TWiV provides updates on the new coronavirus causing respiratory disease in China, the current influenza season, and the epidemic of African swine fever, including determination of the three-dimensional structure of the virus particle.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

• ASV 2020
• NJ ready to remove religious vaccine exemptions (Patch)
• New virus causing pneumonia in China (NY Times)
• New China virus is coronavirus (NY Times, ProMedMail)
• Weekly influenza cases (CDC)
• Future of influenza vaccines (Vaccines)
• Household influenza vaccine study (Int J Epidemiol)
• African swine fever (USDA)
• African swine fever infographics (one, two)
• Race for African swine fever vaccine (Scientist)
• 3D structure of African swine fever virus (J Biol Chem)
• Letters read on TWiV 582
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Weekly Science Picks

Rich - Mayo Clinic - Ken Burns; Patient Care and Health Information Dickson - Australia Fires; Insect ecology; Smoke and aerosols Kathy - runcible Vincent - Without a Vaccine, These Are Your Odds

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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