The 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak – Update From NIAID’s Anthony Fauci, MD
In February 2020 the nature of the 2019-nCoV outbreak is still slowly coming into focus but it appears to be acting more like bad pandemic influenza (efficient spread, overall lower mortality) than like SARS (less efficient spread, overall higher mortality). Anthony Fauci, MD, of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) discusses the latest developments with JAMA Editor in Chief Howard Bauchner. Coronavirus Resource Center (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - February 7, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
06 February 2020: Out-of-office emails and work-life-balance, and an update on the novel coronavirus outbreak
This week, how setting an out-of-office email could help promote a kinder academic culture.In this episode:00:47 Being truly out of officeLast year, a viral tweet about emails sparked a deeper conversation about academics’ work-life-balance. Could email etiquette help tip the balance? Careers Article: Out of office replies and what they can say about you09:35 Research HighlightsFinding the ‘greenest’ oranges, and the benefits of ‘baby talk’. Research Article: Bell and Horvath; Research Highlight: Babies benefit when Mum and Dad are fluent in ‘baby talk’12:06 News ChatUpdates on t...
Source: Nature Podcast - February 5, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
06 February 2020: Out-of-office emails and work-life-balance, and an update on the novel coronavirus outbreak
This week, how setting an out-of-office email could help promote a kinder academic culture.In this episode:00:47 Being truly out of officeLast year, a viral tweet about emails sparked a deeper conversation about academics’ work-life-balance. Could email etiquette help tip the balance? Careers Article: Out of office replies and what they can say about you09:35 Research HighlightsFinding the ‘greenest’ oranges, and the benefits of ‘baby talk’. Research Article: Bell and Horvath; Research Highlight: Babies benefit when Mum and Dad are fluent in ‘baby talk’12:06 News ChatUpdates on t...
Source: Nature Podcast - February 5, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited 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
TWiV 572: Your EV-D68th nervous breakdown
Amy joins the TWiV team to review evidence that enterovirus D68 is an etiologic agent of childhood paralysis, and her finding that the ability of the virus to infect cells of the nervous system is not a recently acquired property. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guest: Amy Rosenfeld Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode EV-D68 antibodies in humans before 2014 outbreak (Emerg Inf Dis) Enterovirus antibodies in CSF of AFM patients (mBio) Serology implicates enteroviruses in AFM (Nat Med) EV-D68 neurotropism ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - November 3, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 567: Outbreaks and a breakout
The TWiV team covers outbreaks of eastern equine encephalitis virus in the US and poliovirus in the Philippines, and explain how a chemokine induced by HIV-1 infection helps release more virus particles from cells. 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 Poliomyelitis returns to the Philippines (Mashable, virology blog) EEE in the USA (Am J Trop Med Hyg) Chemokine helps HIV-1 release (eLIFE) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 567 Timestamps by Jolene....
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 29, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Vaping deaths - does this change what we think about public health messages
This week the Trump administration has banned the sale of flavoured vapes in the USA.
The reason for that is the sudden rash of cases of pulmonary disease, including deaths, linked to vaping. The mechanism by which vaping may be causing damage to the lungs is as yet unclear, and our understanding is hampered by the heterogeneous nature of the compounds involved and the mechanisms o f delivery.
David Hammond, professor in the school of public health and health systems at the University of Waterloo in Canada, is author of a recent editorial about vaping and joins us to discuss what this means for public health.
Outbreak ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 12, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Vaping deaths - does this change what we think about public health messages
This week the Trump administration has banned the sale of flavoured vapes in the USA.
The reason for that is the sudden rash of cases of pulmonary disease, including deaths, linked to vaping. The mechanism by which vaping may be causing damage to the lungs is as yet unclear, and our understanding is hampered by the heterogeneous nature of the compounds involved and the mechanisms of delivery.
David Hammond, professor in the school of public health and health systems at the University of Waterloo in Canada, is author of a recent editorial about vaping and joins us to discuss what this means for public health.
Outbreak of...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 12, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
29 August 2019: Carbon-based computing, and depleting ancient-human genomes
This week, a computer chip based on carbon nanotubes, and the potential pitfalls of sequencing ancient-human remains.In this episode: 00:45 A nanotube microprocessorScientists are looking beyond silicon, by constructing a computer chip using carbon nanotubes.Research article: Shulaker et al. News and Views: Nanotube computer scaled up 08:38 Research HighlightsWeighing neutrinos, and discovering a hidden Zika epidemic.Research Highlight: Lightest neutrino is at least 6 million times lighter than an electron; Research Highlight: Cuba’s untold Zika outbreak uncovered 10:29 Using ancient-human remains con...
Source: Nature Podcast - August 28, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
29 August 2019: Carbon-based computing, and depleting ancient-human genomes
This week, a computer chip based on carbon nanotubes, and the potential pitfalls of sequencing ancient-human remains.In this episode: 00:45 A nanotube microprocessorScientists are looking beyond silicon, by constructing a computer chip using carbon nanotubes.Research article: Shulaker et al. News and Views: Nanotube computer scaled up 08:38 Research HighlightsWeighing neutrinos, and discovering a hidden Zika epidemic.Research Highlight: Lightest neutrino is at least 6 million times lighter than an electron; Research Highlight: Cuba’s untold Zika outbreak uncovered 10:29 Using ancient-human remains con...
Source: Nature Podcast - August 28, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 559: Nectin connection what's your infection?
The complete TWiV team give a report on the Ebola virus outbreak in DRC, and reveal that cell surface nectin proteins cause the transfer of cytoplasmic cargo, including measles virus, between cells. 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 Fire Alarm at ASV Ebola outbreak sitrep(WHO) Ebola outbreak dashboard(WHO) Ebola outbreakDRC (MSF) Ebola articles at CIDRAP Ebola virus vaccine could run out(STAT news) Nectin mediated cytoplasmic transfer(J Cell S...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 4, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Ophthalmology : Retinopathy Characterization Among Patients With Yellow Fever in Southeastern Brazil
Interview with Daniel Vitor Vasconcelos-Santos, MD PhD, author of Characterization of Retinopathy Among Patients With Yellow Fever During 2 Outbreaks in Southeastern Brazil (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - June 20, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Planning for the unplannable
Hi impact, low probability events are a planners nightmare. You know that you need to think about them, but how can you prioritise which event - terrorist attack, natural disaster, disease outbreak, deserves attention - and how can you sell the risks of that, but not oversell them?
Risky business is a conference where some of these kind of things... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 11, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
