TWiV reviews new committee of experts to counter vaccine misinformation, resignation of NSF Director, dependence of immune response to rabies virus on the gut microbiome, and a nucleosome switch primes hepatitis B virus infection.

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Committee of experts to counter vaccine misinformation (Science)
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Dependence of vaccine immune response on gut microbiome (Cell Host Microbe)
Nucleosome switch primes HepB replication (Cell)
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