The entire TWiV team comes together to pay tribute to Dickson Despommier, then reviews antibodies to H5N1 virus in veterinarians working with dairy cattle, Elisabeth Bik donates prize money for data integrity analyses, measles outbreak in Texas, and use of an alternative genetic code by human microbiome phages.

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

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AngelaRare spotting of humpback anglerfish “diablo negro” (Melanocetus johnsonii) in Tenerife, Canary Islands. First time ever observed alive!
BrianneMoonwalking with Einstein inspired by reading NY Times article about Recent memory champ
KathyWitness History 9 minute podcasts
RichAPOD: Perijove 11: Passing Jupiter
Alan –  Ecological succession on abandoned farmland
Jolene –  Parasitic Diseases Lectures and first 27 episodes of This Week in Parasitism
VincentThe New City

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello reminiscence about Dickson before discussing discharging Ebola patients, another announcement of emergency measures to control polio spread and the third nOPV2 vaccination campaign in Gaza in less than 6 months, the measles outbreak in the US, vaccination campaign for chickens against high pathogenic avian flu before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, where to find PEMGARDA, an update of Paxlovid administration provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, and where to go for answers to your long COVID questions.

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  • In memory of Dickson (NY Times) 1:43
  • All Ebola patients discharged in Uganda (DG Alerts) 5:30
  • Uganda discharges Ebola patients (WHO Uganda) 5:30
  • Emergency measures to stop polio…..isn’t this the same plan as last year? (GPEI) 6:58
  • A third nOPV2 campaign…..but I thought OPV stops transmission (Reuters) 9:33
  • Worst outbreak of measles in 30 years for Texas….go big or go home! (AP News) 10:58
  • Measles 58 in Texas…. (Texas Health and Human Services) 10:58
  • High pathogenic avian influenza virus infection of indoor domestic cats (CDC MMWR) 13:32
  • Avian influenza in dairy cattle in Arizona (AZEIN) 22:33
  • Third avian flu spillover! (CIDRAP)
  • No vaccine hesitancy in chickens…..vaccinate all! (Science) 24:28
  • Zoetis to supply conditionally licensed avian influenza H5N1 vaccine for chickens (Zoetis) 23:21
  • High path avian influenza in mammals (USDA: Animal and plant health inspection service)
  • How to vaccinate your chicken (WikiHow) 25:53
  • Vaccine failure due to poor administration.(the poultry site)
  • Human cases of H5N1 in US rise to 4 (CBS News) 29:03
  • Canada’s buying vaccine as US rats become infected (CIDRP) 29:51
  • Canada purchases avian influenza vaccine for those at high risk (Canada Public Health) 29:51
  • Influenza: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
  • How the communications pause endangered us about influenza (AP News)
  • Most intense flu season in 15 years (AP News)
  • US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
  • Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
  • RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
  • Weekly US influenza surveillance report (CDC FluView)
  • RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)
  • US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
  • COVID-19 case fatality rate and infection fatality rate from 2020 to 2023 (Journal of Infection and public health) 33:18
  • Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
  • COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
  • COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)
  • COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
  • SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
  • Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda)
  • EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)
  • Infusion center near you….if in NY (Prime Fusions)
  • CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
  • NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
  • Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool)
  • Paxlovid update (Pfizer)
  • Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)
  • A randomized, double-blind, Phase 1, single- and multiple-dose placebo-controlled study of the safety and pharmacokinetics of IN-006, an inhaled antibody treatment for COVID-19 in healthy volunteers (eBioMedicine) 38:59
  • Ensitrelvir for the Treatment of Nonhospitalized Adults with COVID-19 (CID) 41:51
  • 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)
  • The answers: Long COVID
  • Letters read on TWiV 1194 46:35
  • Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
  • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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TWiV reviews a facility accident that killed monkeys, new bird blu genotype found in Nevada dairy cattle, Argentina plans to leave WHO, yellow fever on the rise, dynamics of HPV infections in women, and Epstein-Barr virus protein targets B cell receptor for degradation.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Angela Mingarelli

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Angela – Mitochondrial swap from cancer to immune cells thwarts anti-tumour defences (one, two)
Alan – A little adventure game
Vincent –  The Staggering Success of Vaccines

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DebiDon’t Look Up

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss confirmation of Robert F Kennedy as HHS sectary, mpox, Ebola, how the American people support vaccine development and administration, the measles outbreak in the US-Texas, Georgia and influenza: the number of human infections, high avian flu in mammals, house cats and dairy cows before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, where to find PEMGARDA, an update of Paxlovid administration provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, how long COVID varies between children and adults and if viral infection reduces telomere length in sperm.

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  • Confirmation of RFK, Jr as HHS sect (NY Times) 2:34
  • Did you know mpox in NY?….(Reuters) 3:08
  • Mpox in sex workers in the Congo and in NY (CIDRAP) 3:08
  • 9 confirmed, 265 suspected Ebola cases in Uganda (AP news) 3:38
  • WHAT!? Support vaccines: availability and development. WHAT? (Businesswire) 4:16
  • Measles rising in the unvaccinated. You mean the vaccine does something positive?  (ABC News) 5:28
  • Measles in Texas….go big or go home (Texas Health and Human Services) 6:28
  • Vaccination Conscientious exemptions in Texas (Texas Health and Human Services)
  • 2, 6, 14 measles hospitalizations in Texas (CNN) 6:56
  • Decreases in childhood vaccinations SchoolVaxView (CDC) 7:25
  • 2 then 24 cases of measles in two weeks (Texas Health and Human Services)
  • Measles in small town Texas (NY Times)
  • Measles in the US Texas, Georgia, Rhode Island, New York, New Mexico:
  • Elimination of measles (JID)
  • Influenza taxonomy (NCBI) 11:15
  • H5N9 in commercial duck farm, California (American Animal Hospital Association) 9:35
  • Second type of bird flu circulating in ducks (Scientific Amercia) 9:44
  • Variant H1N2 flu in Iowa (CIDRAP) 10:55
  • All types of influenza (CDC Influenza) 11:15
  • Bird flu in the zoos: Bronx and Queens (Gothamist) 14:20
  • High path avian influenza in mammals (USDA: Animal and plant health inspection service) 15:50
  • Bird flu in house cats…..I tawt I taw a puddy tat (KFF Health News) 15:36
  • New strain of influenza in dairy cows (AP News) 15:13
  • Influenza: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
  • How the communications pause endangered us about influenza (AP News) 20:06
  • Most intense flu season in 15 years (AP News)US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) 19:20
  • Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
  • RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
  • Weekly US influenza surveillance report (CDC FluView) 21:36
  • RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) 21:36
  • 10 year surveillance of RSV hospitalization in adults(JID) 21:40
  • Seasonality of RSV: 2017-2023 (CDC: MMWR)
  • What doctors wish patients know about RSV (AMA)
  • US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) 24:15
  • Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) 24:15
  • COVID-19 deaths (CDC) 24:15
  • COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC) 24:15
  • COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
  • SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
  • 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)
  • Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool)
  • Paxlovid update (Pfizer)
  • Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)
  • Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
  • Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society)
  • What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC)
  • When your healthcare provider is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
  • Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
  • Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
  • Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
  • Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)
  • Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
  • The answers: Long COVID
  • Proportion of Long COVID incidence in adults and children (CID) 27:16
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection effects sperm telomere length (Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics) 28:59
  • Pediatric gastrointestinal tract outcomes during the postacute phase of COVID-19c]\ (JAMA Network) 30:53
  • Letters read on TWiV 1192 33:08
  • Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
  • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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TWiV reviews freezes and unfreezes of US government grants, how prior COVID-19 vaccination prevents over-reaction of the innate immune response during infections, and how bat genomes illuminate adaptations to viral tolerance and disease resistance.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove

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Alan – NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center dashboards
Vincent –  He created a hummingbird paradise in his backyard

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Christiane Contact your members of Congress about the Pause in Federal Grant Funding
CharlesWhat’s trending in the world of pseudoscience

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss changes in access to public health information and aid mechanisms such as the return of MMWR, the largest tuberculosis outbreak in the US ever, lack of USAID in fighting Marburg and Ebola outbreaks in Africa, discussing if avian influenza virus is airborne, how eggs are effected and the emergence of second spillover into dairy cattle, how the difference between nOPV2 and Sabin OPV2 is a minor reduction in the association of vaccine associated paralytic poliomyelitis before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, where to find PEMGARDA, an update of Paxlovid administration provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, how children may be affected by long COVID and if SARS-CoV-2 and other inflammatory syndromes increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

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  • The return of MMWR (CDC) 00:50
  • Largest tuberculosis outbreak ever in the US (Kansas Department of Health and Environment) 2:33
  • Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania (Doctors without borders) 4:26
  • No USAID, Ebola outbreak in Uganda spreads (CBS News) 5:44
  • WHO accelerates efforts to Ebola response in Uganda (WHO: Uganda) 6:26
  • Global partners enable access to vaccine and treatment for Ebola outbreak in Uganda (WHO) 6:26
  • Ventilation and respiratory viruses (CDC National Institute for Occupational safety and health)
  • Is bird flu flying through the air…..is the virus literally airborne? (NY Times) 8:51
  • Is bird flu like measles (American Journal of Epidemiology)
  • Indoor safety guideline (Herokuapp)
  • Dairy herds in Nevada have influenza! (CIDRAP) 15:46
  • Do your eggs have H5N1? (NY Times) 17:05
  • New genotye D1.1 of avian flu in dairy cattle(USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) 17:47
  • Second spillover of avian flu into dairy cattle….does this story sound familiar? (CIDRAP) 17:47
  • Impact of using nOPV2 in mass vaccination campaigns? (JID) 19:22
  • Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
  • US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) 24:12
  • Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView) 24:12
  • As flu increases so do deaths in kids (CIDRAP) 24:30
  • People most impacted by respiratory viruses (CDC)
  • Co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A/B (BMC Infectious Diseases) 24:51
  • Oseltamivir reduces 30-Day mortality in older adults with Influenza (OFID) 25:13
  • RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) 27:53
  • RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) 27:53
  • US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) 27:53
  • Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) 29:40
  • COVID-19 deaths (CDC) 29:01
  • COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC) 29:01
  • COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
  • SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
  • 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)
  • Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool)
  • Paxlovid update (Pfizer) 30:23
  • Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)
  • Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
  • Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society)
  • What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC)
  • When your healthcare provider is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
  • Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
  • Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
  • Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
  • Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)
  • Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
  • The answers: Long COVID
  • Long COVID Recovery Program with Zara Dureno, BA, MOT
  • Long COVID pevalence and associated activity limitation in US children
  • (JAMA Pediatrics) 32:10
  • Plasma proteomic evidence for increased β-amyloid pathology after SARS-CoV-2 infection (Nature Medicine) 33:40
  • Letters read on TWiV 1190 38:33
  • Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
  • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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TWiV notes the HHS communication pause, and describes research showing that rotavirus viroporin activity is necessary for intracellular calcium signals that contribute to viral pathogenesis, and control of human orthrflavivirus vaccine challenge by T cells in the absence of neutralizing antibodies.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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BrianneThe Perfect Cacio e Pepe Recipe, According to Science (primary article here)
KathyDragonflies Loop-the-Loop
AlanMy Beloved Monster, by Caleb Carr
Vincent –  Why Did the FDA Ban Red Dye #3

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Anne Japan’s 65-Foot Towering Snow Walls

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss changes in access to public health information, the Marburg and Ebola outbreaks in Africa, the largest tuberculosis outbreak in the US ever, the politicization of polio vaccine campaigns in Pakistan, effect of high pathogenic influenza in animals and on the economy before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, where to find PEMGARDA, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, trials and devices to relieve some neurological complications of long COVID and the ramifications of long COVID in children, healthcare workers and adults. 

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TWiV explains a new blood test for head and neck cancer, Japanese regulators approve tecovirimat for mpox, an entry receptor for enterovirus D68, and anti-herpetic tau preserves neurons via a DNA sensing pathway in Alzheimer’s disease.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, Brianne Barker, and Angela Mingarelli

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AngelaGood genes are nice, but joy is better
BrianneBeaker Hair Clip
Kathy – Pareidolia explained by street artist David Zinn TEDx talk   Also visit zinnart.com
Alan – Screwworm is coming back in the Americas
Vincent –  Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Was Nice to Someone During a Debate. That Doesn’t Erase the Consequences of His Misinformation

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SarahThe Extremophile Campaign: In Your Home  (ECIYH) citizen science

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and co-host Vincent Racaniello lament about the public changes from withdrawing from the WHO to health and scientific communication pauses by the Trump Administration after a brief discussion of Marburg in Tanzania and mpox in England before reviewing cats and bird flu, the recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, where to find PEMGARDA, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, and where to go for answers to your long COVID questions.

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