India has been free of polio for over one year. This is a remarkable accomplishment, considering that just 30 years ago the country recorded 200,000 cases of the disease annually, or one every three minutes. With polio endemic in two neighboring countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and in the more distant ...

On episode #34 of the science show This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael, and Elio discuss changing populations of Emiliania huxleyi and their viruses in the North and Black Seas. You can find TWiM #34 at microbeworld.org/twim.

On TWiV #186, in response to a request to talk about Schmallenberg virus, we directed the listener to our discussion of this new virus with Richard Elliott on TWiV #177 - Live in Dublin. At the same meeting (Society for General Microbiology Spring Conference 2012) Richard also gave a separate ...

On episode #186 of the science show This Week in Virology, the TWiV chiefs tackle reader email about how to pronounce Buda, Texas, grinding tree stumps, and much more. You can find TWiV #186 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

On episode #185 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent visits with members of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Northwestern University School of Medicine to discuss their work on herpesviruses and parainfluenzaviruses. You can find TWiV #185 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.