TWiV 1323: One influenza infection, two patients
TWiV 1323: One influenza infection, two patients  
Podcast: This Week in Virology
Published On: Sun May 17 2026
Description: TWiV explains mRNA delivery of mosaic-8 pan-sarbecovirus RBD vaccines, and how toll-like receptor 7 alters the maternal immune landscape during influenza A infection to increase maternal and fetal morbidity, Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) RFK Jr. driving vast inquiry into vaccines (NY Times) Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school (Science) Trump cuts CDC role in PEPFAR (Science) Ralph Baric retires (The Assembly) Baric to fight NIH funding ban (Science) Ebola outbreak in DRC (npr) Persistence of Andes virus RNA in human semen (Viruses) mRNA delivery of mosaic-8 pan-sarbecovirus RBD vaccines (Cell Rep) Science will break your heart (TWiV 920) TLR7 and maternal and fetal morbidity during influenza (Sci Adv) Letters read  on TWiV 1323 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Kathy – Bloomberg Connects app and What’s in Bloom  Peony Season 2026 Bloom Tracker Rich – Medpage Today: What you need to know about hantavirus Vincent – Apollo 11 Almost Never Left the Moon Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.