Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPhage cross talk and cross reactions
Episode 1321
TWiV explains how cross-reactive anti-prophage antibodies and bacterial heteroresistance is implicated in phage therapeutic failure, and how phages c…
4 months, 1 week ago
Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Episode 1320
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss the outbreak of Hantavirus on a cruise ship and its potential for person-pe…
4 months, 1 week ago
An earful of SARS-CoV-2
Episode 1319
TWiV explains the emergence of vaccine-derived poliovirus strains from the novel oral polio vaccine in the Central African Republic, and the infectio…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Episode 1318
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello note the uncertain future of the National Science Foundation amid shifting U.S. fun…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Dead shrimp walking
Episode 1317
TWiV explains a study showing that viral DNA load in blood and saliva varied markedly with age, time of day season, sex, and depended on dozens of ge…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Episode 1316
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are distressed by RFK Jr's testimony in front of Congress, surges in rotavirus infe…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Jabs for bats
Episode 1315
TWiV explains a study showing that the wildlife trade, including live-animal markets, is a major driver of animal-to-human pathogen transmission, and…
5 months ago
Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Episode 1314
TWiV 1314: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin April 17, 2026
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are dismayed but …
5 months ago
Maybe they're all dementia vaccines
Episode 1313
TWiV reviews evidence that influenza standard and high-dose vaccines reduce risk of Alzheimer's dementia, and spread of deltaviruses by a viral Troja…
5 months, 1 week ago
Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Episode 1312
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are aghast at the CDC's decision to no longer test for rabies and mpox and the revi…
5 months, 1 week ago