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TWiV covers FDA Director overriding scientists on COVID shots, NIH funded science must now be free to read instantly, Trump cuts subscriptions to Springer Nature journals, UK and Gates make up for US money withdrawn from GAVI, US defunding USAID could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030, then reviews research on how host IL1 genetics regulates Epstein-Barr virus reactivation and long COVID, and enhanced antiviral capacity of bat innate immunity.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
- Beyond the Noise #72: The Irony of RFK Jr.’s Conflicts of Interest Gambiton July 7, 2025
RFK Jr. purged the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, claiming they were in the pocket of the pharmaceutical industry, but he is the one who is really […]
- Matters Microbial #98: Nesting Dolls of Endosymbiosison July 4, 2025
Today, Dr. John McCutcheon of Arizona State University joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the work he and his research group do to investigate the strategies […]
- TWiP 261: A case for Dr. Hickamon July 4, 2025
TWiP solves the case of the pregnant woman from Tanzania with dehydration and 3 weeks of bloody stool, a situation that would confuse Ockam but not Dr. Hickam. […]
- TWiM 335: Slip slidin’ awayon July 4, 2025
TWiM explains two strategies for bacterial competition for resources: by laying down a slippery lipid and pushing away competitors, or by breaking open cells […]
- TWiN 61: Blood to the brainon June 25, 2025
TWiN reveals that proteins travel from the blood to the brain where they are taken up by microglia, revealing a new mode of communication between the brain and […]
- Immune 93: Macrophages managing memory B cellson June 24, 2025
Vincent and Cindy discuss differences between MPox-specific T cell responses following infection and vaccination, and lymph node macrophage control of memory B […]
- Infectious Disease Puscast #83on June 24, 2025
On episode #83 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/5 – 6/18/25. Hosts: Daniel […]
- TWiEVO 115: Even the archaea are going viralon June 18, 2025
Nels and Vincent discuss an ultra reduced archaeal genome, the closest cellular entity to date that approaches a viral strategy of existence. Hosts: Nels Elde […]