TWiV 1205: Pluviosity didn't kill the bat

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 cuts COVID-19 research, US ends vaccine funds for poor countries, anti-vaxxer hired to study vaccines and autism, new DURC policy, Jamaican fruit bat competence for filoviruses, and human outbreaks of Oropouche virus reassortant in Brazil.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• ASV 2025
• Vitamin A liver disease in Texas (NY Times)
• Vitamin A doesn’t help measles in high-income countries (Pediat Inf Dis)
• NIH cancels COVID grants (Science)
• US ends vaccine funds for poor countries (NY Times)
• Anti-vaxxer to study vaccines and autism (Sci Based Med)
• DURC rules revised (USG and NIH guidance)
• Filoviruses and Jamaican fruit bats (Nat Comm)
• Oropouche outbreaks in Brazil (Nat Med)
• Woolly mice (NPR)
• Letters read on TWiV 1205
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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