This Week in Virology

TWiV 1205: Pluviosity didn't kill the bat


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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 RacanielloAlan DoveKathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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  • Vitamin A liver disease in Texas (NY Times)
  • Vitamin A doesn’t help measles in high-income countries (Pediat Inf Dis)
  • NIH cancels COVID grants (Science)
  • US ends vaccine funds for poor countries (NY Times)
  • Anti-vaxxer to study vaccines and autism (Sci Based Med)
  • DURC rules revised (USG and NIH guidance)
  • Filoviruses and Jamaican fruit bats (Nat Comm)
  • Oropouche outbreaks in Brazil (Nat Med)
  • Woolly mice (NPR)
  • Letters read on TWiV 1205
  • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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