TWiV reviews RFK Jr’s odd comments on ‘single antigen’ vaccines and his September deadline for understanding why autism has increased, dire wolf does not come back from the dead, oral norovirus vaccine tablet that induces mucosal immunity in older adults, and identification of broadly neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies against norovirus.

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

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Links for this episode

• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• ASV 2025
• RFK Jr. and Novavax (MSN)
• September deadline to understand autism rise (Reuters)
• Dire wolf not resurrected (Science)
• Oral norovirus vaccine tablet (Sci Transl Med)
• Broadly neutralizing norovirus monoclonal antibodies (Sci Transl Med)
• Letters read on TWiV 1209
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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