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TWiV 1360: Clinical Update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
· 1 h 00 min · Episode 1360
Episode TWiV 1360: Clinical Update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello frustration continues over the increasing number of measles infections, Kennedy’s undermining of vaccines, perpetuation of autism- vaccine, autism-tylenol myths, an outbreak of hepatitis A virus in the US, the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, changes in reporting of virus infection and vaccine recommendations, Legionnaires disease and screw worm cases, and before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics RSV, influenza, SARS-CoV-2 infections, economics of a measles outbreak in Chicago, what defines reactogenicity of the mRNA COVID vaccines, the on-going delay by HHS of COVID shots for children, neuropsychiatric symptoms of long COVID and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.
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• CDC adds 177 cases to US measles total but has yet to confirm deaths in Pennsylvania (CIDRAP) • Kennedy questions vaccine safety at Children’s Health Defense event (CIDRAP) • Trump says some routine immunizations will be split into five separate shots. Vaccine experts say it won’t work (CNN) • Multistate Hepatitis A Outbreak Potentially Linked to Frozen Clams (CDC: Hepatitis A) • Cumulative Incidence and Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (JAMA Pediatrics) • Data and Statistics on Autism Spectrum Disorder (CDC: Autism Spectrum Disorder) • Study uncovers no evidence of autism epidemic, despite claims (CIDRAP) • Florida confirms a death from dengue as the state struggles with one of its worst recent outbreaks (AP News) • Legionnaires’ Disease (NYC: Health) • Dashboard SCREWWORM.Gov (USDA: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) • CDC Activates Emergency Operations Center for New World Screwworm Response (CDC Newroom) • Democratic Republic of Congo (AP News) • Ebola virus (AP News) • Congo begins Ebola vaccinations for health workers in the epicenter of the outbreak (AP News) • Ebola dashboard (ebola.fyi) • EBOLA: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2026 (WHO) • Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak Democratic Republic of the Congo(WHO: Democratic Republic of Congo) • Ebola Outbreak: Current Situation (CDC:Ebola) • Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan) • Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola) • Big outbreak, bright lights…Measles Dashboard (South Carolina Department of Public Health) • Utah measles outbreak response (Utah Department of Health and Human Services) • Utah Measles Dashboard (Utah Department of Health and Human Services) • Measles (VDH: Virginia Department of Health) • Tracking Measles Cases in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) • HAP’s Latest News Pa. Launches New Measles Dashboard (Hospital + HealthSystem Association of Pennsylvania) • Measles (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) • Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg) • Weekly measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) • Measles (WHO) • Get the FACTS about measles (NY State Department of Health) • Measles (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) • Measles vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) • Presumptive evidence of measles immunity (CDC) • Contraindications and precautions to measles vaccination (CDC) • Adverse events associated with childhood vaccines: evidence bearing on causality (NLM) • Measles Vaccination: Know the Facts (ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) • Deaths following vaccination: what does the evidence show (Vaccine) • Pennsylvania asks CDC for emergency assistance amid RFK Jr. clash over measles(The Hill) • Pennsylvania measles-associated deaths climb to four as outbreak grows (Reuters) • Pennsylvania asks for CDC measles help amid Kennedy dispute (Reuters) • Republican senator faults Trump vaccine policy for US measles deaths as panel weighs health nominees (Reuters) • US CDC works on standard definition for measles deaths as cases rise (Reuters) • Cost of a Measles Outbreak in an Urban Shelter (JAMA Open Network) • Measles outbreak in…
Links in the notes 20
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065
- https://www.microbe.tv/contribute
- https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/cdc-adds-177-cases-us-measles-total-has-yet-confirm-deaths-pennsylvania
- https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/kennedy-questions-vaccine-safety-children-s-health-defense-event
- https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/health/trump-split-up-immunization
- https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-a/outbreaks/clams-2026/index.html
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2853636#google_vignette
- https://www.cdc.gov/autism/data-research/index.html
- https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/study-uncovers-no-evidence-autism-epidemic-despite-claims
- https://apnews.com/article/dengue-death-florida-mosquito-climate-57574815fdca4f8bc3336bb429a3d1fc
- https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/legionnaires-disease.page
- https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animals/animal-health/livestock-and-poultry-disease/current-status/us-confirmed-cases-new-world
- https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2026/cdc-activates-emergency-operations-center-for-new-world-screwworm-response.html
- https://apnews.com/hub/democratic-republic-of-the-congo
- https://apnews.com/hub/ebola-virus
- https://apnews.com/article/ebola-vaccine-congo-bundibugyo-ervebo-3f28becb36c401084cb3b19183edb940
- https://ebola.fyi/
- https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/ebola-outbreak---drc-2026
- https://www.afro.who.int/health-topics/ebola-disease/outbreak-drc-26
- https://www.cdc.gov/ebola/situation-summary/index.html
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