TWiV 1227: How can antibody forget a pandemic?

TWiV reviews the administrations dismantling of the committee that studies pandemic potential, firing of CDC vaccine advisory committee and replacing them with unqualified anti-vaxxers, zoonotic and sustained Mpox spread in Nigeria and Cameroon, and breadth of influenza A antibody cross-reactivity.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker

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• Support science education at MicrobeTV 2:39
• NIH terminates pandemic preparedness committee (Science)
• RFK Jr. fires all ACIP members (CNN)
• RFK Jr. names dubious members of new ACIP (NPR)
• Zoonotic and sustained Mpox spread in West Africa (Nature)
• Breadth of influenza A antibody cross-reactivity (Nat Micro)
• Letters read on TWiV 1227
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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