TWiV reviews the six known coronaviruses that infect pigs and what can be learned about human infections, and how the giant Mimivirus DNA genome is organized into a nucleocapsid.

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

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BrianneThe Dinosaur Age May Have Ended in Springtime
Alan The Track of the Typhoon, and me reading it.
Rich 12 Monkeys
Vincent Anna Mason’s Art Channel

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RichardSARS-CoV-2 in animals: Situation report #9
JasonCounting App and CountThings from Photos

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In COVID-19 clinical update #104, Daniel Griffin reviews effectiveness of mRNA vaccines among children, number of children affected by disease, accuracy of rapid antigen tests, CDC guidance for prevention strategies, monoclonal antibody effectiveness, predicting progression to severe respiratory failure from pneumonia, risk of long COVID after two vaccine doses, and peripheral neuropathy in long COVID.

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TWiV discusses whether or not Omicron should be designated a new serotype of SARS-CoV-2, and the finding that amino acid changes that adapt SARS-CoV-2 to mink or ferret do not increase fitness in the human airway.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

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Alan Which Immune Cell Are You? and Michaeleen Doucleff’s article
Rich Vaccinated: One Man’s Quest to Defeat the World’s Deadliest Diseases by Paul A. Offit
Vincent Ebola on Canvas

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In COVID-19 clinical update #103, Daniel Griffin covers immunocompromised people, hospitalization of children, vaccine usage update, Omicron and cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies, reinfection prevents disease in hamsters, repeated infections with endemic coronaviruses, global burden of antimicrobial resistance, ivermectin not protective in hamsters, and Omicron evades therapeutic monoclonals.

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TWiV reviews epidemiological and experimental evidence that infection with Epstein-Barr virus leads to the production of antibodies against a viral protein that cross-react with a human protein, leading to multiple sclerosis.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

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Dickson Rapid intensification of the emerging southwestern North American megadrought in 2020–2021
BrianneWhich Immune Cell Are You?
Rich Nikola Tesla – 3D Anamorphosis
Vincent Paul’s Uncle Doesn’t Want to Get Vaccinated

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BobThe 1969 Apollo Guidance Computer
AnneDecoding the Gurus with Dan Wilson
BethFrenchGuyCooking

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In COVID-19 clinical update #102, Daniel Griffin reviews children and COVID, effectiveness of maternal vaccination, vaccines for immunocompromised, primary care physicians and vaccination rates, booster safety among adults, placentitis, azithromycin, oral Nirmatrelvir, Omicron antibody evasion, EUA for bebtelovimab, IL-1 blocking agents, thromboprophylaxis, effectiveness of vaccines against long COVID, and risks of mental health outcomes.

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TWiV reviews an experimental, intranasally administered SARS-CoV-2 vaccine that utilizes adenovirus vectors to deliver three viral proteins and induces immunity to ancestral and variant isolates.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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Kathy 477-mile-long megaflash lightning in Seattle Times (originally Washington Post) and extra info from Rich World Meteorological Org
RichNIAID Global Research (Mali)
Alan – New method for recycling electric car batteries
Vincent Q&A with A&V

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AddieVaccine Podcast
JennieDr. Katelyn Jetelina, aka Your Local Epidemiologist

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Amy returns to TWiV to discuss her work on the identification of cross-reactive antibody responses among diverse enteroviruses, and the implications for our understanding of viral pathogenesis and seroprevalence studies.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit Brianne Barker, and Amy Rosenfeld

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DicksonEuropean scientists set new record in production of nuclear fusion energy
Amy Alfredo’s Magic Wand
Brianne What Happened After the Chicken-Pox Vaccine?
RichYear Three of COVID-19: Harsh Truths, Realities, and Glimmers of Hope
Vincent Economists Are Fueling the War Against Public Health

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In COVID-19 clinical update #101, Daniel Griffin discusses children and COVID, human challenge study results, effectiveness of mask use, Omicron boost in macaques, mucosal vaccine candidate, long-term cardiovascular outcomes, and global vaccine perceptions.

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Monica, John, David, and Marc join TWiV to discuss their work on identifying cryptic SARS-CoV-2 lineages in New York City wastewater, and understanding whether they were shed from humans or other animals.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

Guests: John Dennehy, Marc Johnson, Davida Smyth, and Monica Trujillo

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Brianne When scientific conferences went online, diversity and inclusion soared
RichTraffic flow measured on 30 different 4-way junctions
Vincent A Slot Machine, a Broken Test Tube by S.E. Luria

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