TWiV 1215: What's the worst that could happen?

TWiV reviews universal vaccine initiative at NIAID, shut down of the Integrated Research Facility at Ft. Detrick, modeling the reemergence of infectious diseases as vaccination rates drop, and bacterial outer membrane vesicles bound to bacteriophages modulate neutrophil responses to bacterial infection.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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ASV 2025
Paul has Measles (YouTube, virology blog)
Universal vaccine project (NIAID, CIDRAP)
Measles update (US, Texas)
Integrated Research Lab closed (Telegraph)
Modeling reemergence of infectious diseases (JAMA)
Outer membrane vesicles attached to phage (Front Cell Inf Micro)
Pf phage review (Front Immunol)
Letters read on TWiV 1215
Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
Weekly Picks Alan – A Paradise Built in Hell, by Rebecca Solnit (and here’s my review of it) Jolene – Virology course student communication projects, Spring 2025 Vincent – Vaccine Education Center
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.