TWiV 1233: Long COVID and big bats

TWiV covers FDA Director overriding scientists on COVID shots,
NIH funded science must now be free to read instantly, Trump cuts
subscriptions to Springer Nature journals, UK and Gates make up
for US money withdrawn from GAVI, US defunding USAID could lead
to 14 million deaths by 2030, then reviews research on how host
IL1 genetics regulates Epstein-Barr virus reactivation and long
COVID, and enhanced antiviral capacity of bat innate immunity.


Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich
Condit


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FDA official overrides scientists on COVID shots
(NYTimes)

NIH funded science must be immediately open
access (Nature)

Trump cuts journal subscriptions for NIH (Science)

Donors make up GAVI US shortfall (Reuters)

USAID defunding will lead to 14 million deaths (CIDRAP)

SARS-CoV-2, IL1, Epstein-Barr virus and long
COVID (Cell Rep)

Bat innate immunity (Nat Comm)

Letters read on TWiV 1233

Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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found in 14% of biomedical abstracts last year


Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees


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