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Zika Virus in the USA

On this episode of Virus Watch we cover three Zika virus stories: the first human trial of a Zika virus vaccine, the first local transmission of infection in the United States, and whether the virus is a threat to participants in the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

TWiV 397: Trial by error

Journalism professor David Tuller returns to TWiV for a discussion of the PACE trial for ME/CFS: the many flaws in the trial, why its conclusions are useless, and why the data must be released and re-examined. You can find TWiV #397 at microbe.tv/twiv, or listen below. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV397.mp3″] Click arrow to play Download TWiV 397 (67 MB …

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Trial By Error, Continued: Why has the PACE Study’s “Sister Trial” Been “Disappeared” and Forgotten?

By David Tuller, DrPH David Tuller is academic coordinator of the concurrent masters degree program in public health and journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2010, the BMJ published the results of the Fatigue Intervention by Nurses Evaluation, or FINE. The investigators for this companion trial to PACE, also funded by the Medical …

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TWiV 52: Scott Hammer, MD on AIDS vaccines

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Scott Hammer, MD On episode #52 of the podcast “This Week in Virology”, Vincent and Dr. Scott Hammer talk about different types of AIDS vaccines and how they are tested in clinical trials. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV052.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #52 (51 MB .mp3, 71 …

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