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Jul 6
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TWiV 1233: Long COVID and big bats

VINCENT RACANIELLO
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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now be free to read instantly, Trump cuts subscriptions to Springer Nature journals, UK and Gates make up for US money withdrawn from GAVI, US defunding USAID could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030, then reviews research on how host IL1 genetics regulates Epstein-Barr virus reactivation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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