Talk Evidence - Building an evidence base for covid-19
We're taking a break from the usual Talk Evidence to focus on the new corona virus that has emerged in China.
With a brand new disease, we have to build our evidence base from scratch - basic virology, epidemiology, pathogenicity, transmissibility, and ultimately treatment are all unknowns.
In this episode of Talk Evidence, we're trying to get away from the headlines and talk about what we need to know - to hopefully give you some insight into these issues.
(8.00) Peter Openshaw, professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College London, talks to us about the pathogenicity of covid-19
(17.30) Wendy Barclay, head o...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 17, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Talk Evidence - Building an evidence base for covid-19
We're taking a break from the usual Talk Evidence to focus on the new corona virus that has emerged in China.
With a brand new disease, we have to build our evidence base from scratch - basic virology, epidemiology, pathogenicity, transmissibility, and ultimately treatment are all unknowns.
In this episode of Talk Evidence, we're trying to get away from the headlines and talk about what we need to know - to hopefully give you some insight into these issues.
(8.00) Peter Openshaw, professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College London, talks to us about the pathogenicity of covid-19
(17.30) Wendy Barclay, head of...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 17, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
COVID-19 Update From China
By mid-February 2020 there were 60,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the vast majority diagnosed in Hubei Province (including Wuhan city) in mainland China. China CDC Chief Epidemiologist Zunyou Wu, MD, PhD discusses the latest COVID-19 developments in the country with JAMA Editor in Chief Howard Bauchner, MD. (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 586: Coronavirus update: wash your hands
In this week's coverage of the coronavirus epidemic, the TWiV team discusses the fatality rate, China's initial reaction to the outbreak, conspiracy theories, how long the virus remains infectious on surfaces, and evidence for virus in the intestinal tract. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Download TWiV 586 (72 MB .mp3, 119 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode China reacted too slowly to epidemic (NY Times) Wuhan rounds up infected (NY Times) 2019-nCoV asymptomatic transmission report flawed (Sci...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 9, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
ASFH Deep Learning for Geographic Atrophy
Emily Y. Chew, MD Director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications Medical Officer National Eye Institute (NEI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - February 2, 2020 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 585: The coronavirus epidemic
The TWiVerers continue their coverage of the new coronavirus outbreak in China, as the number of cases increase dramatically and the virus begins person-to-person transmission in other countries. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASV 2020 Real time tracking of 2019-nCoV (JHU) Estimation of 2019-nCoV R0 (Int J Inf Dis) WHO Sitreps on 2019-nCoV Coronavirus overtakes SARS (SCMP) HHS press conference Discovery of 2019-nCoV (bioRxiv) Rich CoV genes ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 2, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 584: Year of the coronavirus
Coronavirus expert Ralph Baric joins TWiV to explain the virology and epidemiology of the recent zoonotic outbreak spreading across China and overseas. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove,Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler Guest: Ralph Baric Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASV 2020 WHO coronavirus sitreps CIDRAP article on coronavirus vaccines Phylogenetic analysis of 2019-nCoV ACE2 is 2019-nCoV receptor (bioRxiv) Visual explainer of Huanan market (SCMP) Clinical features of 2019-nCoV patients (Lancet) Familial cluster of pneumonia ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 26, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-404 Population-Based Epidemiology and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children
Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Rashid Alobaidi, MD, on his article titled Population-Based Epidemiology and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children published in the January 2020 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - January 15, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 582: This little virus went to market
TWiV provides updates on the new coronavirus causing respiratory disease in China, the current influenza season, and the epidemic of African swine fever, including determination of the three-dimensional structure of the virus particle. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Download TWiV 582 (71 MB .mp3, 118 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASV 2020 NJ ready to remove religious vaccine exemptions (Patch) New virus causing pneumonia in China (NY Times) New China virus is coronavirus (NY ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 12, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 576: Big data in virology and public health
From the 22nd meeting of the European Society for Clinical Virology in Copenhagen, Vincent speaks with Thea, Heli, Kim, Caroline and Irma about big data and its increasing use in virology diagnostics, epidemiology, and public health. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Thea Kølsen Fischer, Kim Benschop, Caroline Brown, Heli Harvala, and Irma Salimovic-Besic Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode 22nd ESCV meeting Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv (Source: This Week...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 1, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
31 October 2019: An AI masters the video game StarCraft II, and measuring arthropod abundance
This week, a computer beats the best human players in StarCraft II, and a huge study of insects and other arthropods.In this episode:00:45 Learning to playBy studying and experimenting, an AI has reached Grandmaster level at the video game Starcraft II.Research Article: Vinyals et al.; News Article: Google AI beats experienced human players at real-time strategy game StarCraft II10:08 Research HighlightsA record-breaking lightning bolt, and identifying our grey matter’s favourite tunesResearch Highlight: Here come the lightning ‘megaflashes’; Research Highlight: Why some songs delight the hum...
Source: Nature Podcast - October 30, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
