virus imperils food security in Borneo (Science)
- Measles outbreaks in UK and Europe (Nature)
- Fatal Nipah virus infections in Bangladesh (CIDRAP)
- Yellow fever outbreak in Sudan (Crisis24)
- COVID-19 influenced by type of immunodeficiency (Sci Transl Med)
- Intestinal microbiota programming of alveolar macrophages (Cell Host Microbe)
- Letters read on TWiV 1085
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Dickson – JWST details of 19 spiral galactic centers
Rich – Great White Shark Attack And Breach
Vincent – Black History Month and Lost Photographs of Black America
Louise – The Mystery Of The Village That Beat The Black Death
Pierre – Three things airlines don’t want you to know
Brandon – Professor Dave explains
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the how the pandemic influenced the healthcare job market before he reviews most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus, including all circulating variants in the US, discusses the safety of the prefusion RSV vaccine, if high or moderate dose of the quadrivalent influenza vaccine is better for protection against hospitalization, summarizes the new WHO COVID guidelines, revisits how to prevent pathogen transmission in healthcare setting, the under use of COVID oral antiviral and what occurs in persistently SARS-CoV-2 infected cells in culture after antiviral treatment, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, how to pay for paxlovid, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, how inflammatory markers change correlate with death when in ICU and if cognitive slowing is part of long COVID-19.
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Links for this episode- Do you want a job in healthcare? (JAMA)
- Respiratory disease surveillance (CDC)
- RSV surveillance (CDC)
- RSV national trend (CDC)
- Efficacy and safety of RSV vaccine after 2 seasons (CID)
- High vs moderate dose of quadrivalent influenza vaccine (CMI)
- Influenza/flu surveillance (CDC)
- Influenza/flu map (CDC)
- COVID-19 hospital admissions (CDC)
- COVID-19 national trend (CDC)
- COVID-19 wastewater testing (biobot)
- Variant tracker (CDC)
- Variant hospital admissions (CDC)
- WHO COVID guidance (WHO)
- Thoughts on COVID guidance (CIDRAP)
- Update on how to prevent pathogen transmission in healthcare settings (CDC)
- Underuse of antiviral drugs against COVID-19 (MMWR)
- Revisiting tissue culture cells persistently infected following antiviral therapy (bioRxiv)
- To rebound or to not rebound (MMWR)
- Know your COVID-19 tools (ESMED)
- How to pay for Paxlovid (PAXCESS)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (IDSociety)
- Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- Changes in inflammatory markers and death correlation when in ICU (Cytokine)
- Long COVID & cognitive slowing? (eClinicalMedicine)
- Contribute to our ASTMH fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1084
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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TWiV reviews global measles outbreaks, toilet-generated aerosols that spread viruses, highly effective prevention of invasive cervical cancer by HPV vaccination, and design of improved adenovirus-associated viral vectors using machine learning.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
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- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Jay Nelson obituary
- Measles outbreak in Europe and Central Asia (UNICEF)
- Closing the toilet lid doesn’t reduce virus aerosols (Am J Inf Control)
- NASA’s ingenuity helicopter mission ends (NASA)
- HPV vaccine prevents invasive cervical cancer (J NCI)
- Designing AAV vectors with machine learning (Sci Adv)
- Letters read on TWiV 1083
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Dickson – Asian girl building a life building a fence to protect a bamboo house
Rich – Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca Renner
Alan – Strange Bedfellows, by Ina Park
Vincent – Star and Sphere kit – try the main page too
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus, including all circulating variants in the US, before discussing viral transmission to adults in healthcare setting, the recently EUA approved protein based COBREVAX vaccine, reviews quarantine guidelines, the use of simnotrelivr for mild to moderate COVID-19, how viral RNA may persist in your cell culture dish following antiviral therapy, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, how to pay for Paxlovid, , when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, how Paxlovid may prevent long COVID and how complement dysfunction may lead to thromboinflammation during long COVID.
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Links for this episode- Articles and graphs cited in TWIV CU 1080
- Respiratory disease surveillance (CDC)
- RSV surveillance (CDC)
- RSV national trend (CDC)
- Influenza/flu surveillance (CDC)
- Influenza/flu map (CDC)
- COVID-19 hospital admissions (CDC)
- COVID-19 national trend (CDC)
- COVID-19 wastewater testing (biobot)
- Variant tracker (CDC)
- Variant hospital admissions (CDC)
- Transmission in healthcare setting (CID)
- COBREVAX EUA (Texas Children’s Hospital)
- Quarantine/isolation guidelines (CDC)
- Simnotrelvir for mild to moderate disease in adults (NEJM)
- Are your tissue culture cells persistently infected following antiviral therapy (bioRxiv)
- Structural biology of antivirals for SARS-CoV-2 (Signal Tranduction and Targeted Therapy)
- To rebound or to not rebound (MMWR)
- Know your COVID-19 tools (ESMED)
- How to pay for Paxlovid (PAXCESS)
- Remdesivir for immunocompromised during variant waves (CID)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (IDSociety)
- Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- Patients, experts, Congress…..long COVID oh my! (CIDRAP)
- Does paxlovid prevent long COVID? (CIDRAP) Persistent complement with thromboinflammation in long COVID (Science)
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- Letters read on TWiV 1082
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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TWiV reviews the latest virology news, how infection with a plant virus causes insect to grow long wings, and reverse zoonoses of 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza viruses in US swine.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Angela Mingarelli
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Midwife gave children pellets instead of vaccines (NY Times)
- Vaccine derived poliovirus circulation in Indonesia (WHO)
- 9th case of measles in Philadelphia (City of Philadelphia)
- Measles exposure warning northern Virginia (Virginia DOH)
- China lab sequenced SARS-CoV-2 genome 2 weeks before release (WSJ)
- Wisconsin bill to restrict gain of function experiments (Science)
- Virus infection of insects causes long wings (PNAS)
- Reverse zoonoses of influenza H1N1 virus in swine (PLoS Path)
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Dickson – Concerto for Horn and Hardart, P. Schickele
Angela – ChatGPT4
Brianne – How mRNA Vaccine Works, Why We Need Two Doses of mRNA Vaccine
Rich – Evolutionary basis for the human diet: consequences for human health by P. Andrews, R.J. Johnson
Vincent – Virology Lectures 2024
Geoff and Anonymous – Dickson Despommier wants our cities to be like forests
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus in the US before discussing vaccine effectiveness in children and adolescents, how the pandemic impacted the socioemotional development of infants and toddlers, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, how to pay for Paxlovid, reviews quarantine guidelines, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, examines the role of immune aberrations in long COVID and how vaccination may protect against developing long COVID.
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Links for this episode- Respiratory disease surveillance (CDC)
- RSV surveillance (CDC)
- RSV national trend (CDC)
- Influenza/flu surveillance (CDC)
- Influenza/flu map (CDC)
- COVID-19 hospital admissions (CDC)
- COVID-19 national trend(CDC)
- COVID-19 wastewater testing (biobot)
- Variant tracker (CDC)
- Remember when COVID was bad? (Wired)
- Children and adolescents hospitalized with SARI (Pediatrics)
- COVID-19 vaccines are effective for adolescents (Pediatrics)
- Vaccine effectiveness against long COVID in children (Pediatrics)
- Infant and toddler socioemotional development in the pandemic (JAMA)
- Quarantine/isolation guidelines (CDC)
- Should I take Paxlovid? (NY Times)
- What is this about Paxlovid rebound? (CDC)
- Rebound is NOT the early inflammatory phase (ESMED)
- How to pay for Paxlovid (PAXCESS)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (IDSociety)
- Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- T cell dysregulation inflammation and uncoordinated adaptive immune response, Long COVID oh my (Nat Imm)
- Vaccine effectiveness against long COVID (CIDRAP)
- Prevention of long COVID by vaccines (Antimicrobial-stewardship and healthcare)
- Sex and gender relationship with long COVID (Eurosurveillance)
- Are all vaccines equal in preventing Long COVID? (Lancet)
- Vaccine naïve individuals, Long COVID and vaccination (medRxiv)
- Contribute to our MicrobeTV fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1080
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews recent measles outbreaks, prequalification of nOPV2 by the WHO and most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus in the US before discussing COVID-19 deaths linked to SNPs in C-reactive protein, spread of recent viral variants, how early vaccination reduced hospitalization of those infected with XBB.1.5, reviewed quarantine guidelines, how oral antivirals reduce hospitalizations, dissociation of antiviral treatment from infection rebound, and long COVID, deaths due to administration of hydroxychloroquine, muscle abnormalities and extreme fatigue in individuals with long COVID-19 and how the economics of where you live make long COVID-19 more severe.
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Links for this episode- A national measles campaign (CDC)
- A nation of measles (CDC)
- The measles unvaccinated in NY (CNN)
- Philadelphia’s measles story (Phila gov)
- January’s measles outbreak (CNN)
- Prequalify of nOPV2 by WHO (GPEI)
- Did you prequalify for the novel poliovirus vaccine (CIDRAP)
- Respiratory disease surveillance (CDC)
- RSV surveillance (CDC)
- RSV national trend(CDC)
- Influenza/flu surveillance (CDC)
- Influenza/flu map (CDC)
- COVID-19 hospital admissions (CDC)
- COVID-19 national trend (CDC)
- COVID-19 wastewater testing (biobot)
- Death rate and C-reactive protein SNPs and COVID-19 (Scientific Reports)
- Variant tracker (CDC)
- Tracking variant hospitalizations (CDC)
- Early vaccination against XBB.1.5 hospitalization (Eurosurveillance)
- Vaccination dashboard (Netherlands)
- Quarantine/isolation guidelines (CDC)
- Antiviral gap among the non-hospitalized high risk adults (CID)
- Oral antivirals prevent hospitalization (medRxiv)
- Rebound with and without oral antivirals (MMWR)
- Randomized rebound trials (MMWR)
- Know your COVID-19 tools (ESMED)
- The PASC-paxlovid relationship (JAMA)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma remmendation for immunocompromised (IDSociety)
- Fluvoxamine for COVID-19 outpatient (RMV)
- Death by hydroxychloroquine (Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy)
- Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- Doxycycline for prevention of progression of COVID-19 (PLoS One)
- Muscle abnormalities in long COVID (Nat Comm)
- Discovery of persistent fatigue in long COVID-19 (Amsterdam Univ Med Crr)
- IMPACC study post-acute sequelae results (Nat Comm)
- Double course of long COVID in low income countries (Nat)
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- Letters read on TWiV 1078
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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TWiV reveals how viruses participate in the organomineralization of travertines, and how neutralizing antibodies evolve to exploit vulnerable sites in the hepatitis C virus envelope glycoprotein E2 and mediate clearance of infection.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Global dengue cases rise markedly (WHO)
- Measles outbreak in Philadelphia (Phil Health Dept)
- Viruses and organomineralization of travertine (Sci Rep)
- Neutralizing antibodies and clearance of HCV infection (Immunity)
- Letters read on TWiV 1079
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Dickson – Global climate highlights 2023 and 7 new songs you should hear
Brianne – Stuff you should know episodes: METI and SETI
Kathy – Oppenheimer “Science, Mission, Legacy” documentaries from Los Alamos Lab One Two Three and Los Alamos National Laboratory Summer 2023 National Security Science: The Oppenheimer Issue
Rich – The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
Alan – Less is Morse, an educational game
Vincent – Citing Misinformation, Florida Health Official Calls for Halt to Covid Vaccines
Sonrisa – Microorganisms in Perspective
Anonymous – Wow! Human Cells Vibrate With Resonant Frequency and It’s Technically Audible
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Vincent travels to McGill University in Montreal, Canada to join Angela for a discussion of the careers and the research of two faculty members, Corinne Maurice and Jesse Shapiro, and their PhD trainees Anshul Sinha and Sana Naderi.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Angela Mingarelli
Guests: Corinne Maurice, Jesse Shapiro, Anshul Sinha and Sana Naderi
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Phage and colitis (Microbiome)
- Origins and evolution of Lassa virus (Cell)
- Phage replication in human gut microbiota (iScience)
- Phages in infant gut (ISME J)
- Early SARS-CoV-2 transmissions in Quebec (Genome Med)
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin highlights global circulation of Mpox virus, reviews the most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus in the US, and discusses the clinical outcome of hospitalized children under 5 years infected with SARS-CoV-2, the perinatal and neonatal outcomes including adverse effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and virus transmission in Italy between early 2020 and 2022, the guidelines to improve home ventilation, the safety and efficacy of the oral anti-viral molnupiravir and the use of convalescent plasma as a long term treatment as well as treatment specifically for the immune compromised, the ineffectiveness of antibiotics for treating COVID-19, the association of olfactory dysfunction and the administration of corticosteroids and the safety of the RSV vaccines licensed last year.
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Links for this episode- Articles and graphs cited in TWIV CU 1076
- Global mpox circulation (WHO)
- Mpox in the Americas and Europe (CIDRAP)
- Respiratory disease surveillance (CDC)
- RSV surveillance (CDC)
- RSV national trend (CDC)
- Influenza/flu surveillance (CDC)
- Influenza/flu map (CDC)
- COVID-19 hospital admissions (CDC)
- COVID-19 national trend (CDC)
- COVID-19 wastewater testing (biobot)
- Vaccine-Eligible Children Under-5 Years (PIDJ)
- Pre-school cohort vaccination rate (CIDRAP)
- Perinatal transmission and neonatal outcomes (IJID)
- Adverse maternal and neonatal effect (dgalerts)
- Ventilation home improvements (CDC)
- Quarantine/isolation guidelines (CDC)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma remmendation for immunocompromised (IDSociety)
- Corticosteroids in SARS-CoV-2
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- Corticosteroids induced olfactory dysfunction (PLoS One)
- Convalescent Plasma Therapy: Long Term Implications (OFID)
- Preventing RSV infection by vaccination (MMWR)
- Antivirals and chronic kidney disease (CID) Early administraton of molnupiravir versus ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir (Lancet Infectious Diseases)
- Contribute to our MicrobeTV fundraiser at PWB
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For the last episode of 2023, TWiV describes how ancient chicken remains reveal the increase of fitness and virulence of Marek’s disease virus, and the diversity and dissemination of Leishmania virus in the pathogenic protozoan Leishmania braziliensis.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Kathy Spindler, Brianne Barker and Angela Mingarelli
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- Ancient chickens and Marek’s disease virus (Science)
- Diversity and dissemination of Leishmania virus and L. braziliensis (Nat Comm)
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Dickson – Addictive Mandelbrot video and Gore slams COP28 summit
Angela – 10 top-trending health questions you had for Dr. Google in 2023
Brianne – Tomato lost in space has been found
Kathy – Earthquakes of the 20th Century
Vincent – Animator Chris Georgenes especially Tricycle animation study
Jason – Spot-on, quick booster explainer and “Inverse” vaccine Slashdot’s summary. the full article, primary research article
Meika – Iceland earthquake site
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the outcomes of SARS-CoV-2, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection in pediatric communities under the age of 18 years, the treatment of infants with the human monoclonal anti-respiratory syncytial virus antibody to prevent hospitalizations, most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus in the US, how the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic affected school attendance and child healthcare, how exposure length influenced transmission of SARS-CoV-2, how the durability of the anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody response to protect against virus re-infection, if administration of oral antiviral therapy affected viral rebound in either the unvaccinated or vaccinated populations, as well as a reminder of the ineffectiveness of antibiotics for treating COVID-19 and the effect of vaccination on post-COVID conditions in children between 5-17 years old.
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Links for this episode- Pediatric outcomes SARS-CoV-2, flu, RSV (JAMA Peds.)
- SARS-CoV-2 vs Flu (Wired)
- Anti-RSV antibody treatment for infants (NEJM)
- Respiratory disease surveillance (CDC)
- RSV surveillance (CDC)
- RSV national trend (CDC)
- Influenza/flu surveillance (CDC)
- COVID-19 hospital admissions (CDC)
- COVID-19 national trend (CDC)
- COVID-19 wastewater testing (biobot)
- COVID-19 school attendance (JPEIDS)
- COVID-19 pandemic effects children health care (JPEIDS)
- Digitally measuring transmission (Nat)
- Antibody titers and re-infection (CMI)
- Oral antiviral and SARS-CoV-2 rebound (MMWR)
- Rebound after antiviral controlled trial (MMWR)
- Vaccination and antiviral therapy (OFID)
- Antivirals and hospitalization (JMV)
- Antivirals molnupiravir (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma and the immunocompromised guidelines (IDSOciety)
- Steroid and the cytokine storm (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- Unnecessary antibiotics (NEJM)
- Vaccination and long COVID (OFID)
- RSV vaccination (MMWR)
- Antivirals and chronic kidney disease (CID)
- Early administraton of molnupiravir versus ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir (Lancet)
- Contribute to our MicrobeTV fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1074
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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TWiV explains a study showing that ost traits shape virome composition and virus transmission in wild bats, rodents, and shrews, and development of a gB nanoparticle vaccine that elicits a protective neutralizing antibody response against Epstein-Barr virus.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Kathy Spindler
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Brett Lindenbach passes (Yale Medicine)
- Virome of small mammals (Cell)
- Epstein-Barr virus nanoparticle vaccine (Cell Host Micr)
- Letters read on TWiV 1073
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Dickson – Summary of Global Climate Action at COP 28 and Notable Deaths 2023: Music
Kathy – Two APODS Winter solstice, 183 Days in the Sun and the Same color illusion
Vincent – The American Academy of Microbiology discusses gain-of-function research of concern (GOFROC) and enhanced potential pandemic pathogens (ePPP)
Gregory – Climate Change – A revised prediction – Steven Chu
John – Detergent packs are kinda wishy-washy (Technology Connections)
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In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses the annual economic burden of respiratory syncytial virus in adults in the US, recombinant or standard-dose influenza vaccine in adults under 65 years of age, maternal vaccine effectiveness against influenza-associated hospitalizations and emergency department visits in iInfants, influenza positive tests reported to CDC by US clinical laboratories, update on COVID-19, risk of severe maternal morbidity associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy, COVID-19 rapid antigen tests with self-collected vs health care worker–collected nasal and throat swab specimens, optimal timing of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir treatment after COVID-19 symptom onset or diagnosis: target trial emulation, long-term outcomes following hospital admission for COVID-19 versus seasonal influenza: a cohort study, and risk of arrhythmias following COVID-19: nationwide self-controlled case series and matched cohort study.
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Links for this episode- RSV economic burden, US (J Inf Dis)
- Recombinant or standard dose influenza vaccine (NEJM)
- Maternal vaccine effectiveness against influenza in Infants (JAMA Ped)
- Weekly influenza surveillance report (MMWR)
- COVID data tracker (hospital admissions, national trend)
- Risk of severe maternal morbidity associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection (J Inf Dis)
- COVID-19 rapid antigen tests with nasal and throat swab specimens (JAMA Net Open)
- Optimal timing of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Nat Comm)
- Long-term outcomes following hospital admission for COVID-19 vs influenza (Lancet)
- Contribute to our MicrobeTV fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1072
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Vincent visits the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany to speak with Matthias Fischer about his career and his research on giant viruses, virophages, and their protist hosts.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Matthias Fischer
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- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- C. roenbergensis giant virus (PNAS)
- Virophage at origin of large DNA transposons (Science)
- Host genome integration and giant virus-induced reactivation of virophage mavirus (Nature)
- Invasion of protist genomes by DNA viruses (PNAS)
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses monkeypox and chickenpox co-infection in southern Nigeria, vaccine effectiveness against influenza A, SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody titers in maternal blood, umbilical cord blood, and breast milk, COVID-19 rapid antigen tests with self-collected vs health care worker–collected nasal and throat swab specimens, four methods for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A virus activity in schools, efficacy and safety of Baricitinib for the treatment of hospitalized adults with COVID-19, a synbiotic preparation (SIM01) for post-acute COVID-19 syndrome in Hong Kong, consistent absence of cerebrospinal fluid biomarker abnormalities in patients with neurocognitive post-COVID complications, and risk of new-onset long COVID following reinfection with SARS-CoV-2.
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Links for this episode- Monkeypox and chickenpox co-infection in southern Nigeria (JID)
- Vaccine effectiveness against influenza A (CID)
- SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody titers in maternal blood, umbilical cord blood, and breast milk (JOP)
- COVID-19 rapid antigen tests with self-collected vs health care worker–collected nasal and throat swab specimens (JAMA)
- Four methods for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A virus activity in schools (JAMA)
- Efficacy and safety of Baricitinib for the treatment of hospitalized adults with COVID-19 (EJMR)
- A synbiotic preparation (SIM01) for post-acute COVID-19 syndrome in Hong Kong (The Lancet)
- Consistent absence of cerebrospinal fluid biomarker abnormalities in patients with neurocognitive post-COVID complications (JID)
- Risk of new-onset long COVID following reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 (OFID)
- Contribute to our MicrobeTV fundraiser at PWB
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From the European Society for Clinical Virology meeting in Milan, Vincent speaks with Eeva Broberg about her career and her work at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Heli Harvala
Guest: Eeva Broberg
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- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
- Emerging echovirus 30 in Europe (Emerg Inf Dis)
- RSV surveillance (Eur Resp J)
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses developmental impairment in children exposed during pregnancy to maternal SARS-COV2, vagus nerve dysfunction in the post-COVID-19 condition, and humoral immunity to an endemic coronavirus is associated with postacute sequelae of COVID-19 in individuals with rheumatic diseases, incidence and burden of long COVID in Africa.
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Links for this episode- Developmental impairment in children exposed during pregnancy to maternal SARS-COV2 (IJID)
- Vagus nerve dysfunction in the post-COVID-19 condition (CMI)
- Humoral immunity to an endemic coronavirus is associated with postacute sequelae of COVID-19 in those with rheumatic diseases (STM)
- Incidence and burden of long COVID in Africa (Nature)
- Contribute to our MicrobeTV fundraiser at PWB
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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On this all-bacteriophage episode, TWiV explains the ‘vampire phage’, and and how mammalian cells internalize phage particles and utilize them to enhance cell growth and survival.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Jolene Ramsey
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Gerd Sutter passes (LMU)
- Avian influenza A (H5N1) Cambodia (WHO)
- CWD expands in Montana (CIDRAP)
- National Wastewater Surveillance System (CDC)
- Vampire phage paper (ISME J)
- UMBC phage hunters (UBMC)
- Vampire viruses prey on other viruses (Conversation)
- Phage internalized by mammalian cells (PLoS Biol)
- Phage uptake by mammalian cells (iScience)
- Phage-mammalian cell interactions (Ann Rev Virol)
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Dickson – Biden skips climate summit (NY Times)
Rich – Lilium electric VTOL jet
Alan – The Far Land, by Brandon Presser
Jolene – Bacteriophage T4 infection watercolor painting by David Goodsell
Vincent – Using narratives and storytelling to communicate science with nonexpert audiences
Darach – It depends t-shirt
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses a microbiologist who was harassed during COVID pandemic sues university, use of inactivated poliovirus vaccine for poliovirus outbreak response, safety and immunogenicity of bivalent rsvpref vaccine coadministered with seasonal inactivated influenza vaccine in older adults, coffee as a dietary strategy to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection, enrollment of pediatric patients in COVID-19 interventional trials, vaccination, immunity, and the changing impact of COVID-19 on infant health, COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against post- COVID -19 condition among 589722 individuals in Sweden, repeated Omicron exposures override ancestral SARS-CoV-2 immune imprinting, protection conferred by COVID-19 vaccination, prior SARS-CoV-2 infection, or hybrid immunity against Omicron-associated severe outcomes among community-dwelling adults, the Novavax heterologous COVID booster demonstrates lower reactogenicity than mRNA vaccines, T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination are elevated in B cell deficiency and reduce risk of severe COVID-19, oral VV116 versus placebo in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in China, and how COVID-19 convalescent plasma therapy decreases inflammatory cytokines, therapeutic heparin in non-ICU patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in the ACTIV-4a trial.
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Links for this episode- Microbiologist who was harassed during COVID pandemic sues university (Nature)
- Use of inactivated poliovirus vaccine for outbreak response (The Lancet)
- Safety and immunogenicity of bivalent RSVpreF vaccine coadministered with Influenza vaccine (CID)
- Coffee as a dietary strategy to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection (BMC)
- Enrollment of pediatric patients in COVID-19 interventional trials (JAMA)
- Vaccination, immunity, and the changing impact of COVID-19 on infant health (PNAS)
- COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against post- COVID -19 condition (BMJ)
- Repeated Omicron exposures override ancestral SARS-CoV-2 immune imprinting (Nature)
- Protection conferred by COVID-19 vaccination, prior SARS-CoV-2 infection, or hybrid immunity against Omicron-associated severe outcomes (CID)
- Novavax heterologous COVID booster demonstrates lower reactogenicity than mRNA (JID)
- T-cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination reduce risk of severe COVID-19 (STM)
- Oral VV116 vs placebo in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in China (The Lancet)
- COVID-19 convalescent plasma therapy decreases inflammatory cytokines (MS)
- Therapeutic heparin in non-ICU patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in the ACTIV-4a trial (Chest)
- Contribute to our MicrobeTV fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV on TWiV 1066
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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TWiV reviews ban on gain-of-function research by the House, chronic wasting disease in Tennessee deer, nOPV2 causing paralysis in children, and an outbreak of feline infectious peritonitis in Cyprus caused by a new recombinant coronavirus.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- House approves ban on gain-of-function research (Science)
- Virology under the microscope (J Virol)
- CWD detected in another Tennessee county (CIDRAP)
- Polio eradication: Do no harm (Science)
- nOPV2 causes polio (MMWR)
- How is nOPV2 doing? (Polioeradication.org)
- Feline infectious peritonitis caused by recombinant coronavirus (bioRxiv)
- New feline coronavirus kills thousands of cats (Science)
- Feline coronavirus with Gary Whittaker (TWiV 963)
- Letters read on TWiV 1065
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Dickson – Climate Action and How to find joy in climate action
Brianne – A Virus that Generates Electricity
Kathy – Intolerable Genius: Berkeley’s most controversial Nobel laureate
Rich – Programmed DNA Elimination (PDE): Quanta; Current Biology
Alan – KBDfans mechanical keyboard kits
Vincent – The Covid Vaccine Windfall Turns for Pfizer and Moderna
Meika – Iceland Eruption or not?
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses progress toward measles elimination, risk of severe coronavirus disease 2019 despite vaccination in patients requiring treatment with immune-suppressive drugs, symptoms, viral loads, and rebound among COVID-19 outpatients treated with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir compared to propensity score matched untreated individuals, late administration and corticosteroid usage explain inefficacy in COVID-19 convalescent plasma trial, higher-dose fluvoxamine and time to sustained recovery in outpatients with COVID-19, recombinant C1 inhibitor in the prevention of severe COVID-19, and Epstein-Barr virus reactivation is not causative for post-COVID-19-syndrome in individuals with asymptomatic or mild SARS-CoV-2 disease course.
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Links for this episode- Progress toward measles elimination (CDC)
- Risk of severe COVID-19 despite vaccination in patients using immune-suppressive drugs (TID)
- Symptoms, viral loads, and rebound among COVID-19 outpatients treated with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir compared to untreated individuals (CID)
- Late administration and corticosteroid usage explain inefficacy in COVID-19 convalescent plasma trial (JID)
- Higher-dose fluvoxamine and time to sustained recovery in outpatients with COVID-19 (JAMA)
- Recombinant C1 inhibitor in the prevention of severe COVID-19 (FII)
- Epstein-Barr virus reactivation is not causative for post-COVID-19-syndrome in individuals with SARS-CoV-2 disease course (BMC)
- Contribute to our MicrobeTV fundraiser at PWB 37:55
- Letters read on TWiV on TWiV 1062 38:16
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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Kevin Messacar visits the Incubator to discuss his career as a pediatric infectious disease physician, and his work on enteroviruses that are associated with acute flaccid myelitis and other diseases.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Kevin Messacar
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- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- Emergence of EV-D68 (Microbio Spectr)
- 2014 outbreak of EV-D68 (J Med Virol)
- EV-D68 shedding in households (Emerg Inf Dis)
- EV-A71 outbreak in Colorado (Lancet Inf Dis)
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses coverage with selected vaccines and exemption from school vaccine requirements among children in kindergarten, seasonality of endemic COVID-19, mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination before vs during pregnancy and omicron infection among infants, extracting symptoms from free-text responses using ChatGPT among COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong, SARS-CoV-2 virologic rebound with nirmatrelvir–ritonavir therapy, optimization of antiviral therapy in immunocompromised COVID-19 patients, a study to learn about the study medicines (nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir) in people aged 12 years or older with COVID-19 and a compromised immune system, evaluation of the safety profile and therapeutic efficacy of Remdesivir in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection, effect of neutralizing monoclonal antibody treatment on early trajectories of virologic and immunologic biomarkers in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, and SARS-CoV-2 virologic rebound with nirmatrelvir–ritonavir therapy.
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Links for this episode- Coverage with selected vaccines and exemption from school vaccine requirements among (CDC)
- Seasonality of endemic COVID-19 (Virology)
- mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination before vs during pregnancy and Omicron infection among infants (JAMA)
- Extracting symptoms from responses using ChatGPT among COVID-19 cases (CMI)
- SARS-CoV-2 virologic rebound with nirmatrelvir–ritonavir therapy (AIM)
- Optimization of antiviral therapy in immunocompromised COVID-19 patients (ClinicalTrials)
- A study to learn about nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in people with COVID-19 and a compromised immune system (ClinicalTrials)
- Evaluation of the safety profile and therapeutic efficacy of remdesivir in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection (EJP)
- Effect of neutralizing monoclonal antibody treatment on virologic and immunologic biomarkers in patients with COVID-19 (JID)
- SARS-CoV-2 virologic rebound with nirmatrelvir–ritonavir therapy (AIM)
- Contribute to our MicrobeTV fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV on TWiV 1062
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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TWiV reveals a prediction of the expected endemic seasonality of COVID-19, based on circulation of human coronaviruses, and ecological clearance of vaccine-targeted human papillomaviruses and an increase in circulation of non-targeted virus types.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
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- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Seasonality of endemic COVID-19 (mBio)
- Diversity of non-vaccine targeted HPVs (Cell Host Microbe)
- Wart’s up doc? (TWiV 126)
- Letters read on TWiV 1061
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Dickson – 2023 expected to be hottest year on record after warmest October ever
Kathy – You can see the ISS toolbag with binoculars, Billy Collins wikipedia, What dogs think (probably)
Alan – Landmark case to get sanitation declared a civil right
Vincent – SciComm Studios
Charmaine – Petition fo National Science Appreciation Day
Peter – Let’s eradicate polio this winter
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses stress in America 2023, CDC expanding testing of international air traveler samples to include flu, RSV, and other respiratory viruses, missed opportunities for preventing congenital syphilis, intrinsic and effective severity of COVID-19 cases infected with the ancestral strain and omicron BA.2 variant in Hong Kong, T-cell immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 measured by an interferon-γ release assay is strongly associated with patient outcomes in vaccinated persons hospitalized with delta or omicron variants, masks during pandemics caused by respiratory pathogens, behavioral factors and SARS-CoV-2 transmission heterogeneity within a household cohort in Costa Rica, convalescent plasma for Covid-19–induced ARDS in mechanically ventilated patients, and olfactory and gustatory function 3 years after mild COVID-19.
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Links for this episode- Stress in America 2023 (APA)
- CDC expands testing of international air traveler samples to include flu RSV, and other respiratory viruses (CDC)
- Missed opportunities for preventing congenital syphilis (CDC)
- Intrinsic and effective severity of COVID-19 case infected with BA.2 variant (JID)
- Masks during pandemics caused by respiratory pathogens (JAMA)
- Behavioral factors and SARS-CoV-2 transmission within a household cohort (Nature)
- Convalescent plasma for Covid-19–induced ARDS in mechanically ventilated patients (NEJM)
- Olfactory and gustatory function 3 years after mild COVID-19 (JAMA)
- Contribute to our MicrobeTV fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV on TWiV 1060
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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On this episode of TWiV we discuss unusual properties of monoclonal antibodies: one that that binds the receptor attachment site and blocks infection with all three poliovirus serotypes, and others that inhibit Ebolavirus spread from cell to cell.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Angela Mingarelli
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- Global Scholar Travel Awards (ASV)
- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- Monoclonal antibody neutralizes all three poliovirus serotypes (Nat Comm)
- Blocking Ebolavirus intercellular spread (Cell Rep)
- Letters read on TWiV 1059
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Dickson – Climate Science
Angela – Spider Ballooning (Wikipedia)
Kathy – Richard Harris Art Collection
Rich – “The Murderbot Diaries” by Martha Wells
Alan – Old Gods of Appalachia
Vincent – Poetry Foundation
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses health worker–perceived working conditions and symptoms of poor mental health, Mpox neutralizing antibodies at 6 months from mpox infection or MVA-BN vaccination, newborn and early infant outcomes following maternal COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy, duration of SARS-CoV-2 culturable virus shedding in children, prescribing outcomes in outpatients treated with nirmatrelvir–ritonavir for COVID-19 in an interdisciplinary community clinic, Nirmatrelvir and molnupiravir and post-COVID-19 condition in older patients, optimal duration of systemic corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment, association between Guillain-Barré syndrome and COVID-19 infection and vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 infection correlates with male benign prostatic hyperplasia deterioration, Transplanting candidates with COVID-19, and favorable experience of transplant strategy including liver grafts from COVID-19 donors.
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Links for this episode- Routine vaccination coverage (CDC)
- Outbreak of invasive Group A Streptococcus in children (PIDS)
- Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir use in pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 (Nature)
- Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant infections compared with seasonal influenza and RSV infections in adults (CID)
- Remdesivir is associated with reduced mortality in COVID-19 patients requiring oxygen (OFID)
- Effectiveness of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir against the development of Post–COVID-19 conditions among U.S. veterans (AIM)
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Klaus Früh visits the Incubator to discuss his career and his work on cytomegalovirus-vectored vaccines which are unique in their ability to persistently maintain an immune shield of effector memory T cells, including highly unconventional MHC-II and MHC-E restricted CD8+ T cells.
Host: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
Guest: Klaus Früh
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- HCMV-based attenuated vaccine platform (Sci Rep)
- HLA-E-restricted, Gag-specific CD8+ T cells suppress HIV-1 infection (Sci Immunol)
- RhCMV/SIV vaccine shows long-term efficacy against SIV challenge (Sci Transl Med)
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses health worker–perceived working conditions and symptoms of poor mental health, Mpox neutralizing antibodies at 6 months from mpox infection or MVA-BN vaccination, newborn and early infant outcomes following maternal COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy, duration of SARS-CoV-2 culturable virus shedding in children, prescribing outcomes in outpatients treated with nirmatrelvir–ritonavir for COVID-19 in an interdisciplinary community clinic, Nirmatrelvir and molnupiravir and post-COVID-19 condition in older patients, optimal duration of systemic corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment, association between Guillain-Barré syndrome and COVID-19 infection and vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 infection correlates with male benign prostatic hyperplasia deterioration, Transplanting candidates with COVID-19, and favorable experience of transplant strategy including liver grafts from COVID-19 donors.
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Links for this episode- Health worker–perceived working conditions and symptoms of poor mental health (CDC)
- Neutralizing antibodies at 6 months from mpox infection or MVA-BN vaccination (The Lancet)
- Newborn and early infant outcomes following maternal COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy (JAMA)
- Duration of SARS-CoV-2 culturable virus shedding in children (JAMA)
- Prescribing outcomes in outpatients treated with PAXLOVID for COVID-19 (PLOS ONE)
- Nirmatrelvir and molnupiravir and post–COVID-19 condition in older patients (JAMA)
- Optimal duration of systemic corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment (OFID)
- Intravenous vitamin C for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (JAMA)
- Association between Guillain-Barré syndrome and COVID-19 infection and vaccination (NH)
- SARS-CoV-2 infection correlates with male benign prostatic hyperplasia deterioration (JIM)
- Transplanting candidates with COVID-19 (TID)
- Favorable experience of transplant strategy including liver grafts from COVID-19 donors (TID)
- Contribute to our Floating Doctors fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1056
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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Vincent travels to the University of Vermont to speak with Jason, Emily, Jessica, and Dimitry about their careers and their work on SARS-CoV-2, hantaviruses, poliovirus, influenza virus, and the involvement of viruses in the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Jason Botten, Emily Bruce, Jessica Crothers, and Dimitry Krementsov
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- Lab worker contamination with SARS-CoV-2 plasmid DNA (J Clin Micro)
- Fractional dose poliovirus vaccine (Vaccine)
- No SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Vermont wildlife (Sci Rep)
- Predicting SARS-CoV-2 infectivity from RT-PCR (EMBO Mol Med)
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses high Influenza incidence and disease severity among children and adolescents aged
From the Centers for Excellence in Influenza Research and Response meeting in Baltimore, Vincent speaks with Ron Fouchier, Rafael Medina, and Louse Moncla about recent changes in the epidemiology of avian H5N1 influenza virus and the threat to humans and other animals.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Ron Fouchier, Rafael Medina, and Louise Moncla
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- Centers for Influenza Research and Response Network
- Transatlantic spread of avian H5N1 influenza virus (Sci Rep)
- In-host diversity of influenza H5N1 virus (PLoS Path)
- Influenza H5N1 virus and mass mortality in sea lions (Vet Q.)
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses disease severity of RSV compared with COVID-19 and Influenza among hospitalized adults aged ≥60 years, antiviral efficacy of Molnupiravir versus ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir in patients with early symptomatic COVID-19, Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir and COVID-19 mortality and hospitalization among patients with vulnerability to covid-19 complications, antibiotic use among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in the United States, one week of oral Camostat vs Placebo in nonhospitalized adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, assessment of the available therapeutic approaches for severe COVID-19, optimal duration of systemic Corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment, effect of monovalent COVID-19 vaccines on viral interference between SARS-CoV-2 and several DNA viruses in patients with long-COVID syndrome, local budesonide therapy in the management of persistent hyposmia in suspected non-severe COVID-19 patients, and the safety profile and clinical and virological outcomes of Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir treatment in patients with advanced chronic Kidney disease and COVID-19.
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Links for this episode- Disease severity of RSV compared with COVID-19 and Influenza among hospitalized adults
- Antiviral efficacy of molnupiravir vs ritonavir-nirmatrelvir in patients with symptomatic COVID-19 (The Lancet)
- Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir and COVID-19 mortality and hospitalization among patients with vulnerability to complications (JAMA)
- Antibiotic use among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 (OFID)
- One week of oral Camostat vs placebo in non-hospitalized adults with COVID-19
- Assessment of the available therapeutic approaches for severe COVID-19 (Nature)
- Optimal duration of systemic Corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment (OFID)
- Effect of monovalent COVID-19 vaccines on viral interference between SARS-CoV-2 and in patients with long-COVID syndrome (Nature)
- Local budesonide therapy in the management of persistent hyposmia in suspected COVID-19 patients (JID)
- Safety profile and clinical and virological outcomes of Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir treatment in patients with Kidney disease and COVID-19
- Contribute to our Floating Doctors fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1052
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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TWiV reviews the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their identification nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, and accelerated mutation of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Angela Mingarelli
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- 2023 Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine (Nobelprize.org)
- Evading a toll on the road to mRNA vaccines (TWiV 860)
- Katalin Karikó‘s overlooked work (Wired)
- Accelerated mutation of SARS-CoV-2 in deer (Nat Comm)
- Letters read on TWiV 1051
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Dickson – The New City. How to Build Our Sustainable Urban Future
Angela – 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
Alan – The Ruin of All Witches, by Malcolm Gaskill
Vincent – France kicks off bird flu vaccination despite trade backlash risk
Charles – David Brooks and the $78 airport meal the internet is talking about
John – Periodic Table of the Elements: Origins of the Elements
AZ – Bronze statue of laboratory mouse knitting DNA in Russia
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the effectiveness of maternal mRNA COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy against COVID-19–associated hospitalizations in infants aged
TWiV explains how immune profiling was used to identify distinguishing features of Long COVID, and how a co-opted feline endogenous retroviral envelope promotes cell survival by controlling copper transport and homeostasis in cats.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
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- Features of Long COVID (Nature)
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Brianne – Webb spots a building block of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa
Rich – Are we really made of ‘star stuff?’ Learn about your body’s elements
Alan – Avian flu has reached the Galàpagos
Vincent – Why the US can’t have nice things
Az – Free solo
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses a molnupiravir-associated mutational signature in global SARS-CoV-2 genomes, inhaled fluticasone furoate for outpatient treatment of COVID-19, optimal duration of systemic corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment, early antibody treatment, inflammation, and risk of post-COVID conditions, autonomic dysregulation in long-term patients suffering from post-COVID-19 syndrome assessed by heart rate variability, and multiorgan MRI findings after hospitalization with COVID-19 in the UK.
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Links for this episode- Molnupiravir-associated mutational signature in global SARS-CoV-2 genomes (Nature)
- Inhaled fluticasone furoate for outpatient treatment of COVID-19 (NEJM)
- Optimal duration of systemic corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment (OFID)
- Distinguishing features of Long COVID identified through immune profiling (Nature)
- Early antibody treatment, inflammation, and risk of post-COVID conditions (mBIO)
- Autonomic dysregulation in long-term patients suffering from post COVID-19 syndrome (SR)
- Multiorgan MRI findings after hospitalization with COVID-19 in the UK (The Lancet)
- Contribute to our Floating Doctors fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1048
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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TWiV explains a study of postacute sequelae of COVID-19 at 2 years, and respiratory droplet transmission of human-isolated avian H3N8 influenza virus between ferrets.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
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- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf) 4:20
- Postacute sequelae of COVID-19 at 2 years (Nat Med)
- Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) (WHO)
- Respiratory droplet transmission of H3N8 virus (Cell)
- Letters read on TWiV 1047
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Dickson – UN Climate Action and California sues oil companies for exacerbating climate change
Brianne – COVID Drugs are a Miracle Cure for Cats
Rich – American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
Vincent – Free Carl Zimmer writings
Anne – She wrote to a scientist about her fatigue. It inspired a breakthrough.
Alan – This Tiny Parasitic Wasp Can Drill Through Plastic
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses wastewater surveillance data as a complement to emergency department visit data for tracking the incidence of influenza A and RSV, chatbot-delivered online intervention to promote seasonal Influenza vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic, temporal assessment of disparities in California COVID-19 mortality by industry, modeling the impact of a high-uptake bivalent booster scenario on the COVID-19 burden and healthcare costs in New York City, can high COVID-19 vaccination rates in adults help protect unvaccinated children, Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir use and hospitalizations or death in previously uninfected non-hospitalized high-risk population with COVID-19, Optimal duration of systemic corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment, and vaccination after developing long COVID.
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Links for this episode- Wastewater surveillance data as a complement to tracking incidence of influenza A and RSV (CDC)
- Chatbot-delivered online intervention to promote seasonal influenza vaccination (JAMA)
- Temporal assessment of disparities in California COVID-19 mortality by industry (AOE)
- CDC/HICPAC’s plan to weaken guidance for health care respiratory protection and infection control (NNU)
- Modelling the impact of a high-uptake bivalent booster scenario on COVID-19 burden (The Lancet)
- Can high COVID-19 vaccination rates in adults help protect unvaccinated children? (ES)
- Paxlovid use and hospitalizations or death in previously uninfected high-risk population with COVID-19 (JID)
- Optimal duration of systemic corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment (OFID)
- Vaccination after developing long COVID (IJID)
- Contribute to our Floating Doctors fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1046
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TWiV reviews a Lassa virus mRNA vaccine that confers protection against disease without inducing neutralizing antibodies, and a CRISPR-based method for engineering the genome of RNA viruses.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Angela Mingarelli
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- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- Virologist Bob Lamb dies (Northwestern Now)
- Lassa virus mRNA vaccine (Nat Commun)
- CRISPR engineering of RNA viruses (Sci Adv)
- Letters read on TWiV 1045
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Angela – More than 5,000 new species discovered in Pacific deep-sea mining hotspot (journal article)
Brianne – The story of our universe may be starting to unravel
Rich – Sunlight Changes Unequally All Year Long
Alan – Arm swing asymmetry in overground walking
Vincent – The Farm at the Javits Center
Asal – Ig Nobel Prizes honor zombie spiders, rock-licking scientists, and a clever commode
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of coadministration of COVID-19 and Influenza vaccines, interim effectiveness estimates of 2023 southern hemisphere influenza vaccines in preventing Influenza-associated hospitalizations, genome-wide association study of susceptibility to RSV hospitalization in young children
From the European Society for Clinical Virology meeting in Milan, Vincent speaks with Marion Koopmans about COVID-19, Mpox, H5N1 and polio, and the promise of a One Health approach to prevent outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Marion Koopmans
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- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- SARS-CoV-2 variants in Rotterdam wastewater (Sci Tot Environ)
- SARS-CoV-2 in mink and other animals (Transbound Emerg Dis)
- Mpox in Netherlands (EuroSurveill)
- Divergent SARS-CoV-2 in immunocompromised patient (Emerg Inf Dis)
- Accelerated SARS-CoV-2 evolution in deer (Nat Commun)
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses China’s health authorities fighting surge in cases of Mpox unknown origin, analysis of seasonal variation of antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract diagnoses in primary care practices, prevalence and associated outcomes of co-infection between SARS-CoV-2 and influenza, comparison of bivalent and monovalent mRNA vaccine boosters, optimal duration of systemic corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment, acute blood biomarker profiles predict cognitive deficits 6 and 12 months after COVID-19 hospitalization, temporal changes in fecal microbiota of patients infected with COVID-19, and long-term survival after intensive care for COVID-19.
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Links for this episode- China’s health authorities fight surge in cases of unknown origin (BMJ)
- Analysis of seasonal variation of antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract diagnoses (ASHE)
- Prevalence and outcomes of co-infection between SARS-CoV-2 and influenza (IJID)
- Comparison of bivalent and monovalent mRNA vaccine boosters (CID)
- Optimal duration of systemic corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment (OFID)
- Acute blood biomarker profiles predict cognitive deficits after COVID-19 hospitalization (Nature)
- Temporal changes in fecal microbiota of patients infected with COVID-19 (BMC)
- Long-term survival after intensive care for COVID-19 (AIC)
- Contribute to our Floating Doctors fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1042
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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Vincent speaks with Raul and Kostya about the development of novel oral polio vaccine from the Sabin type 2 strain, its deployment in over 600 million children, and whether it can lead to eradication of poliomyelitis.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Raul Andino and Kostya Chumakov
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- Engineering OPV (Cell Host Microbe)
- Poliopolis (Lancet)
- nOPV2 (Polioeradication.org)
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the public health significance of finding autochthonous melioidosis cases in the continental United States, human neural larva migrans caused by Ophidascaris robertsi ascarid, Project nextgen awards over $1.4 billion to develop the future of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics, excess all-cause mortality in China after ending the zero COVID policy, international pediatric COVID-19 severity over the course of the pandemic, differences in SARS-CoV-2 specific humoral and cellular immune responses after contralateral and ipsilateral COVID-19 vaccination, Pfizer and BioNTech receive positive CHMP opinion for Omicron XBB.1.5-adapted COVID-19 vaccine in the European Union, clinical antiviral efficacy of Remdesivir in COVID-19, optimal duration of systemic corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment, clinical outcomes associated with overestimation of oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, risk of autoimmune diseases following COVID-19 and the potential protective effect from vaccination.
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Links for this episode- Public health significance of finding autochthonous melioidosis cases (PLOS)
- Human neural larva migrans caused by Ophidascaris robertsi ascarid (EID)
- Project nextgen awards over $1.4 billion to develop the future of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics (HHS)
- Excess all-cause mortality in China after ending the zero COVID policy (JAMA)
- International pediatric COVID-19 severity over the course of the pandemic (JAMA)
- Differences in SARS-CoV-2 specific humoral and cellular immune responses after COVID-19 vaccination (eBioMedicine)
- Pfizer/BioNTech receive positive CHMP opinion for COVID-19 vaccine in the EU (Pfizer)
- Clinical antiviral efficacy of Remdesivir in COVID-19 (JID)
- Optimal duration of systemic corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment (OFID)
- Clinical outcomes associated with overestimation of oxygen saturation in patients with COVID-19 (JAMA)
- Risk of autoimmune diseases following COVID-19 and the potential protective effect from vaccination (eClinicalMedicine)
- Contribute to our Floating Doctors fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1040
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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TWiV describes how a viral capsid protein activates a bacterial innate immune system that interferes with protein synthesis, and human-associated redondoviruses that infect the commensal protozoan Entamoeba gingivalis.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Jolene Ramsey
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- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- Anti-phage defense via capsid detection (Nature)
- Redondoviruses infect commensal amoebae (Cell Host Micro)
- A host for redondoviruses (Nat Rev Micro)
- Letters read on TWiV 1039
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Dickson – “Cosmic Time Machine” Netflix documentary
Kathy – Antarctican accents
Rich – Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, Week of wonder: The case for preserving parasites
Jolene – Perspective article on best practices for improving graduate admissions
Vincent – Why Chandrayaan-3 landed near the moon’s south pole — and why everyone else wants to get there too
Douglas – On Climate Change and (Active) Climate Management
Matt – This Scientist Tracked Bats for Decades and Solved a Mystery About a Deadly Disease
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses modeling poliovirus transmission and responses in New York State, FDA approves first vaccine for pregnant individuals to prevent RSV in infants, prevention and control of seasonal influenza with vaccines: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Nirmatrelvir resistance – de novo E166V/L50V mutations in an immunocompromised patient treated with prolonged nirmatrelvir/ritonavir monotherapy leading to clinical and virological treatment failure, incidence of new-onset hypertension post–COVID-19: comparison with influenza, and post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 at 2 years.
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Links for this episode- Modeling poliovirus transmission and responses in New York State (JID)
- FDA approves first vaccine for pregnant individuals to prevent RSV in infants (FDA)
- Prevention and control of seasonal influenza with vaccines (CDC)
- De novo E166V/L50V mutations in an immunocompromised patient treated with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (CID)
- Incidence of new-onset hypertension post–COVID-19 (Hypertension)
- Postacute sequelae of COVID-19 at 2 years (Nature Medicine)
- Contribute to our Floating Doctors fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1038
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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TWiV reviews evidence that symptomatic adenovirus infection leads to thrombocytopenia, thrombosis, and production of anti-platelet factor 4 antibodies similar to the rare disorder seen after immunization with adenoviral vectored COVID-19 vaccines, and a monoclonal antibody isolated from a SARS survivor, following vaccination with a SARS-CoV-2 spike mRNA vaccine, that neutralizes a broad collection of ACE2-binding sarbecoviruses.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
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- VITT-like disorder after adenovirus infection (NEJM)
- The clot thickens (TWiV 842)
- Lessons from VITT (Nat Rev Immunol)
- Pan-sarbecovirus neutralizing mAb (Sci Adv)
- Letters read on TWiV 1037
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Dickson – Rho Ophiuchi nebula showing massive star formation. James Webb Space Telescope
Brianne – Question Mark in Space?
Kathy – Quammen interview with Walter Isaacson
Rich – Chrome Music Lab
Vincent – Matters Microbial
Tom – The (second) deadliest virus
Charles – We Will All Go Together When We Go and So Long Mom (A Song for World War III)
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses Florida local transmission of dengue cases reported in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, infants admitted to US intensive care units for RSV infection during the 2022 seasonal peak, long-term risk of death and readmission after hospital admission with COVID-19 among older adults, safety profile and clinical and virological outcomes of Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir treatment in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and COVID-19, Fluvoxamine vs placebo for outpatients with symptomatic COVID-19, the effect of corticosteroids, antibiotics, and anticoagulants on the development of post-COVID-19 syndrome in COVID-19 hospitalized patients 6 months after discharge, long COVID and significant activity limitation among adults, incidence of diabetes following COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection in Hong Kong, and diabetes following SARS-CoV-2 infection: Incidence, persistence, and implications of COVID-19 vaccination.
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Links for this episode- Florida local transmission of dengue cases (Outbreak News)
- Infants admitted to US ICU for RSV infection (JAMA)
- Long term risk of death and readmission after hospital admission with COVID-19 (BMJ)
- Outcomes of Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir Treatment in patients with Kidney disease and COVID-19 (CID)
- Fluvoxamine vs placebo for outpatients with symptomatic COVID-19 (OFID)
- The effect of corticosteroids, antibiotics, and anticoagulants on the development of post-COVID-19 syndrome in hospitalized patients (CEM)
- Long COVID and significant activity limitation among adults (CDC)
- Incidence of Diabetes following COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection (PLOS)
- Diabetes following SARS-CoV-2 infection (BMJ)
- Contribute to our Floating Doctors fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1036
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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TWiV dissects a study of COVID-19 vaccination which shows that the timing of initial rollout affects disease outcomes more substantially than final coverage or degree of socioeconomic disparity, and discovery of a novel cellular defense comprising a nuclease that is activated by poxvirus infection and cleaves a specific tRNA molecule to inhibit protein synthesis.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker
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- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- Impact of COVID-19 vaccination trends (Sci Adv)
- Poxvirus-activated anticodon nuclease (Sci Adv)
- Letters read on TWiV 1035
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Brianne – Project Hail Mary
Rich – Bird Buddy
Alan – Blood, Sweat, and Pixels and Press Reset
Vincent – Are microplastics spreading infectious disease?
Tom – Henrietta Lacks family settles lawsuit
Kathleen – Why Insect Memories May Not Survive Metamorphosis
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the immunogenicity, safety, and preliminary efficacy evaluation of OVX836, a nucleoprotein-based universal influenza A vaccine candidate, association between nose picking and SARS-CoV-2 incidence, a cohort study in hospital health care workers; effect of COVID-19 vaccination and booster on maternal-fetal outcomes, dynamics of inflammatory responses after SARS-CoV-2 infection by vaccination status in the USA, does monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 impact short and long- term outcomes in a large generalizable population, persistent endothelial dysfunction in post-COVID-19 syndrome and its associations with symptom severity and chronic inflammation, core mitochondrial genes are down-regulated during SARS-CoV-2 infection of rodent and human hosts.
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Links for this episode- Immunogenicity, safety, and preliminary efficacy evaluation of OVX836, a influenza A vaccine candidate (The Lancet)
- Association between nose picking and SARS-CoV-2 incidence (PLOSONE)
- Effect of COVID-19 vaccination and booster on maternal-fetal outcomes (Lancet Digital Health)
- Dynamics of inflammatory responses after SARS-CoV-2 infection by vaccination status (The Lancet)
- Does monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 impact short and long-term outcomes (BMJ)
- Persistent endothelial dysfunction in post-COVID-19 syndrome and its associations with symptom severity and inflammation (Angiogenesis)
- Core mitochondrial genes are down-regulated during SARS-CoV-2 infection of rodent and human hosts (STM)
- Contribute to our Floating Doctors fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1034
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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Vincent speaks with Desirée Townsend about how she felt used and indoctrinated by the anti-vaxx movement, the science surrounding her autoimmune disorder, and why she is no longer the “flu shot cheerleader,” but a cheerleader for flu shots.
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- ‘Flu-shot cheerleader’ speaks out (NBC)
- ‘Flu-shot cheerleader’ back with a warning (NBC)
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TWiV notes the passing of Harald zur Hausen, dengue breaking records in the Americas, inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 infection and inflammation by modulation of type I IFN, and an armed nanobody that protects mice against influenza A and B disease.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Angela Mingarelli
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- Position in Rosenfeld Laboratory (pdf)
- Paul and the Mosquitos (pdf, English)
- Other childrens books (SMVIROLOGIA)
- Dengue breaking records in Americas (Nature)
- Harald zur Hausen, 1936-2023 (Nature)
- Vincent interviews zur Hausen (ASM)
- COVID-19 and modulation of IFN (Sci Immunol)
- Burning down the mouse (TWiV 900)
- Armed nanobody protects against influenza (Sci Immunol)
- Click chemistry Nobel prizes (The Nobel Prize)
- Letters read on TWiV 1033
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Angela – The Deepest Breath
Kathy – Pink snow
Vincent – Scientist vs PowerPoint
Fernando – The Enigma of Reason by Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber and Language vs. Reality by Nick Enfield
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses predicting COVID-19 incidence using wastewater surveillance data, use of wastewater metrics to track COVID-19 in the US, wastewater-based epidemiology predicts COVID-19-induced weekly new hospital admissions in over 150 USA counties, association between duration of SARS-CoV-2 positivity and long COVID, rapid direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 aerosols in exhaled breath at the point of care, effectiveness of oral Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir vs. intravenous three-day Remdesivir in preventing progression to severe COVID-19, NIH launching of several phase 2 long-COVID treatment trials.
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Links for this episode- Predicting COVID-19 incidence using wastewater surveillance data (CDC)
- Use of wastewater metrics to track COVID-19 in the US (JAMA)
- Wastewater-based epidemiology predicts COVID-19-induced new hospital admissions (Nature)
- Association between duration of SARS-CoV-2 positivity and long COVID (JID)
- Rapid direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 aerosols in exhaled breath at the point of care (ACS)
- Effectiveness of oral Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir vs. intravenous three-day Remdesivir in preventing COVID-19 progression (Viruses)
- NIH has launched several phase 2 long-COVID treatment trials (NIH)
- Fatigue can shatter a person (Atlantic)
- Contribute to our Floating Doctors fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1032
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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TWiV notes the passing of virologist Michael BA Oldstone, a study to assess the performance of rapid antigen tests to detect symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the presence of antibodies to type I interferons in ~40% of patients with West Nile virus encephalitis.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Alan Dove
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- Position in Rosenfeld Laboratory (pdf)
- XKCD on antivaxxers
- RFK Jr. CDC or FDA head? (Politico)
- Performance of rapid antigen tests (Ann Int Med)
- Guidance on rapid antigen tests (FDA)
- Autoantibodies to IFN in West Nile virus encephalitis (JEM)
- Letters read on TWiV 1031
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Rich – The Final Covid-19 Grand Rounds: What Have We Learned?
Alan – Teaching biology to Tibetan Buddhist monks
Vincent – I got it from Agnes by Tom Lehrer and Why Oppenheimer has important lessons for scientists today
Ryan – Paul Offit on PBS Newshour to explain RFK Jr.’s Congressional Hearing
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the use of RSV vaccines in older adults: recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices, case report of leprosy in Central Florida, blood group A enhances SARS-CoV-2 infection, predicting COVID-19 incidence using wastewater surveillance data, a common allele of HLA associated with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, prevalence of low-frequency, antiviral resistance variants in SARS-CoV-2 isolates in Ontario, Canada, viral resistance analyses from the Remdesivir phase 3 adaptive COVID-19 treatment trial-1, impact of Molnupiravir treatment on patient-reported COVID-19 symptoms in the phase 3 move-out trial, Molnupiravir for treatment of adults with mild or moderate COVID-19, delayed intubation associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19 respiratory failure who fail heated and humified high flow nasal canula, relationship between azithromycin and cardiovascular outcomes in unvaccinated patients with COVID‐19 and preexisting cardiovascular disease, and the effects of COVID-19 on cognitive performance in a community-based cohort, clinical phenotypes and quality of life to define post-COVID-19 syndrome.
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Links for this episode- Use of RSV vaccines in older adults (CDC)
- Case report of leprosy in Central Florida (EID)
- Blood group A enhances SARS-CoV-2 infection (Blood)
- Predicting COVID-19 incidence using wastewater surveillance data (EID)
- Common allele of HLA associated with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection (Nature)
- Prevalence of low-frequency antiviral resistance variants in SARS-CoV-2 isolates (JAMA)
- Viral resistance analyses from the Remdesivir phase 3 treatment trial (JID)
- Impact of Molnupiravir treatment on patient-reported COVID-19 symptoms (CID)
- Molnupiravir for treatment of adults with mild or moderate COVID-19 (CMI)
- Delayed intubation associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19 (BMC)
- Relationship between Azithromycin and cardiovascular outcomes in unvaccinated patients with COVID‐19 (JAHA)
- The effects of COVID-19 on cognitive performance in a community-based cohort (eClinical)
- Clinical phenotypes and quality of life to define post-COVID-19 syndrome (eClinical)
- Contribute to our FIMRC fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1030
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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David Tuller returns to TWiV to provide an update on ME/CFS, the PACE trial, developments related to the NICE guidelines, and how similar practices and ideologies are being applied to long COVID.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guest: David Tuller
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- David Tuller at virology blog
- CFS, a long tangled tale (virology blog)
- Request for Correction of Prevalence Rates Cited in FND Paper (virology blog)
- Estimates of long COVID prevalence (virology blog)
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TWiV reviews approvals of the first gene therapy for severe hemophilia A in adults and a monoclonal antibody to prevent RSV respiratory disease in babies and toddlers, and a common allele of HLA that mediates asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection through pre-existing T cell immunity due to previous exposure to common cold coronaviruses.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
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- First gene therapy for hemophilia A approved (FDA)
- Luxurna, gene therapy for vision loss (FDA)
- Anti-RSV monoclonal antibody approved (FDA)
- Trial of single-dose Nirsevimab (NEJM)
- Letters read on TWiV 1028
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Dickson – Phoenix hits 110 degrees for the 19th day in a row, setting national record
Brianne – James Webb Telescope One Year Anniversary Photo
Kathy – Drone awards photos
Alan – WHO Film Festival winners
Vincent – Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
David – The Mass Extinction Debates: A Science Communication Odyssey
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in free-ranging white-tailed deer in the United States, Omicron subvariant BA.5 efficiently infects lung cells, COVID-19 scent dog research highlights and synthesis during the pandemic of December 2019, T-Cell Immunity against SARS-CoV-2 measured by an interferon-γ release assay is strongly associated with patient outcomes in vaccinated persons hospitalized with Delta or Omicron variants, a common allele of HLA is associated with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the immunology of long COVID.
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Links for this episode- Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer in the United States (Nature)
- Omicron subvariant BA.5 efficiently infects lung cells (Nature)
- COVID-19 scent dog research highlights during the pandemic of December 2019 (JOM)
- T-Cell Immunity against SARS-CoV-2 measured by an interferon-γ release assay is strongly associated with patient outcomes (JID)
- Common allele of HLA is associated with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection (Naure)
- Immunology of long COVID (Nature)
- Contribute to our FIMRC fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1027
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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Dan Wilson returns to TWiV to debunk vaccine misinformation by RFK Jr. during his recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne BarkerGuest: Dan Wilson
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- Joe Rogan’s worst misinformation yet, with RFK Jr. (YouTube)
- Every first vaccine has been tested in placebo-controlled trials before going to market.
- KiGGS Study results on atopic diseases after vaccination (Vaccine)
- Vaccine history by year (CHOP)
- Financing vaccines in the 21st Century (Nat Acad Press)
- DALY rates from non-communicable diseases (Our World in Data)
- Science loses one to creationism (WaPo)
- Children’s Health Defense (Wikipedia)
- COVID-19 vaccines saved 3 million US lives (CIDRAP)
- Beyond the Noise with Paul Offit (YouTube)
- Letters read on TWiV 1026
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Dickson – Jazz G.O.A.T.S – Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald
Brianne – Defining the Anthropocene?
Kathy – How to use your thermostat on A/C
Rich – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Vincent – Step Aside, Joe Biden
Kim – Virus found in a boreal lake links ssDNA and dsDNA viruses and Structure of ssDNA bacteriophage ΦCjT23 provides insight into early virus evolution
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the new risk assessment for the H5N1 avian flu viruses, the development of monoclonal antibody-based blocking ELISA for detecting SARS-CoV-2 exposure in animals, repeated antibiotic exposure and risk of hospitalization and death following COVID-19 infection, COVID-19 rebound study: a prospective cohort study to evaluate viral and symptom rebound differences in participants treated with Nirmatrelvir plus Ritonavir versus untreated controls, exaggerated blood pressure elevation in response to orthostatic challenge a post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) after hospitalization, long term follow-up of a multicenter cohort of COVID-19 patients with pulmonary embolism, and risk of cardiovascular disease after COVID‐19 diagnosis among adults with and without diabetes.
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Links for this episode- New risk assessment for H5N1 avian flu viruses (CDC)
- Development of monoclonal antibody-based blocking ELISA for detecting SARS-CoV-2 exposure (Virology)
- Repeated antibiotic exposure and risk of hospitalization and death following COVID-19 infection (eClinicalMedicine)
- COVID-19 Rebound Study (CID)
- Exaggerated blood pressure elevation in response to orthostatic challenge (AN)
- Long term follow-up of a multicenter cohort of COVID-19 patients with pulmonary embolism (TR)
- Risk of Cardiovascular disease after COVID‐19 diagnosis among adults with and without Diabetes (JAHA)
- Contribute to our FIMRC fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1025
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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Vincent speaks with Kostya Chumakov about his career: raised by two virology parents in Moscow, trained in virology by Vadim Agol, then moving to the US FDA where he developed a molecular test for measuring production consistency of oral poliovirus vaccine.
Host: Vincent RacanielloGuest: Kostya Chumakov
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- Mikhail Chumakov (Wikipedia)
- MAPREC (WHO pdf)
- Kostya Chumakov Symposium (YouTube)
- Maprec and monkey neurovirulence of OPV (PNAS)
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Katherine joins TWiV to discuss her career in science writing, from not liking science at all, to a PhD in microbiology and immunology, and writing for Nova, the NY Times, and The Atlantic, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted her craft.
Host: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
Guest: Katherine Wu
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- All Katherine’s articles at The Atlantic
- Vaccines still blocking severe disease (The Atlantic)
- Calling Omicron mild is wishful thinking (The Atlantic)
- Tattoos do odd things to the immune system (The Atlantic)
- The Story Collider
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Brianne- Maropeng caves and Finding Homo naledi
Kathy – Being Mary Tyler Moore
Vincent – Google Isn’t Grad School
John – A new study found people are terrible at sitting alone with their thoughts.
Alan – What if all viruses vanished?
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses autochthonous leprosy in the United States, a systematic review to identify novel clinical characteristics of Mpox virus infection and therapeutic and preventive strategies to combat the virus, two-year duration of immunity of inactivated poliovirus vaccine, evaluation of novel oral polio vaccine type 2 SIA impact in a large outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus in Nigeria, performance of rapid antigen tests to detect symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection, effectiveness of the COVID-19 bivalent vaccine, oral Nirmatrelvir and Ritonavir for COVID-19 in vaccinated, non-hospitalized adults ages 18-50 years, genome-wide association study of long COVID, vaccination ameliorates cellular inflammatory responses in SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections, and high incidence of autonomic dysfunction and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome in patients with long-COVID.
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Links for this episode- Autochthonous leprosy in the United States (NEJM)
- Systematic review to identify novel clinical characteristics of Monkeypox (Archives of Virology)
- Two-year duration of immunity of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (JID)
- Evaluation of novel oral polio vaccine type 2 SIA impact in a outbreak of vaccine-derived poliovirus in Nigeria (IDSA)
- Performance of rapid antigen tests to detect symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 (AIM)
- Effectiveness of the COVID-19 bivalent vaccine (OFID)
- Oral Nirmatrelvir and Ritonavir for COVID-19 in vaccinated, non-hospitalized adults (CID)
- Genome-wide association study of long COVID (medRxiv)
- Vaccination ameliorates cellular inflammatory responses in SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections (JID)
- High incidence of autonomic dysfunction and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome in patients with long-COVID (AJM)
- Contribute to our FIMRC fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1022
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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From ASV 2023 in Athens, Georgia, Vincent, Kathy and Brianne speak with Trevord Bedford about his career, the development of Nextstrain.org for real-time tracking of pathogen evolution, and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 from January 2020 through Omicron.
Host: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
Guest: Trevor Bedford
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- Nextstrain
- Household influenza testing (Influenza Other Resp Viruses)
- SARS-CoV-2 outbreak Washington (Sci Transl Med)
- SARS-CoV-2 surveillance, Washington (Emerg Inf Dis)
- S1 changes drive SARS-CoV-2 clade success (Cell Host Micro)
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses guidance on measles during the summer travel season, the Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines on the diagnosis of COVID-19: antigen testing, SARS-CoV-2 variants and age-dependent infection rates among household and nonhousehold contacts, effect of COVID-19 vaccination on household transmission of SARS-COV-2 in the Omicron era, incidence of myopericarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination, intrinsic and effective severity of COVID-19 cases infected with the ancestral strain and Omicron BA.2 variant in Hong Kong, safety, immunogenicity and protection of heterologous boost with an aerosolized Ad5-nCoV after two-dose inactivated COVID-19 vaccines in adults, awake prone positioning for non-intubated patients with COVID-19-related acute hypoxic respiratory failure, melatonin effects on sleep quality of COVID-19 patients, female reproductive health impacts of Long COVID and associated illnesses including ME/CFS, POTS, and connective tissue disorders, and incident autoimmune diseases in association with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Links for this episode- Guidance on measles during the summer travel season (CDC)
- Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines on the diagnosis of COVID-19 (CID)
- SARS-CoV-2 variants and infection rates among household and nonhousehold contacts (CDC)
- Effect of COVID-19 vaccination on household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the Omicron era (IJID)
- Incidence of myopericarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination (Science Direct)
- Intrinsic and effective severity of COVID-19 cases infected with the ancestral strain and Omicron BA.2 variant (JID)
- Safety, immunogenicity and protection of heterologous boost with Ad5-nCoV after two-dose inactivated COVID-19 vaccines (The Lancet)
- Awake prone positioning for non-intubated patients with COVID-19-related acute hypoxic respiratory failure (BMC)
- Melatonin effects on sleep quality of COVID-19 patients (BMJ)
- Female reproductive health impacts of Long COVID and associated illnesses (FRS)
- Incident autoimmune diseases in association with SARS-CoV-2 infection (CR)
- Contribute to our FIMRC fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1020
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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From ASM Microbe in Houston, Texas, Vincent speaks with Eddie Holmes about the evidence that SARS-CoV-2 spilled over into humans in the Huanan Market in Wuhan, absence of evidence for other origins, and his work on the virosphere.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Eddie Holmes
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- Huanan Seafood Market early COVID-19 epicenter (Science)
- SARSr-CoV-2 in Malayan Pangolins (PLoS Path)
- Zoonotic risk of farmed animals (Cell)
- Virusea at bat-tick interface (Microb Genom)
- Influenza H3N8 virus in southern China (J Virol)
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the CDC vaccine advisory group recommending the newly approved RSV vaccines, association of culturable-virus detection and household transmission of SARS-CoV-2, prevention of COVID-19 following a single intramuscular administration of Adintrevimab, real-world effectiveness of Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir on COVID-19, and COVID-19 convalescent plasma outpatient therapy to prevent outpatient hospitalization.
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Links for this episode- CDC vaccine advisory group recommends RSV vaccines
- Association of culturable-virus detection and household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (JID)
- Prevention of COVID-19 following intramuscular administration of Adintrevimab (OFID)
- Real-world effectiveness of Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir on COVID-19 (CID)
- COVID-19 convalescent plasma outpatient therapy to prevent hospitalization (CID)
- Contribute to our FIMRC fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1018
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
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Vincent travels to the University of Pennsylvania to meet up with Susan, Rick, Gigi and David to discuss the origin of SARS-CoV-2, how the FBI might have reached its conclusion on the matter, and public and political perception of scientific risk.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Susan Weiss, Rick Bushman, Gigi Gronvall, and David Joanson
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- Huanan Seafood Market early COVID-19 epicenter (Science)
- Spillover market with Michael Worobey (TWiV 876)
- Unclassified intelligence on SARS-CoV-2 origins (IC)
- Conspiracy theories about COVID-19 (Foreign Policy)
- COVID-19 not from lab leak (Globe and Mail)
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses surveillance to track progress toward poliomyelitis eradication, genetic stabilization of attenuated oral vaccines against poliovirus types 1 and 3, evaluation of Oseltamivir used to prevent hospitalization in outpatients with Influenza, viral emissions into the air and environment after SARS-CoV-2 human challenge, has COVID-19 threatened routine childhood vaccination, successful treatment of persistent symptomatic COVID-19 infection with extended duration Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir, anemia as a risk factor for disease progression in patients admitted for COVID-19, impact of fatigue as the primary determinant of functional limitations among patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome, post-COVID condition in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases, outpatient treatment of COVID-19 and incidence of post-COVID-19 condition over 10 months, metformin reduces SARS-CoV-2 in a Phase 3 randomized placebo controlled clinical trial, persistent serum protein signatures define an inflammatory subcategory of long COVID, and the relevance of pacing strategies in managing symptoms of post-COVID-19 syndrome.
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Links for this episode- Surveillance to track progress toward poliomyelitis eradication (CDC)
- Genetic stabilization of attenuated oral vaccines against poliovirus types 1 and 3 (Nature)
- Evaluation of Oseltamivir to prevent hospitalization in outpatients with Influenza (JAMA)
- Viral emissions into air and environment after SARS-CoV-2 human challenge (The Lancet)
- Has COVID-19 threatened routine childhood vaccination (Health Affairs)
- Successful treatment of COVID-19 with extended duration Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir (OFID)
- Anemia as a risk factor for disease progression in patients admitted for COVID-19 (Nature)
- Impact of fatigue as the determinant of functional limitations among patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome (BMJ)
- Post-COVID condition in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (The Lancet)
- Outpatient treatment of COVID-19 and incidence of post-COVID-19 condition (The Lancet)
- Metformin reduces SARS-CoV-2 in a Phase 3 placebo controlled clinical trial (MedRxiv)
- Persistent serum protein define an inflammatory subcategory of long COVID (Nature)
- Relevance of pacing strategies in managing symptoms of post-COVID-19 syndrome (JTM)
- Contribute to our FIMRC fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1016
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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Vincent and Rich travel to Ft. Detrick to visit USAMRIID and speak with Todd, Crystal, John and Jay about their careers, their research, and the mission of the US Army Medical Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Host: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit
Guests: Todd Bell, Crystal Burke, John Dye, and Jay Hooper
Opinions, interpretations, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the panelists and no official endorsement by the U.S. Army should be inferred.
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- USAMRIID
- Mpox virus in testes of nonhuman primates (Nat Micro)
- Efficacy of equine encephalitis virus-like particle vaccine (Viruses)
- Prophylaxis with SARS-CoV-2 mAb (Antimicrob Agents Chemother)
- Needle-free jet injection of DNA vaccine (PLoS One)
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses estimates of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and incidence of primary SARS-CoV-2 infections among blood donors, by COVID-19 vaccination status, smart thermometer–based participatory surveillance to discern the role of children in household viral transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine mandates, changing severity and epidemiology of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States after introduction of COVID-19 vaccines, effectiveness of COVID-19 treatment with Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir or Molnupiravir among U.S. veterans, national trends in anticoagulation therapy for COVID-19 hospitalized adults in the United States, development of a definition of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, neuroinflammation after COVID-19 with persistent depressive and cognitive symptoms, long COVID clinical phenotypes up to six months after infection identified by latent class analysis of self-reported symptoms, and coronary microvascular health in symptomatic patients with prior COVID-19 infection.
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Links for this episode- Estimates of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and incidence of infections among blood donors, by vaccination status (CDC)
- Smart thermometer–based surveillance to discern the role of children in household viral transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic (JAMA)
- COVID-19 vaccine mandates (GOV)
- Changing epidemiology of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 after introduction of vaccines (CID)
- Effectiveness of COVID-19 treatment with Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir or Molnupiravir among U.S. Veterans (ACP Journals)
- National trends in Anticoagulation therapy for COVID-19 (IDSA)
- Development of a definition of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (JAMA)
- Neuroinflammation after COVID-19 with depressive and cognitive symptoms (JAMA)
- Long COVID clinical phenotypes up to six months after infection identified by latent class analysis of self-reported symptoms (OFID)
- Coronary microvascular health in patients with prior COVID-19 infection (EACVI)
- Contribute to our FIMRC fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1014
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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TWiV reviews remarkable changes in the epidemiology of avian H5N1 influenza virus leading to previously uninfected areas, involvement of previously unaffected wild birds, and devastating outbreaks in farmed poultry, and isolation of a monoclonal antibody against the influenza virus neuraminidase that inhibits infection with a wide range of A and B isolates.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Angela Mingarelli
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Links for this episode- Register for ASV 2023
- Research assistant position at FDA (pdf)
- MicrobeTV Discord Server
- Avian influenza H5N1 (Eurosurveillance)
- Pan-influenza NA antibody (Nature)
- World Animal Health Information System
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Angela – May’s best science images – Nature
Kathy – Historical reasons for resistance to recognizing airborne transmission
Rich – Scan of Titanic reveals wreck as never seen before – BBC News
Alan – Science Education in an Age of Misinformation
Vincent – Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: When communication all changed
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the potential for recurrent Mpox outbreaks among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, association between SARS-CoV-2 variants and frequency of acute symptoms, prospective study of key correlates for household transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Pfizer’s PAXLOVID™ receiving FDA approval for adult patients at high risk of progression to severe COVID-19, efficacy and safety of antimicrobial stewardship prospective audit and feedback in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, development of a definition of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19 and risk for mental disorders among adults in Denmark, risk of new post-COVID mental disorders higher only in older patients.
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Links for this episode- Potential for recurrent Mpox outbreaks among men who have sex with men (CDC)
- Association between SARS-CoV-2 variants and frequency of acute symptoms (OFID)
- Key correlates for household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (OFID)
- PAXLOVID receiving FDA approval for patients at high risk of severe COVID-19 (Pfizer)
- Efficacy and safety of antimicrobial stewardship prospective audit and feedback in patients with COVID-19 (The Lancet)
- Development of a definition of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (JAMA)
- COVID-19 and risk for mental disorders among adults in Denmark (JAMA)
- Risk of new post-COVID mental disorders higher only in older patients (CIDRAP)
- Contribute to our FIMRC fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1012
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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Vincent travels to Québec City, Canada and the 11th Aquatic Virus Workshop, where he speaks with Fred Aylward and Jed Furman about the research of their laboratories on the ecology and evolution of aquatic viruses and their microbial communities.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Frank Aylward and Jed Fuhrman
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- 11th Aquatic Virus Workshop
- Endogenization of giant virus genomes in green algae (Nature)
- Red Queen dynamics in marine viruses (Nature)
- Biogeography of marine giant viruses (ISME Commun)
- Marine prokaryotic community structure (Nat Commun)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the CDC HIV surveillance report, FDA voted in favor of approving the Abrysvo vaccine, canine olfactory detection of SARS-CoV-2-infected humans, safety of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5 to 17 years, and statement on the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Links for this episode- HIV surveillance report (CDC)
- FDA voted in favor of approving Abrysvo vaccine (Pfizer)
- Canine olfactory detection of SARS-CoV-2-infected humans (Annals of Epidemiology)
- Safety of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine in children (JAMA)
- Statement on the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines (WHO)
- Contribute to our FIMRC fundraiser at PWB
- Letters read on TWiV 1010
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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Vincent travels to Montreux, Switzerland and the 16th International Nidovirus Symposium, where he speaks with Maria von Kerkhove, the face of COVID-19 for the World Health Organization, and Kanta Subbarao, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Influenza in Melbourne.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Kanta Subbarao and Maria von Kerkhove
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- Nidovirus Symposium, Montreux
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Influenza, Melbourne
- Maria von Kerkhove (Wikipedia)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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