TWiV reviews liver damage caused by over use of vitamin A in Texas, vitamin A does not change clinical course of measles in high income country, NIH cuts COVID-19 research, US ends vaccine funds for poor countries, anti-vaxxer hired to study vaccines and autism, new DURC policy, Jamaican fruit bat competence for filoviruses, and human outbreaks of Oropouche virus reassortant in Brazil.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Vitamin A liver disease in Texas (NY Times)
Vitamin A doesn’t help measles in high-income countries (Pediat Inf Dis)
NIH cancels COVID grants (Science)
US ends vaccine funds for poor countries (NY Times)
Anti-vaxxer to study vaccines and autism (Sci Based Med)
DURC rules revised (USG and NIH guidance)
Filoviruses and Jamaican fruit bats (Nat Comm)
Oropouche outbreaks in Brazil (Nat Med)
Woolly mice (NPR)
Letters read on TWiV 1205
Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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