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This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

TWiV 1205: Pluviosity didn't kill the bat

MAR 30, 2025103 MIN
This Week in Virology

TWiV 1205: Pluviosity didn't kill the bat

MAR 30, 2025103 MIN

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TWiV reviews liver damage caused by over use of vitamin A in Texas, vitamin A does not change clinical course of measles in high income country, NIH cuts COVID-19 research, US ends vaccine funds for poor countries, anti-vaxxer hired to study vaccines and autism, new DURC policy, Jamaican fruit bat competence for filoviruses, and human outbreaks of Oropouche virus reassortant in Brazil.

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

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Brianne – Math of March Madness Brackets Kathy – Wood frogsicles #1 and #2 Alan – Rare glimpse of baby polar bears emerging from dens Vincent – Hikaru Utada Would Rather Play CERN Than Coachella

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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