This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

This Week in Virology is a netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick.

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January 17 · 44 min
TWiV 1288: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are bewildered and dismayed by RFK Jr’s announced changes in the routine childhood immunization schedule, though not unpredicted, and highlight the science and evidence which...
January 11 · 1 hr 45 min
TWiV 1287: Ancient herpesviruses and modern dementia
TWiV explain the tracing of 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient human DNA, the effect of shingles vaccination at different stages of the dementia disease course. Hosts: , , , and Subscribe...
January 10 · 42 min
TWiV 1286: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are bewildered and dismayed by RFK Jr’s announced changes in the routine childhood immunization schedule, though not unpredicted, and highlight the science and evidence which...
January 4 · 1 hr 48 min
TWiV 1285: Encapsidating viruses 2025
TWiV reviews compelling virology themes for 2024, as heard in our 98 episodes, including 22 guests. Hosts: and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode at MicrobeTV Dismantling of...
January 3 · 29 min
TWiV 1284: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Recording after the ball drops, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello wish everyone a Happy New Year, discuss an evidence-based approach to teaching and practice medicine and reminisce on the history of vaccine development and use before their discussion...
Dec 28, 2025 · 1 hr 58 min
TWiV 1273: Myocarditis and mimicry
TWiV explains studies which reveal that Inhibition of CXCL10 and IFN-γ mitgates myocarditis associated with SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination, and identification of a bacteriophage T7 protein that antagonizes the DNA restriction system of the host by...
Dec 27, 2025 · 43 min
TWiV 1282: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Calling out “Happy Christmas to all and to all a good-night, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss high path influenza in dairy herds in Wisconsin and Marburg virus in Ethiopia before Dr. Griffin then deep dives into recent statistics on...
Dec 21, 2025 · 1 hr 23 min
TWiV 1281: Sex, herpes, and plankton
Vincent travels to Tegernsee, Germany for the Sixth Ringberg Symposium on Giant Viruses, where he talks with John Archibald, Susana Coelho, and Tom Delmont about their work on – you guessed it – giant viruses. Host: Guests: , ,...
Dec 20, 2025 · 36 min
TWiV 1280: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello protest Vinjay Prasad, head of CBER FDA Nov memo stating administration of the COVID-19 vaccine resulted in 10 children’s deaths, but are cautiously delighted by the December memo...
Dec 14, 2025 · 1 hr 44 min
TWiV 1279: Let hepatitis b
TWiV reviews considerations and perspectives on phage therapy, and the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of hepatitis b virus. Hosts: , , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this...
Dec 13, 2025 · 50 min
TWiV 1278: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss the rise in norovirus infections, contamination of infant formula and botulism outbreak, confusion and response to the CDC’s ACIP decision to reverse the recommendation for a...
Dec 7, 2025 · 1 hr 38 min
TWiV 1277: Vaccine talk with Jake Scott
Infectious diseases physician Jake Scott returns to TWiV to discuss the dangerous anti-vaccine policies being established in the US and what RFK Jr. and his associates get wrong. Hosts: , , and Angela Mingarelli Guest: Subscribe...
Dec 6, 2025 · 55 min
TWiV 1276: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss the positive side effect of the shingles vaccine on dementia outcomes and how one dose of the HPV vaccine is non-inferior to two doses, but are dismayed about the FDA’s...
Nov 30, 2025 · 1 hr 48 min
TWiV 1275: An amazing sequence and a gutsy therapy
TWiV explains the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of pre-mRNA splicing, and engineering bacteriophage to deliver proteins to the human intestine. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for...
Nov 29, 2025 · 58 min
TWiV 1274: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and then decry appointment of the Louisiana State surgeon general as deputy chief of the CDC, the 3 children’s deaths during this fall’s pertussis...
Nov 23, 2025 · 1 hr 37 min
TWiV 1273: EBV and lupus have not escaped our notice
TWiV explains the 1953 paper by Watson & Crick proposing a structure for DNA, and the role of Epstein-Barr virus in triggering the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , ...
Nov 22, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
TWiV 1272: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are dismayed by the changes on CDC vaccine website positively stating the link between autism and vaccination, the finding of wild type poliovirus 1 in Germany, Marburg virus in...
Nov 16, 2025 · 1 hr 19 min
TWiV 1271: Hokies go viral II
Vincent visits Virginia Tech for the CeZAP Symposium and speaks with XJ Meng and Kylene Kehn-Hall about their research on hepatitis E virus and Rift Valley fever virus. Host: Guests: and Subscribe (free): , , ...
Nov 15, 2025 · 50 min
TWiV 1270: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello record from the ASTMH meeting in Toronto and discuss continuing avian flu outbreaks, the continued global measles outbreak, the effectiveness of high and low doses of the influenza...
Nov 9, 2025 · 1 hr 52 min
TWiV 1269: The smell of influenza in the morning
TWiV reviews the passing of James D. Watson, the research that showed human papillomaviruses to be present in genital and laryngeal papillomas and in some cervical cancers, and influenza virus infection, shedding and symptoms in a human challenge...