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TWiV 1282: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

27 Dec 2025 · 43 min · Episode 1282

Calling out “Happy Christmas to all and to all a good-night, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss high path influenza in dairy herds in Wisconsin and Marburg virus in Ethiopia before Dr. Griffin then deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, the slightly higher association of COVID-19 infection with death than following influenza infection, benefit of passive infant immunization with niresevimab, association of COVID-19 vaccine immunogenicity protection against severe disease in vulnerable populations, where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, long COVID treatment center, effect of remdesivir and nirmatrelvir/ritonavir on COVID-19 associated mortality, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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• USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a Dairy Herd in Wisconsin • (USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) • Update: Genetic Sequencing Results for Wisconsin Dairy Herd Detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza(USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) • Marburg Outbreak in Ethiopia: Current Situation (CDC: Marburg Virus Disease) • Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan) • Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola) • Tracking Measles Cases in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) • 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) • Influenza: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) • USrespiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) • Respiratory virus activity levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) • Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView) • In call with clinicians, CDC recommends flu vaccines widely(CIDRAP) • Influenza Vaccine Composition for the 2025-2026 U.S. Influenza Season (FDA) • Increased 30-day Mortality Risk in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Compared to Seasonal Influenza (International Journal of Infectious Diseases) • RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) • Respiratory Diseases (Yale School of Public Health) • USrespiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) • RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) • Vaccines for Adults (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) • Economic Analysis of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP) • Nirsevimab vs RSVpreF Vaccine for Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Related Hospitalization in Newborns (JAMA) • RSV Immunization Frequently Asked Questions(American Academy of Pediatrics) • Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) • COVID-19 deaths (CDC) • Respiratory Illnesses Data Channel (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) • COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC) • COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC) • SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain) • Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant BA.3.2, XFG, and NB.1.8.1 (bioRxiV) • Association between COVID-19 vaccine immunogenicity and protection against infection and severe disease in clinically vulnerable patient populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies (Clinical Microbiology and Infection) • Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) • EUAfor the…

Links in the notes 20

• https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065
• https://www.microbe.tv/contribute
• https://www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-announcements/usda-confirms-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-dairy-herd-wisconsin
• https://www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-announcements/update-genetic-sequencing-results-wisconsin-dairy-herd-detection-highly
• https://www.cdc.gov/marburg/situation-summary/index.html
• https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html
• https://publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resources/us-measles-tracker
• https://b2927012.smushcdn.com/2927012/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/measles_vax_rec_2.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1
• https://health-infobase.canada.ca/measles-rubella/
• https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/measles
• https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/measles/
• https://www.cdc.gov/measles/hcp/vaccine-considerations/index.html
• https://www.cdc.gov/measles/index.html
• https://fda-my.sharepoint.com/Users/Amy/Desktop/Measles%20(CDC%20Measles%20(Rubeola))
• https://www.cdc.gov/pinkbook/hcp/table-of-contents/chapter-13-measles.html#cdc_report_pub_study_section_9-contraindications-and-precautions-to-vaccination
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK236284/#:~:text=The%20evidence%20favors%20acceptance%20of,in%20temporal%20relation%20to%20vaccination
• https://www.idsociety.org/public-health/measles/know-the-facts/
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X15006556?via%3Dihub
• https://data.wastewaterscan.org/?charts=CjIQACABSABaBk4gR2VuZXIKMjAyNC0wOC0wN3IKMjAyNC0wOS0xOIoBBmQ0MzllMsABAQ%3D%3D&selectedChartId=d439e2
• https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/data/activity-levels.html

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