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TWiV reviews pause in the use of Chikungunya vaccine, HHS to stop recommending COVID shots for pregnant women and children, molecular basis for shifted receptor recognition by an encephalitic alphavirus, and evolution of koala retrovirus transcriptional silencing in wild koalas.
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- Pause in use of Ixchiq (FDA)
- Change in COVID vaccine recommendations (STAT)
- Basis for receptor shift in encephalitic alphavirus (Cell)
- Transcriptional silencing of koala retrovirus (Cell)
- Letters read on TWiV 1219
- Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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