A new coronavirus has been isolated from two individuals with severe respiratory illness. It is different from the SARS coronavirus, but health officials are nonetheless preparing for a rapid response should the virus be detected elsewhere. The novel coronavirus was first reported by Ali Mohamed Zaki on ProMED-mail on 15 ...

We celebrated the 200th episode of TWiV by visiting the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center, where we met with Elke, Paul, and Ron to talk about building and working in a BSL4 facility. It was an amazing visit that will be fully documented in an ...

On episode #200 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Rich visit the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center, where they meet with Elke, Paul, and Ron to talk about building and working in a BSL4 facility. You can find TWiV #200 at ...

Thirty years ago this month I arrived in the Department of Microbiology at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S) to start my own laboratory. Thirty is not only a multiple of ten (which we tend to celebrate), but also a long time to be at one place. It's ...

On this special episode of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent and Ian review a multicenter blinded analysis which finds no association between chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis and XMRV or polytropic murine leukemia virus. You can find this TWiV Special at www.microbe.tv/twiv.