TWiP solves the case of a man in his 50s reporting months of abdominal discomfort, who takes mebendazole and sometime afterwards vomits a worm into the sink. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula. 📺 bit.ly/4bLsi9T

Connecticut recently bucked the national trend by eliminating a religious exemption to vaccination. This video is based on two of Dr. Offit’s substack posts, “Connecticut stands up for its children.” 📺 bit.ly/3QMKNCB

Influenza virus H5N1 in cows’ milk with Richard Webby 🐄 Richard Webby joins TWiV to review the history of avian H5N1 influenza virus, recent change in epidemiological patterns, infection of dairy cattle in the US & risk of an outbreak in human. 📺 bit.ly/3yeMy57

Dr. Griffin deep dives into infections of dairy cattle with high pathogenic influenza H5N1, the guidelines for spring administration of COVID vaccines boosters, the epidemiology of the pandemic in a Kenyan refugee camp & more.📺 bit.ly/3WDebz1

Tonight! ⏰ Office Hours with Earth's Virology Professor Livestream 5/8/24 8pm EST 〰️ Join Vincent Racaniello for Office Hours to answer your questions about viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, Mpox virus, poliovirus, influenza virus, and more. 📺 bit.ly/3UQJswV

An underutilized livesaver 🛟 If given early in the illness, Paxlovid can prevent COVID hospitalizations & save lives. Why is this drug underused? This video is based on two of Dr. Offit’s substack posts, “An underutilized lifesaver.” 📺 bit.ly/3JR6sWw

TWiP 234: Hookworms and a leech – parasites suck! 🪱 TWiP discusses hookworm infection and the phase 1 clinical trial for a hookworm vaccine that could one day protect children from the hookworm anaemia, and reduce transmission of this infection. 📺 bit.ly/4dwIuNJ

Chinese scientist who released the SARS-CoV-2 genome sequence sleeps in the street, a case of measles in Haifa, spread of waterborne infectious diseases in Gaza, interstate spread of avian influenza A(H5N1) in dairy cattle & more. 📺 bit.ly/3wm7qHc

Dr. Griffin begins with discussing if the antibiotic neomycin is really a pan-antiviral countermeasure, then reviews the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection before deep diving into if shedding and the rapid antigen test results correlate & more. 📺 bit.ly/3QxnNaK

Tonight! Office Hours with Earth's Virology Professor Livestream 5/1/24 8pm EST 🦠 Join Vincent Racaniello for Office Hours to answer your questions about viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, Mpox virus, poliovirus, influenza virus, and more. 📺 bit.ly/3JIqsdN

Starting soon! ⏰ TWiEVO Livestream 5/1/24 1pm EST 〰️ Nels and Vincent livestream an episode of This Week in Evolution where they discuss the paper, 'Macroalgal deep genomics illuminate multiple paths to aquatic, photosynthetic multicellularity.” 📺 bit.ly/4bhL60e

Infectious Disease Puscast #53 🪱 On episode #53 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/11 – 4/24/24. 📺 bit.ly/3whys2s

In this final session of Virology Lectures 2024, we describe different viruses used for gene therapy, how they work, and examples of their use for treating bacterial infections, vaccines, monogenic gene therapy, and viral oncotherapy. 📺bit.ly/3WrKdh8

TWiN reviews experiments showing SARS-CoV-2 triggers up-regulation of synaptic components & perturbs local electrical field potential in cerebral organoids, organotypic culture of human 🧠 explants & post-mortem brain samples from people w/ COVID-19. 📺 bit.ly/3Uk42Ez

TWiV reviews avian H5N1 influenza virus in the US, measles at highest levels in England, positive selection underlies repeated knockout of ORF8 in SARS-CoV-2 evolution, and cross-species spill-over potential of the H9N2 bat influenza A virus. 📺 bit.ly/4dgRZjY

Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on circulation of measles, H51 influenza infection of birds, poultry & cows and SARS-CoV-2 circulation, before discussing if the original monovalent SARS-CoV-2 vaccine was effective in children/adolescents & more. 📺 bit.ly/4b9O7zm

Nearing the end of Virology Lectures 2024, we tackle some profound questions: What is the smallest genome that can sustain an infectious agent? Might the genome of an infectious agent encode no protein? Could an infectious agent exist without a genome? 📺 bit.ly/3JCUYFY

Sarah Bordenstein, Assoc Research Prof of Bio & Entomology at Penn State & Director of Discover the Microbes Within! The Wolbachia Project, tells us about the most successful pandemic on the planet, the fascinating endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia. 📺 bit.ly/3UzEfty

When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, many failed to realize that humanity was still reeling from the AIDS pandemic. We discuss the zoonotic origins of HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2, the pathogenesis of infection, and available vaccines & therapeutics. 📺 bit.ly/4bbvN9f

Tonight! Office Hours with Earth's Virology Professor Livestream 4/24/24 8pm EST ⏰ Join Vincent Racaniello for Office Hours to answer your questions about viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, Mpox virus, poliovirus, influenza virus, and more. 📺 bit.ly/4aOeaN0