In my recent post about why I blog and podcast, I discussed how these activities allow me to think more about virology and to teach far more people than I ever could in a laboratory or classroom. Is there even more value in the web for scientists? There are three ...

Dick is back from India, and joins Vincent and Alan on episode #15 of This Week in Virology. The trio discuss hantavirus spread by large deer mice, why the 1918 influenza virus replicates in the lower respiratory tract, measles in Europe, and the growing resistance of  influenza virus to antivirals. Click ...

Yesterday the New York Times ran an article on the resistance to Tamiflu of current influenza H1N1 strains circulating in the US. I wrote a post about this issue on 22 December 2008, so I'm happy to see the Times following my lead. But there is an issue with the ...

The influenza season is upon us in the U.S. Why is this viral infection prevalent during winter months? Most acute viral infections have a clear seasonal variation in incidence. In general, respiratory virus infections are more prevalent in winter months, while infections with enteric viruses predominate in the summer. In ...

At the end of each year, many websites, blogs, and podcasts (to name a few) summarize the past year's events. We did the same at TWiV, naming our picks for the top 10 virology stories of 2008. Then, as the new year begins, many of the same sites predict what ...