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Dr. Kirk Milhoan, the new chairman of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, made comments on a recent podcast that should scare the American public.
Excerpt from Beyond the Noise #93: A frightening interview
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@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social and Vincent Racaniello are back to discuss the measles outbreak in South Carolina, American Academy of Pediatrics vaccine recommendations shingles vaccine and the reduction of dementia, recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections + much more!🔗⬇️
09.02.2026 15:37 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Seema Mattoo explains Bordetella pertussis, the cause of whooping cough, and talks with Mark Martin about how vaccine hesitancy is driving the return of childhood diseases.
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TWiP 273 reviews intestinal parasites in dogs and their association with clinical manifestations of canine visceral leishmaniasis.
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#LuxPortrait collaboration between yours truly and @jennifer.j.quinn . Here is Jane Hinton. Read about her fabulosity here: www.blackpast.org/african-amer... Yes, she helped invent Mueller-Hinton media. #MicrobialHeroes @ASMicrobiology @univpugetsound @microbetv.bsky.social
05.02.2026 14:34 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
New from Matters Microbial— episode 123: What Whooping Cough Can Teach Us
Dr. Seema Mattoo joins @markowenmartin.bsky.social to discuss the fascinating molecular genetics of the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, which can cause the human disease whooping cough. 🔗⬇️
Office Hours livestream happening now⬇️🔗
05.02.2026 01:41 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
For #BlackHistoryMonth: the story of William Augustus Hinton. Such challenges, accomplishments, and life. Please take a moment to celebrate Dr. Hinton's legacy. #LuxPortrait by Jennifer Quinn. This image ended up in a microbiology text!
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@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social and Vincent discuss the article: Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional (NY Times)
Excerpt from TWiV 1292: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin 📺
New week, new update (though at this point, sometimes it feels kinda like we should do a daily🫠) keep your head up folks
02.02.2026 13:51 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1TWiV discusses the article: nOPV2 neurovirulent recombinant in Uganda (Nature microbiology)
Excerpt from TWiV 1291: A foot in the door for cytomegalovirus
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30.01.2026 18:47 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
This Week in Neuroscience 68 🧠🧠🧠
30.01.2026 18:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We are screwed if polio vaccine is made optional. Poliovirus is circulating in the US and the only reason we don’t see cases is due to vaccination. If vaccine coverage drops there will be many cases of polio in the US - all preventable.
Milhoan is an idiot.
I'm old enough to remember polio
there were polio survivors in my class at school
some of them could walk
The Erosion of a Pillar of Public Health: ACIP’s Role and the Future of U.S. Vaccine Policy Post–June 2025
✅ Just Accepted
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TWiN discusses the Cell article: Inner speech in motor cortex and implications for speech, neuroprostheses.
Excerpt from TWiN 68: Firewall for the brain
Dr. Alaina Weinheimer discusses being a part of an evolutionary study that tried to put all the tailed phages together into one family tree—which included over 11k phages. Here she discusses the gene that stuck out in large numbers of the phages and what it means.
Matters Microbial 122
28.01.2026 21:14 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 6 📌 2
We are screwed if polio vaccine is made optional. Poliovirus is circulating in the US and the only reason we don’t see cases is due to vaccination. If vaccine coverage drops there will be many cases of polio in the US - all preventable.
Milhoan is an idiot.
Also a new Matters Microbial is live on our YouTube channel! @markowenmartin.bsky.social welcomes Dr. Alaina Weinheimer, to the quality quorum to discuss new and intriguing marine viruses, including Jumbo Phages!
27.01.2026 16:53 — 👍 15 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Immune 100: Immune turns 100! 🎉🎉🎉 Filmed live at The Incubator, Gretchen Diehl and Shruti Naik join the Immune team and an audience in NYC to celebrate!
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In his weekly clinical update, @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social discusses the @nejm.org article: Noninferiority of One HPV Vaccine Dose to Two Doses
26.01.2026 19:08 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Virology 2026 is here! Dr. Racaniello’s class, taught every spring at Columbia University and made available online...free, for anyone who wants to learn. Tap in! Tell a friend! Share widely!
26.01.2026 16:19 — 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
Also joining us in person from the incubator@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social in his weekly clinical update, with Vincent Racaniello discuss screwworm, how the shingles vaccination slows biological aging and more! 🔗⬇️
24.01.2026 20:34 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1Current windchill in NYC? -15°C 🥶 You need a hat this winter! Especially if you’re in this ‘polar vortex‘ zone
For a fundraiser this year we are offering hand-knit wool caps made by a listener! ⬇️🔗
Btw we’re getting a blizzard like conditions tomorrow? Are you prepped? Stay safe!
