TWiV 630: Singapore Environmental Health Institute
From the Environmental Health Institute in Singapore, Vincent speaks with Director Lee Ching Ng about their work to control viral infectious diseases, including the controlled release of mosquitoes containing Wolbachia endosymbionts to inhibit viral transmission. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Lee Ching Ng Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! (Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition)
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - June 24, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Coronavirus Q & A: Clinical Update With Carlos del Rio, MD
Infectious disease and global health expert Carlos del Rio, MD, of Emory University provides an update on the status of the #COVID19 pandemic in summer 2020, prospects for effective treatment and prevention, communicating the ongoing risk to the public, and more. Recorded June 15, 2020. Related Article: Translating Science on COVID-19 to Improve Clinical Care and Support the Public Health Response (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - June 17, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 627: Singapore National Centre for Infectious Diseases
Vincent visits the National Centre for Infectious Diseases and speaks with Executive Director Leo Yee-Sin and Consultant Nancy Tee about the main hub for both clinical treatment of infectious diseases and outbreak management in Singapore. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Leo Yee-Sin and Nancy Tee Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode National Centre for Infectious Diseases National Public Health Laboratory Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv (Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition)
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - June 17, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 624: SeXX matters with Sabra Klein
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical update on COVID-19, then Sabra Klein joins us to discuss the effect of sex, gender, and age on viral infectious disease, including COVID-19. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello,Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler and Brianne Barker Guests: Daniel Griffin, Chuck Knirsch, and Sabra Klein Click arrow to play Download TWiV 624 (91 MB .mp3, 152 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode SeXX matters in infectious disease pathogenesis (PLoS Path) Sex and gender impact immune responses to vaccines (Physiol) Te...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - June 7, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 612: CEPI, preventing the next pandemic
From the Nipah Virus International Conference in Singapore, Vincent speaks with Richard Hatchett, CEO of CEPI, about its mission to stimulate and accelerate the development of vaccines against emerging infectious diseases. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Richard Hatchett and Linfa Wang Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv (Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition)
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - May 12, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Predicting the COVID-19 Pandemic
Marc Lipsitch, DPhil, an infectious diseases epidemiologist developing biological and modeling approaches to pathogen transmission and outbreaks, discusses evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in summer and fall 2020. Originally recorded April 22, 2020. (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - April 24, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Factors that influence whether healthcare workers follow infection prevention and control guidelines for respiratory infectious diseases
COVID-19 has spread quickly, and Cochrane is producing a series of rapid reviews of relevant evidence to help decision makers. One of these looks at the views of healthcare workers on infection prevention and control guidelines, and we asked lead author, Catherine Houghton from the National University of Ireland in Galway to describe the key findings, published in April 2020. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - April 21, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Protective clothes and equipment for healthcare workers to prevent them catching coronavirus and other highly infectious diseases
This podcast was published with anearlier version of this review, but it is still valid for theversion published in May 2020.Coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, has spread quickly throughout the world, and we are updating the most relevant Cochrane reviews, as well as preparing rapid reviews of new topics. In this podcast, we asked author Blair Rajam äki from the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio to describe the findings of the April 2020 update on the effects of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - April 15, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Protective clothes and equipment for healthcare workers to prevent them catching coronavirus and other highly infectious diseases
Coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, has spread quickly throughout the world, and we are updating the most relevant Cochrane reviews, as well as preparing rapid reviews of new topics. In this podcast, we asked author Blair Rajam äki from the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio to describe the findings of the April 2020 update on the effects of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - April 9, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
WHO's response to covid-19
We knew a pandemic was coming at some point - it ’s kind of why we have the WHO. We have had various smaller scale tests of the international response to an infectious disease outbreak - Ebola in west africa being the most recent.
After that, reports criticised the WHO's response - citing problems around the swiftness of their action, the lack of... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
WHO's response to covid-19
We knew a pandemic was coming at some point - it ’s kind of why we have the WHO. We have had various smaller scale tests of the international response to an infectious disease outbreak - Ebola in west africa being the most recent.
After that, reports criticised the WHO's response - citing problems around the swiftness of their action, the lack of coordination between countries, and the platforms for knowledge sharing. Is the agency doing any better in Covid-19?Suerie Moon is co-director of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development studies in Geneva, and author of one of those cr...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
WHO ’s response to covid-19
We knew a pandemic was coming at some point - it’s kind of why we have the WHO. We have had various smaller scale tests of the international response to an infectious disease outbreak - Ebola in west africa being the most recent.
After that, reports criticised the WHO's response - citing problems around the swiftness of their action, the lack of coordination between countries, and the platforms for knowledge sharing. Is the agency doing any better in Covid-19?
Suerie Moon is co-director of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development studies in Geneva, and author of one of those c...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
TWiV Special: Coronavirus update with Mark Denison, MD
Pediatric infectious disease physician and coronavirologist Mark Denison joins Vincent for a discussion of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 with an emphasis on antiviral therapeutics. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Mark Denison Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv (Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition)
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 26, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
