TWiP 291: The 3 Foot Parasite That Lives Inside You for a Year πͺ± TWiP explains the results of a two-year study in dogs in Chad showing that the drug Flubendazole reduces emerging Dracunculus medinensis, the agent of Guinea worm disease. πΊ https://t.co/sO0zkVYz4x
Tonight! β° Join Vincent Racaniello for Office Hours to answer your questions about viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, Mpox virus, poliovirus, influenza virus, and more on this livestream on Wednesday 11/11/26 at 8PM Eastern US. πΊ https://t.co/05qDoV97nl
RFK Jr. is an avid conspiracy theorist, and the depths of his paranoia could be dismissed, except that he is the nation's number one public health official, directly responsible for making public health policies and assigning research priorities. πΊ https://t.co/WzmEg4ugnS
Emily Goldberg joins Immune at the annual AAI conference to discuss her groundbreaking research on ketogenic diets and T cells, fasting and obesity, molecular signals that regulate inflammation, and the biology of healthy aging. πΊ https://t.co/qV0nEYtlPr
TWiV explains results of a dengue virus human challenge, which reveals that preexisting immunity shapes viral replication and broadly protective responses, and how influenza virus antagonizes self-sensing by RIG-I to enhance viral replication. πΊhttps://t.co/wGla1JUIeX
Daniel & Vincent are cautiously elated by results of election day '26 on the backdrop of additional measles associated deaths in WI, PA & NY as well as Chagas disease in Texas, hippopotami dying from anthrax infections & increase in dengue cases in FL. πΊ https://t.co/NnLLi04hKl
TWiM 367: TWiM travels to Michigan State University to celebrate their designation as an ASM Milestones in Microbiology site, and speaks with Vic DiRita, Elizabeth Heath-Heckman, Rich Lenski, and Jim Tiedje about their careers and their research. πΊ https://t.co/ER0HsZadB5
Tonight! β° Join Vincent Racaniello for Office Hours to answer your questions about viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, Mpox virus, poliovirus, influenza virus, and more on this livestream on Wednesday 11/04/26 at 8pm Eastern US. πΊ https://t.co/MiSb5XcRrm
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Beyond the Noise 116: In July 2021, while speaking to a large Mennonite crowd in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, RFK Jr. falsely claimed that the Amish do not vaccinate and they do not have chronic diseases like autism. πΊ https://t.co/gXQHmwl5yG
TWiV 1371: How to Bat Away Marburg Virus π¦ TWiV discusses an outbreak of H5N1 influenza viruses in Utah farmed mink, and divergent species-specific antiviral responses in Marburg virus infected cells from reservoir bats and humans. πΊ https://t.co/LOdLRzrF90
Daniel & Vincent are distressed by the continued upheaval of leadership at the CDC, recent news of H5 highly pathogenic influenza virus found on mink farms in Utah and in the polar bear population of Greenland, & more. πΊ https://t.co/fAZzQExQTD
TWiN 76: Light Switches Go To Stockholm γ°οΈ TWiN explains the science behind the 2026 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. Hosts: Vincent Racanielloand Tim Cheung. πΊ https://t.co/BamTCA5Um3
Tonight! β° Join Vincent Racaniello for Office Hours to answer your questions about viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, Mpox virus, poliovirus, influenza virus, and more on this livestream on Wednesday 10/28/26 at 8pm Eastern US. πΊ https://t.co/PIZi9gMicG
Caspase inhibitors hitch a ride through gasdermin D pores to selectively shut down proinflammatory cytokine secretion, & human monoclonal antibodies against malaria repurposed to block allergic antibody binding to red meat allergens in a-gal syndrome. πΊ https://t.co/LF6BES7UWa
RFK Jr.βs claim that concerns about vaccine injuries have been dismissed isnβt supported by facts: when issues about vaccine safety have been raised, researchers performed studies carefully & rigorously to determine whether vaccines were causing harm. πΊ https://t.co/3EndhgYn2K
TWiV 1369: TWiV explains projected effects of removing school-entry vaccination requirements on measles transmission in Florida and evidence that HLA class I escape drives the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in human populations. πΊ https://t.co/PAtjOiV18d
Daniel & Vincent are discouraged by continuous attack on vaccines especially the birth dose of the hepatitis B virus vaccine, expansion of the Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak in Kenya, increase in rabies diagnosis in the US, screwworm cases, & more. πΊ https://t.co/E3vpiKaaW3
Tonight! β° Join Vincent Racaniello for Office Hours to answer your questions about viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, Mpox virus, poliovirus, influenza virus, and more on this livestream on Wednesday 10/21/26 at 8pm Eastern US. πΊ https://t.co/spHGwhujCn
Today! β° TWiEVO #131 Livestream γ°οΈ Nels and Vincent livestream an episode of This Week in Evolution on Wednesday, October 21 at 1pm Eastern. Paper to be discussed: βGenetic code expansion enables plant-directed control of bacterial activity.β πΊ https://t.co/0wAPOU31dX