TWiV #45 - Hendra and polio are back
- Author
- Vincent Racaniello
- Published
- Sun 16 Aug 2009
- Episode Link
- http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twivmp3/~3/eEzlxaFPRBk/
Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Jennifer Drahos tackle the Hendra virus disease outbreak in Australia, AIDS-like disease in wild chimps, return of polio type 2 in Nigeria, the influenza pandemic wave, and rabies in three countries.
Links for this episode:
- Hendra virus killing horses in Australia
- AIDS-like disease in wild chimps [ NY Times ]
- Polio type 2 returns in Nigeria
- Influenza pandemic wave [Branswell ]
- Rabies in Ukraine , South Africa , and USA
- Cell phones turned into fluorescent microscopes [Thanks, Jim!]
- HIV-1 vaccine trial in South Africa [Thanks Duncan!]
- Forum discussion on flu vaccine [Thanks James!]
- The Brain Science Podcast [Thanks Jim!]
- WHO note on H1N1 vaccine safety
- CDC information on H1N1 vaccines
- Hans Christian Orsted
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