At the School for Influenza in Brisbane, TWiV speaks with Kirsty, Erik and Rebecca about their careers and their research.

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guests: Kirsty Short, Erik Karlsson, and Rebecca Cox

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• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• Diabetes, obesity, and COVID-19 severity (Diab Care)
• Rice farming and zoonosis in Cambodia (One Health)
• Influenza correlates of protection (mBio)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin continues his discussion of whether the mysterious respiratory illness in the Congo is malaria, and in conjunction with your host Vincent Racaniello discusses how routine childhood immunizations especially that against poliovirus are threatened by Robert F Kennedy Jr and Aaron Siri, the origin of the SAR-CoV-2 virus and retraction of Didier Raoult’s research, then returns to discussing the first case of severe disease following H5N1 infection in humans and the state of California’s “bird flu emergency”, the benefit of the measles vaccine, before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, how vaccination reduced hospitalization of children between 5-17 years, the ACIP recommendation for the immunocompromised, where to find PEMGARDA, information for Columbia Unversity Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, long COVID in cancer patients and the physical malaises of long COVID.

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• Mystery disease in DRC kills mostly children (ALJAZEERA)
• Malaria—mysterious disease in DRC? (ALJAZEERA)
• Mysterious disease in DRC is severe malaria (ALJAZEERA)
• Confirmed first severe human H5N1 case (CIDRAP)
• California declares bird flu emergency (Reuters)
• RFK’s lawyer asks FDA to revoke approval of the polio vaccine (NY Times)
• NO WAY! Vaccination promotes survival and health? (LANCET)
• 10.6 million cases of measles this year alone! (WHO)
• 20% rise in measles…..(NY Times)
• No Sars-CoV-2 relatives in Shi Zhengli’s freezers (Nature)
• Controversial COVID study that promoted unproven treatment retracted after four-year saga (Nature)
• Influenza weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
• Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)
• US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
• COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
• COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)
• Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
• SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
• BNT162b2 XBB Vaccine for COVID-19 Among Children 5-17 Years ofAge (JAMA Network)
• ACIP recommendations for those over 65 years and those under 6 months who are immunocompromised (CDC MMWR)
• Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda)
• EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)
• Fusion center near you….if in NY (Prime Fusions)
• CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
• NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
• Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)
• Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool)
• Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
• Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society)
• What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC)
• When your healthcare provider is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
• Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
• Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
• Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
• Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)
• Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
• Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 in cancer patients: Two cohorts in UK and Hong Kong(Cancer Medicine)
• Skeletal muscle adaptations and post-exertional malaise in long COVID (Cell: Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism)
• Letters read on TWiV 1176
• Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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TWiV reviews the appearance of poliovirus in Europe, mystery disease in DRC, global burden of Chikungunya, viruses of parasitic nematodes that induce antibody responses in vertebrate hosts, and picobirnaviruses, do they infect eukaryotes or prokaryotes?

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Jolene Ramsey

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• ASV 2025
• Write your senators about RFK Jr
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• Poliovirus in Europe (WHO)
• DRC mystery disease (Reuters)
• Global burden of chikungunya (BMJ Global Health)
• RNA viruses of parasitic nematodes (Nat Micro)
• Picobirnaviruses encode bacterial lysins (PNAS)
• Prokaryotic ribosome binding site in picobirnavirus genome (Virology)
• Letters read on TWiV 1175
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Alan – Sondehub and radiosonde hunting Jolene – Book “10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People” By David Yeager Vincent – Dr. Vinay Prasad “Sabotaging RFK Jr’s Confirmation Will Increase Vaccine Hesitancy” & “Doctors Criticizing RFK Jr. Paved the Way for His Ascendancy”

Syl – Foldscope Jennifer – minutiae

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin deep dives into whether the mysterious respiratory illness in the Congo is malaria, and in conjunction with your host Vincent Racaniello discusses the failure of the poliovirus eradication campaign with virus circulation detected throughout Europe and how we should focus on disease control not virus circulation, then returns to discussing avian influenza in raw milk and the early stoppage of the mpox antiviral Tecovirimat  before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, if there is a difference in protection against the development of severe disease between an mRNA or a protein based vaccine, where to find PEMGARDA, and information for Columbia Unversity Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center.

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• IIs the mysterious disease in the Congo, malaria? (AP News)
• State of global health, year-end remarks by WHO director-general (WHO)
• Really, progress towards poliomyelitis eradication? (CDC MMWR)
• Increases in confirm cases ¹ control of poliomyelitis (WHO)
• Polio European Union and United Kingdom, is that 1 global entry? (Science)
• Is the WHO the global CDC?  polio vaccination guidelines (WHO)
• Do you feed your cats raw milk? (Public Health LA county)
• Is there avian influenza in the zoo near you? (Maricopa)
• Don’t feed your cat raw milk (CIDRAP)
• Holy Cow! H5N1 in cows! (microbeTV)
• Tecovirimat no improvement in Mpox resolution or pain(NIAID NIH)
• Interim results from STOMP study of  Tecovirimat (SIGA)
• Trial stops enrollment after Tpoxx fails (CIDRAP)
• Is Tecovirimat really first-in-class mpox therapy? (Viruses)
• Influenza weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
• US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
• Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)
• COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
• COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)
• Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
• SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
• Relative effectiveness of homologous NVX-CoV2373 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccinations in South Korea (Vaccine)
• Phase III trial results! Comparative efficacy and safety of COVID-19 (BMC Infectious Diseases)
• Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda)
• EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)
• Fusion center near you….if in NY (Prime Fusions)
• CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
• NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
• Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)
• Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool)
• Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
• Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society)
• What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC)
• When your healthcare provider is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
• Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
• Stop playing favorites with COVID-19 in healthcare settings (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology)
• Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
• Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
• Remdesivir Effectiveness in Reducing the Risk of 30-day Readmission in Vulnerable Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 (CID)
• Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)
• Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
• Letters read on TWiV 1174
• Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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TWiV reviews nominees to head NIH, FDA, and CDC, cervical cancer decline following HPV vaccination, local dengue in Texas, human isolate of H5N1 virus is transmissible and virulent in animal models, and shared mechanisms of immune evasion among animal and bacterial viruses.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey

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• Bhattacharya nominated to head NIH (Science)
• Makary nominated to head FDA (Science)
• Weldon nominated to head CDC (Chief Healthcare Exec)
• Cervical cancer declining following vaccination (JAMA Net)
• Local dengue case in Texas (Texas HHS)
• H5N1 human isolate transmissible and virulent (Nature)
• H5 current situation (CDC)
• Global H5N1 cases (Our World in Data)
• Conserved immune evasion in animal and bacterial viruses (Cell)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Brianne – Pale Blue Pod Kathy – PhysicsGirl recent Instagram post, ScienceAdvisor signup free daily sci news distillation, Semi-conducting hydrogels, Bot that can pick up things with a soft touch, “Pigeonbot II”, a drone called LisRaptor, zapping forever chemicals like PFAS with light and here Rich – Vendee Globe Jolene – Center for the Improvement of Mentored Research Experiences Vincent – These two ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin summarizes influenza and RSV circulation in the US, the benefit of administering oseltamivir early and if influenza vaccination reduces secondary household infections, before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, how 1st or 2nd trimester SARS-CoV-2 infections may shorten newborn telomeres, what are B1 cells, if IgG4 responses are critical for protection elicited by mRNA vaccines, if there is a difference in protection against the development of severe disease between an mRNA or a protein based vaccine, where to find PEMGARDA, if remdesivir reduces readmission of vulnerable patients once hospitalized for COVID-19, information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, if transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation ameliorates musculoskeletal pain and fatigue during long COVID, do antihistamines reduce post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection and how long can SARS-CoV-2 antigens be detected in blood.

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• Influenza weekly surveillance report: cliff notes (CDC FluView)
• US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
• Influenza vaccines protect against secondary infections in households (JAMA Network)
• Benefit of early oseltamivir therapy for influenza A (CID)
• RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)
• COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
• COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)
• Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
• SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
• Maternal infection of SARS-CoV-2 during 1st and 2nd trimesters newborn telomere shortening (Journal of Translational Medicine)
• What is a B1 cell? (Wikipedia)
• Pre-COVID and post-COVID vaccination on long COVID (Journal of Infection)
• Delayed Induction of Noninflammatory SARS-CoV-2 Spike-Specific IgG4 Antibodies after  BNT162b2 Vaccination in Children (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)
• Relative effectiveness of homologous NVX-CoV2373 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccinations in South Korea (Vaccine)
• Phase III trial results! Comparative efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines (BMC Infectious Diseases)
• Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda)
• EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)
• Fusion center near you….if in NY (Prime Fusions)
• CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
• NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
• Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)
• Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool)
• Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
• Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society)
• What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC)
• When your healthcare provider is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
• Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
• Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
• Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
• Remdesivir Effectiveness in Reducing the Risk of 30-day Readmission in Vulnerable Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 (CID)
• Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)
• Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
• Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for fibromyalgia-like syndrome in patients with Long-COVID(Scientific Reports)
• Mitigating the risks of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) with intranasal chlorpheniramine (BMC Infectious Diseases)
• Measurement of circulating viral antigens post-SARS-CoV-2 infection (CID)
• Letters read on TWiV 1172
• Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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TWiV reviews susceptibility to vaccine-preventable infections in asylum seekers, the economic power of vaccines, French university tries to bury its investigation of a faculty member’s ethical lapses, transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in New Zealand before and after COVID-19, and a germ line encoded antibody that recognizes a broad array of enveloped viruses.

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

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• Why RFK Jr is not suitable for HHS (YouTube)
• Write your Senators to oppose RFK Jr
• Support MicrobeTV
• ASV 2025
• Susceptibility to infections in asylum seekers (NEJM)
• RSV hospitalization in adults (JAMA Net Open)
• Ethics failings at French university (Science)
• RSV transmission in New Zealand (Nat Commun)
• Glycan reactive IgM binds multiple viruses (SciImmunol)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Brianne – Publication of Updated Human Cell Atlas Rich – Astroscale Alan – E3 ubiquitin ligase game, and an article about its origin Vincent – In the Quantum World, Even Points of View Are Uncertain

Ryan – A Dangerous Moment

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin dives into H5N1/influenza and RSV circulation in the US, whether or not H5N1 is “adapting” for human-human transmission, why drinking raw milk may NOT be the best idea despite RFK Jr endorsement, before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, how if I encounter no one I can infect no one, the efficacy of COVID-19 boosters, how vaccines are the ‘seat belt’ of public health, the results of two PLACEBO control studies assessing antiviral therapy for COVID-19, where to find PEMGARDA, susceptibility of neurological complications in young to middle-aged adults and how discussing the origins of the pandemic and rise of scientific harassment will allow you to avoid a political conversation around your Thanksgiving day table, the interplay between transmission and immunity for virus spread and who to call if you do get sick this holiday. Happy Thanksgiving!  

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• Influenza weekly surveillance report: cliff notes (CDC FluView)
• US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
• RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)
• In case you missed, US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
• Adaptation of H5N1 to humans…..sequence analysis (Nature)
• Favoring human transmission for H5N1 ?(Youtube: medcram)
• From 2022: unprecedented bird flu outbreaks sweeping the world…..and we are still talking about it? (Nature)
• What children get flu: First child in US infected with H5N1 (CDC Newsroom)
• Bird flu detected in raw milk……but RFK at HHS says it is safe? (NBC News)
• COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
• COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)
• Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
• SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
• If I see no one in my house, household Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Transmission is reduced! (CID)
• Updated boosters conferred protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection and emergency  visits/hospitalizations during a JN.1 variant wave(CID)
• Provisional COVID-19 mortality (CDC National Center for Health Statistics)
• Influenza, RSV and COVID-19 vaccine in nursing home residents (CDC MMWR)
• Vaccines are the seat belts of public health (TRID)
• Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda)
• EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)
• Fusion center near you….if in NY (Prime Fusions)
• CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
• NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
• Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)
• Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool)
• Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
• Effectiveness of molnupiravir against 30-day mortality among 74 541 SARS-CoV-2 positive patients (OFID)
• Sustained Recovery Among Outpatients With COVID-19 Receiving Montelukast vs Placebo(JAMA Network Open)
• Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society)
• What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC)
• When your healthcare provider is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
• Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
• Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
• Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
• Remdesivir for treatment of COVID-19 requiring oxygen support (CID)
• Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)
• Neurologic manifestations of long COVID disproportionately affect young and middle-aged Adults (Annals on Neurology)
• To review, three score and two months ago, the WHO brought for on this planet, the declaration of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19….
• How nature began a pandemic (microbeTV)
• Bullying within the origin scientific discourse……by those at Rutgers (Science)
• Scientific harassment on the rise (Science)
• Doxing :The de-identified of the de-identified (Wikipedia)
• Harassment survey (Science)
• The harm of factless hypotheses (mSphere)
• In summary, the era of harm: factless theories (microbeTV)
• Stay inside: risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in community indoor settings (JID)
• Lower levels of household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 VOC Omicron compared to Wild-type: an interplay between transmissibility and immune status (JID)
• Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
• Letters read on TWiV 1170
• Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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TWiV travels to Brisbane, Australia for the Options XII for the control of influenza conference, and meets up with Stephanie Gras and Jenna Guthmiller to talk about their careers and their research.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Steph Langel

Guests: Stephanie Gras and Jenna Guthmiller

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• Goldilocks zone of influenza immunity (J Inf Dis)
• Broadly neutralizing HA antibodies (Nature)
• T cell epitopes needed for influenza vaccines (Clin Transl Immunol)
• T cell epitopes conserved in emerging H5N1 viruses (Clin Transl Immunol)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin briefly discusses the E.coli outbreak associated with onions from McDonald’s before deep diving into the announcement of Robert F Kennedy Jr. nomination for Secretary of Human and Health Services with highlights from MicrobeTV’s own Vincent Racaniello and Paul Offit (Beyond the Noise), the global measles outbreak, underutilization of influenza antivirals for children and teens, the $350 million 2025 order for mpox vaccination, before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, the effectiveness of N95 mask, the interplay between transmission and immunity for virus spread, where to find PEMGARDA, and translational science being conducted to understand long COVID including ongoing clinical trials, development of animal models and how sex may affect outcomes.

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• Micky D’s onions linked to E. coli outbreak….another reason to not eat fast food (CDC)
• RFK Jr. series…..does he get anything right? (FactCheck.org)
• Salk polio vaccine : a calculated risk? (BMJ)
• How to conduct a controlled vaccine trial (American Journal Public Health Nations Health)
• Safety and efficacy of BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (NEJM)
• Another Safety and efficacy study: mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (NEJM)
• …..SERIOUSLY! can’t RFK Jr get it correct? (FactCheck.org)
• ‘I’ve Come Home Today’: RFK Jr. (the Defenders Children’s Health Defense News & Views)
• Thank God for sensible people: Racaniello and Offit (microbeTV)
• RFK Jr. : MAN CAN’T YOU GET ANYTHING RIGHT? (Annenberg Public Policy Center: University of Pennsylvania)
• No harm in repeating Vinny! Thank God for sensible people: Racaniello and Offit (microbeTV)
• Did America think Trump-Kennedy through? …..really did you think this through? (microbeTV)
• Make American Healthy Again? ……I will have fries with that….SUPERSIZED! (Wall Street Journal)
• Keep the United States HEALTHY! (Safe Communities Coalition)
• Measles in the US (CDC Measles: Rubeola)
• The merry-go-around of measles (JID)
• It is a measles outbreak! (CDC Measles: Rubeola)
• 10.3 million measles infections in 2023….but no vaccine (WHO)
• Underutilization of influenza antiviral treatment among children and adolescents (CDC MMWR)
• Increase in influenza infection in children…..(CIDRAP)
• Influenza weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
• $340 million doses of mpox vaccine ordered for 2025 (Reuters)
• Mpox in NYC (JID)
• Respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
• COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
• COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)
• Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
• SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
• N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator use (JAMA Open Network)
• The Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Community Indoor Settings (JID)
• Lower levels of household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 VOC Omicron compared to Wild-type: an interplay between transmissibility and immune status (JID)
• Enhanced placental antibody transfer efficiency with longer interval between maternal RSV vaccination and birth (AJOG: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda)
• EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)
• Fusion center near you….if in NY (Prime Fusions)
• CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
• NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
• Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)
• Perceptions and Barriers to Outpatient Antiviral Therapy for COVID-19 and Influenza as Observed by Infectious Disease Specialists (OFID)
• Drug–Drug Interactions with Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir(Infectious Diseases and Therapy)
• Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool)
• Real-world effectiveness of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir and molnupiravir  (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
• Alleviation of COVID-19 Symptoms and Reduction in Healthcare Utilization Among High-Risk Patients Treated With Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir (CID)
• Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
• Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society)
• What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC)
• When your healthcare provider is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
• Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
• Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
• Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
• Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)
• Long-COVID Clinical Trials (RECOVER)
• Initiating Long Covid RECOVERy (Science Translational Medicine)
• Beyond acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in children (Science Translational Medicine)
• Long COVID and Osler’s Web: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (goodreads)
• Sex differences in post infection sequalae  (Science Translational Medicine)
• Symptoms after Lyme disease: What’s past is prologue (Science Translational Medicine)
• Animal models of Long COVID (Science Translational Medicine)
• Therapies for Long COVID (Science Translational Medicine)
• Sex differences and immune correlates of Long Covid development, symptom persistence, and resolution (Science Translational Medicine)
• The Long COVID ISSUE (Science Translational Medicine)
• Letters read on TWiV 1168
• Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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TWiV reveals a novel H5N1 reassortant virus in Cambodia, circulating vaccine derived poliovirus type 2 in more countries, circulation in the blood of humans of infectious parvovirus B19 coated with active proteases, and B cell receptor dependent enhancement of dengue virus infection.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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• MicrobeTV Discord Server
• MicrobeTV Fundraiser
• Novel H5N1 in Cambodia (medRxiv)
• More cVDVP2 circulation (polioeradication.org)
• Infectious parvovirus B19 with proteases (Nat Comm)
• B cell receptor enhancement of dengue disease (PLoS Path)
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Brianne – See How Many Lives Vaccines Have Saved Around the World based on Lancet study Dickson – 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Kathy – 450 Million year old arthropods preserved in fool’s gold. Primary article Pyrite video Vincent – ‘We need to be ready for a new world’: scientists globally react to Trump election win

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