TWiV reviews evidence that influenza standard and high-dose vaccines reduce risk of Alzheimer's dementia, and spread of deltaviruses by a viral Trojan horse mechanism.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

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• Dennis O'Callaghan passes (Wikipedia, LSU)
• Reduced dementia risk after influenza vaccine (Neurology)
• Deltaviruses spread via Trojan Horse (Cell)
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