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  • TWiV 1201: Booster shots with Adam Ratner

    TWiV 1201: Booster shots with Adam Ratner
    Mar 16 2025

    Infectious diseases physician and author of ‘Booster Shots’ Adam Ratner joins TWiV to discuss measles, measles vaccination, how to approach anti-vaccine sentiment, and the uncertain future of children’s’ health.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey

    Guest: Adam Ratner

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    • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

    Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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  • TWiV 1200: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

    TWiV 1200: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    Mar 15 2025
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello bemoan the continued outbreak of Sudan virus and growing number of paralytic polio cases before discussing growing measles outbreak in the US and Europe, the vaccine, an interview with a parent whose child died of measles infection, adverse effects of vaccination and how parents do not think they have accurate information about “bird flu” before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, where to find PEMGARDA, what happens when antiviral therapy is delayed, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, long COVID interventions and the benefits of antiviral therapies on post acute SARS-Cov-2 infection sequelae. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Sudan virus disease(WHO)New cases of poliomyelitis (GPEI)Measles 159 in Texas…. (Texas Health and Human Services)2025 Measles outbreak guidance (New Mexico Health)First cases of measles in Oklahoma (Oklahoma)Measles case on Long Island (CBS News)Public health confirms measles case in Los Angeles County (County of Los Angeles Public Health) Measles exposure (Department of public health: City of Philadelphia)Where US measles outbreaks are spreading (New York Times)Statement from the chief public health officer of Canada on the increase in measles cases and the risk to people in Canada(Health Canada)Measles and rubella monthly report (ecdc)Measles on the rise again in Europe (EurekAlert)Measles: symptoms, spread & SSPE | Doctors Talk | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (YouTube)Measles (CDC Measles (Rubeola))Adverse events associated with childhood vaccines: evidence bearing on causality (NLM: NCBI)Measles vaccination: know the facts? (Infectious Diseases Society of America)Deaths following vaccination: What does the evidence show? (Vaccine) Facts and myths about measles (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)His daughter was America’s first measles death in a decade (The Atlantic)Less than half of parents think they have accurate information about bird flu (EurekAlert)Many US parents feeluninformed about avian flu risks (CIDRAP)Trends in respiratory pathogen testing at us children’s hospital(JAMA Network)Changes in respiratory viral testing before and after the covid-19 pandemic(JAMA Network)Free COVID-19 test program stops taking orders (Health day) Human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza a(h5n1) — California, September–December 2024 (CDC MMWR)Letters read on TWiV 1198 37:56Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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  • TWiV 1199: Loosely contained

    TWiV 1199: Loosely contained
    Mar 9 2025

    TWiV covers a second death over 150 cases of measles in Texas, utter failure of removal of type 2 poliovirus from OPV, more OPV doses administered in Gaza, second Ebola outbreak in Sudan, vaccine being tested, Trump administration cancels $400 million in grants to Columbia University, bat-infecting merbecovirus that binds human ACE2 and infects human cells, and innate immune sensing of rotavirus by intestinal epithelial cells leads to diarrhea.

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

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    • Second child dies of measles (NY Times)
    • Over 150 measles cases in Texas (Texas DSHS)
    • Utter failure of removal of OPV2 from OPV (Science)
    • Over 600,000 doses of OPV administered in Gaza (polioeradication)
    • Second outbreak of Sudan Ebola in Uganda (IAVI)
    • Columbia grants canceled by administration (NBC News)
    • Bat merbecovirus also infects human cells via Ace2 (Cell)
    • Recent virus research, was proper containment used? (NY Times)
    • Innate immune sensing of rotatvirus leads to diarrhea (Cell Host Microbe)
    • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
    Weekly Picks

    Kathy – Mice cry out when they urinate, and give mouth to mouth resuscitation
    Rich – Firefly Aerospace
    Alan – Strong Museum of Play
    Vincent – How a PhD student’s lab size affects their chance of future academic success

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    Larry – James Harrison’s rare blood protected many infants

    Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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  • TWiV 1198: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

    TWiV 1198: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    Mar 8 2025
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello deliberate the effect of the absence of US foreign aid on the Ebola outbreak in Uganda and death of two children, continued use of nOPV2 in Gaza and the utter failure of type 2 poliovirus removal from the oral poliovirus vaccine, growing measles outbreak in the US including the death of a second child, measles infection parties, the use of fat soluble vitamin A and fish liver oil as anti-viral therapies as well as the history and proven safety of the measles vaccine before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, where to find PEMGARDA, what happens when antiviral therapy is delayed, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, and where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, long COVID interventions. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode African region: outbreaks and other emergencies(WHO Bitstream)US withdrawal……death of 4 year old children from Ebola (CIDRAP)Science and health writer Apoorva Mandavilli (NY Times)US foreign aid pullback……death of 4 year old in Uganda (NY Times) Another Ebola death reported in Kampala (Monitor)African region: outbreaks and other emergencies(WHO Bitstream)More than 600,000 doses of nOPV2 in Gaza last week (GPEI)Utter failure of the global withdrawal of the Sabin oral poliovirus type 2 vaccine 2016 (Science)Measles 159 in Texas…. (Texas Health and Human Services) Second child dies in the growing measles outbreak (Washington Post)2025 Measles outbreak guidance (New Mexico Health)Lea county resident tests positive for measles after death (New Mexico Health)Robert F Kennedy Jr article series (The Guardian)Kennedy Jr backtracks and says US measles outbreak is now a ‘top priority’ for health department (The Guardian)RFK Jr. Says Ending Measles Outbreak Is Priority (Wall Street Journal)RFK Jr. Sparks Anti-Vaxxer Anger: ‘No Different Than Fauci’ (Newsweek)Amid West Texas measles outbreak, vaccine resistance hardens (Washington Post)How to protect your children during a measles outbreak (healthychildren.org)Measles vaccination protects against virus infection and other infections (Science)MEASLES (WHO)C.D.C. Sends ‘Disease Detectives’ to Texas for Measles Outbreak(NY Times) Studies on an attenuated measles-virus vaccine — clinical, virologic and immunologic fffects of vaccine in institutionalized children(NEJM)Studies on an attenuated measles-virus vaccine — clinical and antigenic effects of vaccine in institutionalized children (NEJM)Studies on an attenuated measles-virus vaccine — administration of vaccine by several routes (NEJM)Studies on an attenuated measles-virus vaccine — clinical, antigenic and prophylactic effects of vaccine in institutionalized and home-dwelling children(NEJM)Studies on an attenuated measles-virus vaccine — clinical, antigenic and prophylactic effects of vaccine in institutionalized children(NEJM)Studies on an attenuated measles-virus vaccine — clinical, antigenic and prophylactic effects of vaccine in home-dwelling children (NEJM)Studies on an attenuated measles-virus vaccine — general summary and evaluation of the results of vaccination(NEJM)Cooperative measles vaccine field trial (Pediatrics)A collaborative study of measles vaccines in five united states communities (American Journal of Public Health)A field trial of inactivated measles virus vaccine in young school children(JAMA Network)Prevention of natural and experimental measles with the vaccine(JAMA Network)A field trial in young school children(JAMA Network)Measles vaccination before the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (American Journal of Public Health)The status of measles vaccines (Journal of the National Medical Association)Measles, mumps, and rubella (mmr) vaccination: what everyone should know (CDC Vaccines & Immunizations)Clinical review memo- measles, mumps, rubella (FDA) History of the measles vaccine (WHO) Vitamin A and the measles (Yahoo! News)As measles spreads, Kennedy embraces remedies like cod liver oil (NY Times)Parents are holding ‘measles parties’ in the U.S., alarming healthexperts(Global News)Influenza: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)Weekly surveillance report: cliff notes (CDC FluView)RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) Weekly US influenza surveillance report (CDC FluView)US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)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)...
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  • TWiV 1197: The long and short of influenza

    TWiV 1197: The long and short of influenza
    Mar 2 2025
    TWiV reviews passing of Ann Palmenberg, deadly illness in western Congo, US disruption of mpox and ebolavirus programs, first measles death in Texas outbreak, flu vaccine selection meeting postponed, US withdraws from polio, malaria, HIV programs and more, clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 viruses have a long HA stalk, and systems vaccinology to identify predictors of durable antibody response to multiple vaccines in humans. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTVASV 2025 Ann Palmenberg dies (Cress)Ann at Chumakov Symposium (YouTube) Unknown illness in Congo (NY Times)Bad news about mpox outbreak (NPR)US interrupts Ebola prevention program (NPR)First measles death in Texas (Texas Trib) Flu vaccine selection meeting canceled (NY Times)US ends funding for polio, HIV, malaria and more (NY Times)Clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 neuraminidase has a long stalk (mBio)Predictors of durable antibody responses to vaccines (Nat Immunol)Review of adjuvants (Vaccinol Methods Vacc Res)Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – Video of the Northern Lights from Space Rich – Vaccination for Sudan Ebola virus disease Alan – Specialized moth wing scales give it 3-D camouflage (news and paper) Vincent – WHO Recommendations for Influenza Vaccine Composition for the 2025-2026 Northern Hemisphere Influenza Season Listener Picks Gerry – Eukaryotic Transcription Anne – The science of the solar system Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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  • TWiV 1196: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

    TWiV 1196: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    Mar 1 2025
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello lament about the downfall of public health from “postponement” of the advisory committee on immunization practices and the FDA VRBPAC influenza strain selection meetings to how the communication pause prevents public notice of NIH study section meetings, and withdrawal of CDC promotions for the ‘flu vaccine’ before discussing the end of Ebola outbreak in Uganda, funding from Saudi Arabia for polio eradication, the continuing and growing measles outbreak in the US including misinformation from the Secretary of HHS, highly pathogenic avian flu and its economic effect, ie the cost of eggs 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, long COVID interventions and FDA approval of adjuvanted Novovax COVID vaccine. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Phantom ACIP (CDC) Postponement of ACIP…..hummmm (STATNews)Influenza Strain selection VRBPAC cancelled (Reuters)How NIH funded research is impacted by government communication pause (NY Times)Can be reviewed but still no money (STATNews)Final push to end Ebola in Uganda (WHO Uganda)Saudi Arabia sponsors polio eradication effort (GPEI)) $500 million from Saudi Arabia to immunize 370 million children against polio (CIDRAP)Measles 124 in Texas…. (Texas Health and Human Services)A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles(AP News)The Measles book-(Apple Books)Measles vaccination protects against virus infection and other infections (Science)Measles deadliest sequelae (MEDPAGE TODAY)Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Measles)Unvaccinated Child Dies of Measles in Texas Outbreak(NY Times)Texas child is first reported US measles death in a decade as outbreak hits more than 130 (Reuters)Trump’s cabinet meeting: Kennedy Shocker “Not unusual”……..seriously! (YouTube) First measles death reported in Texas as Kennedy downplays the outbreak (NBC News)Measles cliff notes: symptoms timeline (Substackdn)Annual state immunization report (Texas Health and Human Services)Measles imported into Kentucky…….no tariffs? (Commonwealth of Kentucky)Egg shortage affect flu shots? (MEDPAGE TODAY) Which Came First, the Chicken Slaughter or the Egg Shortage(Wall Street Journal) Avian Influenza in Birds: Causes and How It Spreads (CDC Avian Influenza)Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins: My Plan to Lower Egg Prices (Wall Street Journal)Influenza: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)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)US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)Trump administration yanks CDC flu vaccine campaign(NPR)RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)New wild to mild campaign drives key message to tame flu and reset expectations(CDC Influenza)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)Effectiveness of the original monovalent messenger RNA Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination series against hospitalization for COVID-19–Associated venous thromboembolism (JID)Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)Infusion center (Prime Fusions) CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool)Demographic variation in US outpatient hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin use during the COVID-19 pandemic (HealthAffairs)Paxlovid update (Pfizer) Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)Alleviation of COVID-19 symptoms and reduction in healthcare utilization among high-risk patients treated With nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (NMV/R) (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 hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)The answers: Long COVID Interventions for Long COVID: A Narrative Review (Journal of General Internal Medicine)...
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  • TWiV 1195: Dickson Despommier, parasitologist without borders

    TWiV 1195: Dickson Despommier, parasitologist without borders
    Feb 23 2025
    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 Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTVASV 2025Livestream tribute to Dickson (Office Hours)Dickson’s Wikipedia pageDickson’s obituary (NY Times)Dickson websites: trichinella.org, thelivingriver.org, fordhamopolis.com, despommierphotoart.comAlan’s tribute to Dickson (alandove.com)H5N1 seroprevalence (MMWR)Elisabeth Bik donates prize money (Science)Measles outbreak in Texas (Texas DSHS)Human microbiome phages use alternative genetic code (Nat Comm)Letters (mostly not) read on TWiV 1195 – all about DicksonTimestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Angela – Rare spotting of humpback anglerfish “diablo negro” (Melanocetus johnsonii) in Tenerife, Canary Islands. First time ever observed alive! Brianne – Moonwalking with Einstein inspired by reading NY Times article about Recent memory champ Kathy – Witness History 9 minute podcasts Rich – APOD: Perijove 11: Passing Jupiter Alan – Ecological succession on abandoned farmland Jolene – Parasitic Diseases Lectures and first 27 episodes of This Week in Parasitism Vincent – The New City Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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  • TWiV 1194: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

    TWiV 1194: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    Feb 22 2025
    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. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode In memory of Dickson (NY Times)All Ebola patients discharged in Uganda (DG Alerts)Uganda discharges Ebola patients (WHO Uganda) Emergency measures to stop polio…..isn’t this the same plan as last year? (GPEI))A third nOPV2 campaign…..but I thought OPV stops transmission (Reuters)Worst outbreak of measles in 30 years for Texas….go big or go home! (AP News)Measles 58 in Texas…. (Texas Health and Human Services)High pathogenic avain influenza virus infection of indoor domestic cats (CDC MMWR)Avian influenza in dairy cattle in Arizona (AZEIN) Third avian flu spillover! (CIDRAP)No vaccine hesitancy in chickens…..vaccinate all! (Science)Zoetis to supply conditionally licensed avian influenza H5N1 vaccine for chickens (Zoetis)High path avian influenza in mammals (USDA: Animal and plant health inspection service)How to vaccinate your chicken (WikiHow) Vaccine failure due to poor administration.(the poultry site)Human cases of H5N1 in US rise to 4 (CBS News)Canada’s buying vaccine as US rats become infected (CIDRP)Canada purchases avian influenza vaccine for those at high risk (Canada Public Health)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)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)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)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) Ensitrelvir for the Treatment of Nonhospitalized Adults with COVID-19 (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 hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)The answers: Long COVIDLetters read on TWiV 1194Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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