My virology course at Columbia University
…the late 1980s. This is a serious omission for a first-class University. Sending graduates into the world without even a fundamental understanding of viruses and viral disease is inexcusable. Course…
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End of moratorium on influenza H5N1 research
In early 2012 influenza virus researchers around the world decided to stop working on highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus. This decision came after work from the Fouchier and Kawaoka…
A virology course for all
…version, I reply: do viruses change? Some parts will be the same, others will be different. The goal of my virology course is to provide an understanding of how viruses…
Harvard University: Great virology, bad science writing
…of the article, ‘The Deadliest Virus’, presumably refers to the H5N1 virus that transmits by aerosol among ferrets. This title is simply wrong, because the virus is not deadly to…
Polio-like paralysis in California
…area. Vaccine-derived polioviruses can cause paralysis but the US has not used this type of vaccine since 2000. What might be causing the paralysis? AFP has both infectious and non-infectious…
Should variola virus, the agent of smallpox, be destroyed?
…research on the virus at WHO-approved laboratories. After the eradication of smallpox in 1980, the World Health Organization called for destruction of known remaining stocks of variola virus. The known…