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TWiV 1364: Clinical Update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

· 1 h 14 min · Episode 1364

Episode TWiV 1364: Clinical Update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

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In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello 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 aboard, a mumps outbreak in San Diego and a Hib death in Montana, criminalization of pediatricians in Texas, dengue associated death in Florida, Ebola in Kenya, a new Legionnaires outbreak, screw worm cases, and a hearing in Florida to end requirements of four vaccines including Hib and chickenpox, before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics RSV, influenza, SARS-CoV-2 infections, the continued measles outbreak in Pennsylvania, US, Canada, statistics on vaccine preventable disease mortality in children, effectiveness of adjuvanted high dose influenza vaccine and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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• Smallpox History and Decisive Actions of George Washington (CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases) • Christina Jewett (NY Times) • Caroline Hopkins Legaspi (NY Times) • F.D.A. Found Cyclospora During Taylor Farms Inspection in Mexico (NY Times) • Suspected plague incident leaves 1 dead, 200 under quarantine in Siberia (CIDRAP) • Dozens quarantined in Siberia after plague institute lab worker dies (Reuters) • Russia tells WHO there are no plague cases in Siberian city (Reuters) • 30% effective workforce loss across CDC (AFGE Local 2883) • CDC Leadership (CDC: About CDC) • CDC Leadership 2025 (CDC) • They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives. (NY Times) • ‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission(NY Times) • San Diego State football hit by mumps outbreak with 14 confirmed cases ahead of Pac-12 opener (CBS Sports) • Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (NY Times) • Montana DPHHS reports pediatric death from complications of invasive Hib infection (NBC: Montana) • Florida announces Oct. 8 hearing on plan to end rules for four vaccines (WUSF: NPR Health News Florida) • Legionnaires’ Disease (NYC: Health) • 2 confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease at Queens apartment complex prompt NYC Health Department probe (CBS News) • Dashboard SCREWWORM.Gov (USDA: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) • CDC Activates Emergency Operations Center for New World Screwworm Response (CDC Newroom) • Kenya Records Ebola Case for First Time (NY Times) • Ebola DRC (X) • 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) • Hochul Declares a Measles Emergency as Cases Rise in Rural New York( NY Times) • Pediatric Deaths during Measles Outbreak, Jerusalem, Israel, 2025–2026 (CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases) • Small quantity lipid-based nutritional supplementation and measles vaccination coverage in children aged 6−23 months: a pragmatic cluster-randomized trial (Nature Medicine) • Measles Outbreak in Amish Country Forces Some to Rethink Vaccines (NY Times) • 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 Dashboard (New York State: Department of Health) • Governor Hochul Declares State Disaster…

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