Caspase inhibitors hitch a ride through gasdermin D pores to selectively shut down proinflammatory cytokine secretion, & human monoclonal antibodies against malaria repurposed to block allergic antibody binding to red meat allergens in a-gal syndrome. 📺 bit.ly/3Uiqd26

RFK Jr.’s claim that concerns about vaccine injuries have been dismissed isn’t supported by facts: when issues about vaccine safety have been raised, researchers performed studies carefully & rigorously to determine whether vaccines were causing harm. 📺 bit.ly/48mlwHH

TWiV 1369: TWiV explains projected effects of removing school-entry vaccination requirements on measles transmission in Florida and evidence that HLA class I escape drives the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in human populations. 📺 bit.ly/4i0s5Wg

Daniel & Vincent are discouraged by continuous attack on vaccines especially the birth dose of the hepatitis B virus vaccine, expansion of the Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak in Kenya, increase in rabies diagnosis in the US, screwworm cases, & more. 📺 bit.ly/3TRAMsQ

Tonight! ⏰ Join Vincent Racaniello for Office Hours to answer your questions about viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, Mpox virus, poliovirus, influenza virus, and more on this livestream on Wednesday 10/21/26 at 8pm Eastern US. 📺 bit.ly/4hZQ4F6

Today! ⏰ TWiEVO #131 Livestream 〰️ Nels and Vincent livestream an episode of This Week in Evolution on Wednesday, October 21 at 1pm Eastern. Paper to be discussed: “Genetic code expansion enables plant-directed control of bacterial activity.” 📺 bit.ly/3TLYAOM

At a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) conference, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will free Americans from having to “trust the experts” about medical advice. 📺 bit.ly/4jyfRp6

Tulika Singh joins Immune at AAI2026 to talk about the international partnerships that advance research on immunity to emerging flaviviruses and her research on the impact of prior Zika virus infection on susceptibility to Dengue virus disease. 📺 bit.ly/4zCyHQu

A study shows influenza A virus infection induces immune dysregulation in placenta & fetus w/out vertical transmission in nonhuman primates, & development of an epigenetic silencer therapy to transcriptionally inactivate viral DNA in chronic hepatitis B. 📺bit.ly/4z2w0Ik

Daniel & Vincent discuss 6th measles death in Pennsylvania, more than 9,000 deaths from Ebola, an enterovirus/Coxsackievirus outbreak at the University of Pennsylvania, decimation of the HIV services following withdrawal of PEPFAR and USAID, & more. 📺 bit.ly/4Bbn04L

TWiP 290: What's Biting You at Night? 🐓 TWiP solves the case of the patient who developed an intensely itchy, red papular rash after close contact with chickens and their bedding, where small mites were found. 📺 bit.ly/47XNRE8

Tonight! ⏰ Join Vincent Racaniello for Office Hours to answer your questions about viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, Mpox virus, poliovirus, influenza virus, and more on this livestream on Wednesday 10/14/26 at 8pm eastern US. 📺 bit.ly/4B1gOMZ

Beyond the Noise #113 ⛪️ Are religious exemptions to vaccination religious, in that religion takes care of the health and well-being of children? This video is based on Paul Offit’s column on Substack entitled “Irreligious Acts.” 📺 bit.ly/3TVbLgi

Planning for the future of PWB. 🌎 This past week, our President, Daniel Griffin, MD, PhD, and Directors, Charles “Chuck” Knirsch, MD, MPH and Vincent Racaniello, PhD, got together at Hayden Backcountry Lodge in Colorado to strategize and plan for the next 10 years of Parasites Without Borders. The lodge is located in the Richmond Basin above Ouray, Colorado and it proved the perfect recess from the hustle and bustle of New York City. We can’t wait to share with you all what we’ve been working on!

TWiV 1365: Andes Virus Up Close 🦠 TWiV travels to Porto, Portugal for the annual meeting of the European Society for Clinical Virology, where he speaks with Catherine and Corinne about their work on the Andes virus outbreak on the MV Hondius. 📺 bit.ly/4ig6k4E

Daniel & Vincent discuss their continuing struggle to understand the ongoing outbreak of cyclospora, decimation of US public health including 30% or greater loss of personnel from the CDC, continuing measles outbreaks here and abroad, and more. 📺 bit.ly/4icPrIe

Beyond the Noise 112: The One Word RFK Jr. Won’t Say About the MMR Vaccine 🤫 Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s leadership, public health officials are hesitant to say that the MMR vaccine is safe. 📺 bit.ly/4edfn3W

TWiV explains an analysis of Myotis bats, which shows that their remarkable longevity and immunity are linked through pleiotropic adaptations to viruses and aging-related disease. 📺 bit.ly/4hLyYcN

Daniel & Vincent discuss the 5 deaths in Pennsylvania associated with measles infections, absurdity of RFK Jr.’s statement that AI is better informed than physicians, more deaths by raw milk products, spread of dengue virus in Florida, & more. 📺 bit.ly/4jAM4vI

TWiP 289: Dogs, Parasites, and an Exhausted Immune System 🐾 TWiP explains a single-cell analysis of immune cells in the blood of dogs with canine leishmaniosis, providing a detailed picture of how the immune response changes as the disease progresses. 📺 bit.ly/4hZdE4D