Tonight! ⏰ 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 7/9/25 at 8pm EST US. 📺

RFK Jr. purged the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, claiming they were in the pocket of the pharmaceutical industry, but he is the one who is really conflicted. Based on Dr. Offit’s substack post, “The Irony of RFK Jr.’s Conflicts of Interest Gambit.” 📺

From 2024 Society for Leukocyte Biology meeting, Immune talks w/ Darren Lee to discuss how he got interested in immunology of the eye & how his team visualizes immune responses of the eye in real time w/ hope of better understanding autoimmune uveitis. 📺

TWiV covers FDA Director overriding scientists on COVID shots, NIH funded science must now be free to read instantly, UK and Gates make up for US money withdrawn from GAVI, US defunding USAID could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030, & more. 📺

TWiM 335: Slip slidin’ away 〰️ TWiM explains two strategies for bacterial competition for resources: by laying down a slippery lipid and pushing away competitors, or by breaking open cells with a spike, liberating essential nutrients. 📺

Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on measles epidemic, RSV, influenza & SARS-CoV-2 infections, WasterwaterSCAN Dashboard, whether or not NB.1.8.1 should be included in fall 2025 vaccines, immunization recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines, & more. 📺

TWiP solves the case of the pregnant woman from Tanzania with dehydration and 3 weeks of bloody stool, a situation that would confuse Ockam but not Dr. Hickam. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin,and Christina Naula. 📺

Tonight! ⏰ 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 7/2/25 at 8pm EST US. 📺

In a deeply dishonest letter to Congress, RFK Jr. explained why he withdrew the Covid-19 vaccine recommendation for young children and pregnant women. This video is based on Dr. Offit’s substack post, “RFK Jr.’s Letter to Congress.” 📺

TWiV discusses Sen. Cassidy calling for ACIP meeting delay, RFK Jr. abandons GAVI, millions of children at risk as global vaccination rates fall, RFK Jr. grilled by Congress, autism rates have increased 60-fold due to changed definitions, & more. 📺

Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterSCAN Dashboard, approval of Merck’s anti-RSV mRNA monoclonal antibody, whether or not the NB.1.8.1 should be included in the fall 2025 vaccines, & more. 📺

To restore trust in vaccines, the new leadership at the FDA recently revealed their framework for yearly Covid vaccines, but will their plan truly restore trust? This video is based on Dr. Offit’s substack post, “Don’t Trust the Old FDA, Trust Us.” 📺

TWiN reveals that proteins travel from the blood to the brain where they are taken up by microglia, revealing a new mode of communication between the brain and the periphery. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Tim Cheung, and Vivianne Morrison. 📺

Tonight! ⏰ 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 6/25/25 at 8pm EST US. 📺

TWiP 260: Daily rhythms 🎶 TWiP explains how circadian clocks of parasite and vector circadian mediate efficient malaria transmission. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula. 📺

Livestream episode is now up! TWiEVO 115: Even the archaea are going viral 〰️ Nels & Vincent discuss an ultra-reduced archaeal genome, the closest cellular entity to date that approaches a viral strategy of existence. 📺

Vincent & Cindy discuss differences between MPox-specific T cell responses following infection & vaccination, and lymph node macrophage control of memory B cell localization & trafficking that might be important for choosing which arm to get a vaccine. 📺

TWiM describes how microbiological analysis of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn has revealed an antimicrobial resistance reservoir and bioremediation potential, and fungicide resistance in Fusarium graminearum, the fungus recently smuggled into the US. 📺

Rich Condit travels to Dubrovnik for European Congress of Virology 2025 & Vincent joins via Zoom to speak with Stéphane Blanc, Vanda Juranić Lisnić, & Elisabeth Puchhammer-Stöckl about their work on plant viruses, cytomegalovirus, & Epstein-Barr virus. 📺

Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterSCAN Dashboard, how to reduce the use of antibiotics for RSV and influenza infections in children, approval of the moderna RSV mRNA vaccine, & more. 📺