TWiV reviews liver damage caused by over use of vitamin A in Texas, vitamin A does not change clinical course of measles in high income country, NIH cuts COVID-19 research, US ends vaccine funds for poor countries, anti-vaxxer hired to study vaccines and autism, new DURC policy, Jamaican fruit bat competence for filoviruses, and human outbreaks of Oropouche virus reassortant in Brazil.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
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- Support science education at MicrobeTV 2:47
- ASV 2025 3:06
- Vitamin A liver disease in Texas (NY Times) 4:36
- Vitamin A doesn’t help measles in high-income countries (Pediat Inf Dis) 7:05
- NIH cancels COVID grants (Science) 8:21
- US ends vaccine funds for poor countries (NY Times) 10:21
- Anti-vaxxer to study vaccines and autism (Sci Based Med) 12:31
- DURC rules revised (USG and NIH guidance) 14:13
- Filoviruses and Jamaican fruit bats (Nat Comm) 16:11
- Oropouche outbreaks in Brazil (Nat Med) 48:30
- Woolly mice (NPR) 1:39:40
- Letters read on TWiV 1205 1:18:49
- Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
Weekly Picks 1:32:12
Brianne – Math of March Madness Brackets
Kathy – Wood frogsicles #1 and #2
Alan – Rare glimpse of baby polar bears emerging from dens
Vincent – Hikaru Utada Would Rather Play CERN Than Coachella
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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