TWiV reviews a study showing that the 2009 influenza pandemic virus disrupted biennial respiratory syncytial virus epidemics in northern Stockholm, and development of broad-spectrum synthetic carbohydrate receptors that inhibit viral entry of coronaviruses, filoviruses, and paramyxoviruses.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Angela Mingarelli

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• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• Florida will end all state vaccine mandates (Reuters)
• New West Coast Health Alliance (Gov Newsome)
• COVID vaccines to be more accessible in NY State (CBSNews)
• Colorado makes COVID vaccines accessible (Denver Post)
• Massachusetts makes COVID vaccines accessible (Boston dot com)
• Viral interference disrupts RSV biennial pattern (Nat Comm)
• Broad-spectrum antiviral carbohydrate receptors (Science Adv)
• Pedantry about ‘in cellulo‘ (Protocol Online)
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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