TWiV 1211: Moo flu and dengue two

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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🗓️ 20 April 2025

⏱️ 104 minutes

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TWiV discusses the rising autism rate among children, RFK Jr.’s claim that autism ‘destroys lives’, receptor binding specificity of a bovine H5N1 influenza virus, and improved dengue subunit vaccine modified to form E protein dimers. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV ASV 2025 Rising autism rate among children (MMWR) RFK Jr. claims autism ‘destroys lives‘ (NY Times) Receptor binding specificity of bovine H5N1 virus (Nature) Bovine H5N1 binds poorly to human receptors (Nature) AJ Eisfeld et al reply (Nature) Mootant influenza H5N1 virus (TWiV 1131) Improved dengue 2 subunit vaccine (J Virol) Letters read on TWiV 1211 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – Scientists detect signature of life on a distant planet, study suggests Rich – Hanlon’s Razor Alan – Baby colossal squid filmed in deep ocean Vincent – How the United States became a science superpower — and how quickly it could crumble Listener Pick John – Revisionist History: The RFK Jr. Problem Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected] Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

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0:00.0	This Week in Virology, the podcast about viruses, the kind that make you sick.
0:10.3	From MicrowTV, this is Twiv.
0:13.9	This week in Virology, episode 1211, recorded on April 19th, no, recorded on April 18th, 2025.
0:23.9	I'm Vincent Rackeniello and you are listening to the podcast.
0:28.1	All about viruses.
0:29.8	Joining me today from Austin, Texas, Rich Condit.
0:33.9	Hi there, everybody.
0:45.3	So what do we got here? We got a sunny and windy day. I, you know, I don't have my weather app. Oh, here it is. Ooh, it says 91. So yeah, we're, you know, we're in climate change
0:54.1	territory here.
0:55.0	We've had more 90-degree days or greater than at any previous interval on record.
1:04.9	But nevertheless, it's nice. We're good.
1:12.5	Here at 17C, it's sunny.
1:14.4	It's really beautiful out.
1:15.7	It's unbelievable.
1:18.1	Also joining us from Western Massachusetts, Alan Dove.
1:21.2	Good to be here.
1:22.1	It is 66 Fahrenheit, 19C.
1:24.7	A little breezy, but a beautiful, beautiful day.
1:27.0	I went for a walk after lunch.
1:29.0	Gorgeous spring weather.
1:31.6	And from Madison, New Jersey, Brienne Barker.
1:34.2	Hi, everyone. Here is also a beautiful day. My phone is saying 71 Fahrenheit, so 21 Celsius,
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