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Published: July 20, 2014, 2:39 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Dickson Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0and\xa0Rich Condit

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The TWiV team reviews the discovery of old vials of smallpox virus at NIH, anthrax and influenza mishaps at CDC, the baby who was not cured of HIV, Cambridge Working Group, and sacking of NSABB members.

\nLinks for this episode\n

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• Newly discovered\xa0smallpox\xa0(CDC)
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• Infectious smallpox\xa0in FDA storage (FDA)
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• Report on potential\xa0anthrax exposure\xa0(pdf, CDC)
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• CDC Director on\xa0unsafe practices\xa0(NY Times)
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• HIV returns\xa0to baby (NY Times)
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• Original\xa0HIV baby cured\xa0article (NEJM)
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• Cambridge Working Group
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• NSABB members\xa0released\xa0(ScienceInsider)
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 294
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