TWiV 1303: Overachieving vaccines

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

Virology, Science & Medicine, Pathogen, Infection, Virus, Racaniello, Twiv, Vincent, Microbe, Medicine, Infectious, Microbiology

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2026

⏱️ 111 minutes

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TWiV reviews an association between shingles vaccination and slower biological aging, and how mucosal immunization in mice provides protection against disease caused by diverse viruses and bacteria. 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 Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) Shingles vaccination may slow biological aging (J Gerontol) Getting virus classification and nomenclature right (J Virol) Mucosal vaccination blocks diverse respiratory diseases (Science) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – I grew up unvaccinated. Now I’m an Immunologist Rich – Horizons from PBS News – The science behind exercise and why it’s good for our bodies; The London Busman Study (Cardiac Health) Alan – Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash, by Alexander Clapp Vincent – America vs the World by Robert Kagan Listener Pick Anne – Winners of the 2026 Underwater Photographer of the Year Award Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv 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 MicrobTV, this is Twib.
0:13.5	This week in Virology, episode 1303, recorded on March 6, 2026. I'm Vincent Rackeniello, and you're listening to the podcast
0:25.1	All About Viruses. Joining me today from Western Massachusetts, Alan Dove. Good to be here,
0:33.1	and it is 34 Fahrenheit, 1 Celsius, overcast. We're expecting a little bit of a little bit more rain and then turning into a wintry mix.
0:43.4	But I am very excited because it looks like we're going to be starting to get into mud season here soon in New England.
0:49.9	Yeah, here at 7C and cloudy it's been raining a lot.
0:52.5	And apparently the next week there's a lot of rain.
0:54.9	Yep.
0:55.7	But at least it's above freezing.
0:57.9	And I don't have to shovel it, yep.
1:00.6	Also joining us from Madison, New Jersey, Brian Barker.
1:03.9	Hi.
1:04.8	Great to be here.
1:05.8	It is also 44F Fahrenheit 7C here.
1:10.7	We are also getting into mud season.
1:12.7	But Vincent, I think that you've missed the part where next week it's supposed to get into the 60s and low 70s a couple of days.
1:19.7	That's right.
1:20.2	So that part I'm pretty excited about.
1:22.2	I don't care if it rains if it's also a little bit warm.
1:26.1	So let me see.
1:27.2	Yeah, it's like 18, 18, 19C.
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