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TWiV 1358: Clinical Update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

· 54 min · Episode 1358

Episode TWiV 1358: Clinical Update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

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In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are angered by the continuous reporting of measles deaths in the US and around the world, the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, changes in reporting of virus infection and vaccine recommendations, establishing an NIH research center on vaccine harms, Legionnaires at Yankee stadium and the first time in more than half a century reporting of an equine screwworm case, and how HHS may prevent more than half of US children from getting the COVID-19 vaccine this season before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics RSV, influenza, SARS-CoV-2 infections, efficacy and safety of the 2026-2027 COVID-19 vaccine, and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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• Unvaccinated Woman Likely Died of Measles Complications, Pa. County Coroner Says NY Times) • Confirmed death of an 18-year old due to complications of measles (Facebook: Mifflin County Coroner’s Office) • CDC’s new tracking method for measles deaths puzzles experts (CIDRAP) • Kennedy to deliver keynote for anti-vaccine group he once led (STATNews) • Exclusive: New NIH research center on vaccine harms takes shape (Science) • US pediatricians report seeing fewer patients because of immigration enforcement worries (CIDRAP) • Surgeon General Nominee Pledges Support for Vaccines in Senate Hearing (NY Times) • CIDRAP Op-Ed: HHS is asking what to call vaccine recommendations. You have 4 days to weigh in. (CIDRAP) • 21,000 Unvaccinated Children Are Not a Minor Problem, But a Warning Sign (GPEI) • Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening (Science) • Cooling towers at Yankee Stadium test positive for Legionnaires’ in new cluster (NBC 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) • Texas ranch horse becomes nation’s first confirmed equine New World screwworm case (Houston Chronicle) • Quick takes: Cautious optimism on Ebola, rare New World screwworm in a horse, HIV alert in Fiji (CIDRAP) • 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) • Notes from the Field: The First 100 Days of Five Ebola Outbreaks — Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and West Africa, 2007–2026 (CDC: MMWR) • Notes from the Field: Characteristics and Monitoring of the 2026 Outbreak of Ebola Disease Caused by Bundibugyo Virus — Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 2026 (CDC:MMWR) • 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) • Measles (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) • Measles (CDC: Measles Rubeola) • Adverse events associated with childhood vaccines: evidence bearing on causality (NLM) • Measles Vaccination: Know the Facts…

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