This Week in Virology
Episodes
TWiV 1228: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss in shock how RFK is breaking his promise of not altering vaccine policies by...
TWiV Special: Long COVID and ME/CFS with David Tuller
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Tuller returns to TWiV to discuss RFK Jr. and the trashing of American public health, rituximab and ME/CFS, The Sick Times, the Cochrane Mess, ...
TWiV 1227: How can antibody forget a pandemic?
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV reviews the administrations dismantling of the committee that studies pandemic potential, firing of CDC vaccine advisory committee and replacing ...
TWiV 1226: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello in horror examine dismantling of public infrastructure for establishing vaccine gui...
TWiV 1225: Poultry flu and SARS-CoV-2
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV reviews the administration’s call for fools gold-standard science, NIH may publish in-house, avian influenza viruses in birds in China, and Omi...
TWiV 1224: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello in dismay examine the MAHA-Make America Health Again-report and its inclusion of fi...
TWiV 1223: Someone is guano be sick
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV reviews RFK Jr.”s MAGA report with non-existent literature citations, a new fungus that could further devastate North American bats, surveillan...
TWiV 1222: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello discusses vaccination trends, the changes COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for chil...
TWiV 1221: Nonsense mediated decay
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV reviews cuts in National Science Foundation budgets, cuts to Harvard University grants, judge blocks ban on Harvard enrolling international stude...
TWiV 1220: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello debate the changes in FDA vaccine approval policy especially how it is applied to C...
TWiV 1219: Koalas sweep horse shift
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV reviews pause in the use of Chikungunya vaccine, HHS to stop recommending COVID shots for pregnant women and children, molecular basis for shifte...
TWiV 1218: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello wail about the attack on science within the US, cancellation of CDC’s committee o...
TWiV 1217: Alternative vax and pandemic origins
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV reviews new CBER chief at FDA, ending of Gates Foundation in 2045, gain of function executive order, origins of bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV...
TWiV 1216: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello bemoan the attack on science within the US, salt water controls for vaccines, retur...
TWiV Special: A shot of HepB with Thomas Tu
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the 2024 International Hepatitis B virus meeting in Chicago IL, Rich Condit speaks with Thomas Tu about his experiences as a both a HepB scientis...
TWiV 1215: What's the worst that could happen?
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV reviews universal vaccine initiative at NIAID, shut down of the Integrated Research Facility at Ft. Detrick, modeling the reemergence of infectio...
TWiV 1214: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello bewail the attack on science within the US and withdrawal from the global health co...
TWiV Special: A shot of HepB with Chari Cohen
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the 2024 International Hepatitis B virus meeting in Chicago IL, Rich Condit speaks with Chari Cohen about her work as President of the Hepatitis ...
TWiV 1213: Secrets of HepB cccDNA
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV reviews new committee of experts to counter vaccine misinformation, resignation of NSF Director, dependence of immune response to rabies virus on...
TWiV 1212: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello deplore the US’s withdrawal from the global health community for pandemic prepare...
TWiV Special: A shot of HepB with Stephan Urban
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the 2024 International Hepatitis B virus meeting in Chicago IL, Rich Condit speaks with Stephan Urban about his career working on HBV and HDV, an...
TWiV 1211: Moo flu and dengue two
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV discusses the rising autism rate among children, RFK Jr.’s claim that autism ‘destroys lives’, receptor binding specificity of a bovine H5N...
TWiV 1210: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello rue about the continuation of the gutting of the American public health infrastruct...
TWiV 1209: Just say no to norovirus
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV reviews RFK Jr’s odd comments on ‘single antigen’ vaccines and his September deadline for understanding why autism has increased, dire wolf...
TWiV 1208: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello mourn the demise of vaccination against childhood diseases when discussing the cont...
TWiV 1207: Taking a shot at dementia
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV notes the passing of Klaus Conzelmann, then reviews reverse-zoonoses of 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza A viruses and evolution in United States swi...
TWiV 1206: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello lament about the continuing measles outbreak, whether or not the measles outbreak wa...
TWiV 1205: Pluviosity didn't kill the bat
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 c...
TWiV 1204: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello rue about the continuing measles outbreak, the FACTS about vaccination, irresponsib...
TWiV 1203: What's old is flu again
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV explains why RFK Jr.’s proposal to let H5N1 infections in birds ‘rip’ is a bad idea, phase 1/2 trial of combined influenza/COVID mRNA vacci...
TWiV 1202: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
22 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello rue about the unknowns of Sudan disease and new cases of paralytic polio, discuss th...
TWiV 1201: Booster shots with Adam Ratner
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Infectious diseases physician and author of ‘Booster Shots’ Adam Ratner joins TWiV to discuss measles, measles vaccination, how to approach anti-v...
TWiV 1200: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
15 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello bemoan the continued outbreak of Sudan virus and growing number of paralytic polio c...
TWiV 1199: Loosely contained
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV covers a second death over 150 cases of measles in Texas, utter failure of removal of type 2 poliovirus from OPV, more OPV doses administered in ...
TWiV 1198: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
08 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello deliberate the effect of the absence of US foreign aid on the Ebola outbreak in Uga...
TWiV 1197: The long and short of influenza
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV reviews passing of Ann Palmenberg, deadly illness in western Congo, US disruption of mpox and ebolavirus programs, first measles death in Texas o...
TWiV 1196: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello lament about the downfall of public health from “postponement” of the advisory c...
TWiV 1195: Dickson Despommier, parasitologist without borders
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The entire TWiV team comes together to pay tribute to Dickson Despommier, then reviews antibodies to H5N1 virus in veterinarians working with dairy ca...
TWiV 1194: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
22 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello reminiscence about Dickson before discussing discharging Ebola patients, another ann...
TWiV 1193: HPV or not to B
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV reviews a facility accident that killed monkeys, new bird blu genotype found in Nevada dairy cattle, Argentina plans to leave WHO, yellow fever o...
TWiV 1192: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
15 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss confirmation of Robert F Kennedy as HHS sectary, mpox, Ebola, how the Americ...
TWiV 1191: The pandemic duo
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV reviews freezes and unfreezes of US government grants, how prior COVID-19 vaccination prevents over-reaction of the innate immune response during...
TWiV 1190: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
08 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss changes in access to public health information and aid mechanisms such as th...
TWiV 1189: Viruses making waves
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV notes the HHS communication pause, and describes research showing that rotavirus viroporin activity is necessary for intracellular calcium signal...
TWiV 1188: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss changes in access to public health information, the Marburg and Ebola outbre...
TWiV 1187: The tau of herpesvirus
26 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV explains a new blood test for head and neck cancer, Japanese regulators approve tecovirimat for mpox, an entry receptor for enterovirus D68, and ...
TWiV 1186: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
25 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and co-host Vincent Racaniello lament about the public changes from withdrawing from the WHO to health and ...
TWiV 1185: The birds and the Bs
19 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV explains Guillain-Barré Syndrome associated with RSV vaccines, outbreaks of metapneumovirus in China and India, editors resign to protest Elsevi...
TWiV 1184: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
18 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses current and past outbreaks of “vaccine” preventable diseases including whooping cough, polio ...
TWiV 1183: More than 2024 viruses
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV reviews some of their favorite virology stories from 2024. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscri...
TWiV 1182: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
11 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses how vaccination and vaccine hesitancy affects public health and disease spread in terms of mpox, ...
TWiV 1181: Seek and ye shall find, coronaviruses and phage
05 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV discusses an outbreak of influenza H5N1 that killed over half of the great cats at a Washington sanctuary, origin and cross-species transmission ...
TWiV 1180: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
04 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the recent increase in norovirus outbreaks, human cases of H5N1 avian influenza, before reviewing...
TWiV 1179: Dark matter and warning signs
29 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TWiV reviews RFK Jr’s demand to revoke polio vaccine, Wuhan lab samples do not include close relatives to SARS-CoV-2, using artificial intelligence ...