TWiV 1224: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent
Racaniello in dismay examine the MAHA-Make America Health
Again-report and its inclusion of fictious studies or “Creative
literature degree Medical Science writing”, RFK Jr contradicted
by the CDC for COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for children,
reduction in MMR vaccine coverage, the ongoing bird flu and
measles outbreaks, how the General Accounting Office instructed
HHS to fix deficiencies in infectious disease testing before the
next pandemic, before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on
RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the Wasterwater Scan
dashboard, whether or not the NB.1.8.1 should be included in the
fall 2025 vaccines approval of Moderna’s mNEXSPIKE vaccine for
fall 2025, childhood immunization recommendations for COVID-19
vaccines, where to find PEMGARDA, results from the phase 3
randomized clinical trial of pemivibart, provides information for
Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment
center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, the
identification of an association between FOXP4 and long COVID and
contacting your federal government representative to stop the
assault on science and biomedical research.


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Links for this episode

The MAHA report (The White House)

White House Health Report Included Fake
Citations (NY Times)

C.D.C. Contradicts Kennedy and
Keeps Advice That Children May Get Covid Shots (NY TImes)

CDC revises recommendation for COVID vaccines
in kids (CIDRAP)

Exclusive: CDC Expert resigns from
COVID vaccines advisory role (Reuters)


Trends in County-Level MMR Vaccination
Coverage in Children in the United States (JAMA Network)

U.S. Cancels Contract With Moderna
to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine (NY Times)

Canada Wants to Kill 400
Ostriches. Kennedy and Dr. Oz Want to Save Them.
(NY Times)

Confirmations of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
in Commercial and Backyard
Flocks (USDA: Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service)


H5 bird flu: current situation (CDC: Avian
Influenza)


Bird flu (CDC: Avian Influenza)

H5N1 avian flu strikes
another Arizona layer farm (CIDRAP)

Bird flu outbreak kills 95% of Hickman’s Arizona
chickens, closes West Valley farms (AZCentral)


Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan)

Additional Denver Resident Tests
Positive forMeasles (Denver: The Mile High City)

Health officials alert public of potential measles exposure
at Denver International Airport and
nearby hotel (Colorado: Department of public health and
environment)

Colorado announces another measles case linked
to Turkish Airlines
flight (CIDRAP)

Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC
Rubeola)


Weekly measles and rubella monitoring
(Government of Canada)


Measles (WHO)

Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP
(jpg)

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))

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)

Public Health Preparedness: HHS Needs a
Coordinated National Approach for Diagnostic
Testing for Pandemic Threats (GAO: US Government Accountability
Office)

GAO to HHS: Fix ‘persistent
deficiencies’ in infectious-disease testing before
next pandemic (CIDRAP)

Influenza: Waste water scan for 11
pathogens (WastewaterSCan)

US respiratory virus activity (CDC
Respiratory Illnesses)

Weekly surveillance report: clift
notes (CDC FluView)

Respiratory virus activity levels
(CDC Respiratory Illnesses)

Weekly surveillance report: clift
notes (CDC FluView)


FDA-CDC-DOD: 2025-2046 influenza vaccine
composition (FDA)

RSV: Waste water scan for 11
pathogens (WastewaterSCan)

US respiratory virus activity (CDC
Respiratory Illnesses)

RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus
Infection)

Waste water scan for 11
pathogens (WastewaterSCan)

COVID-19 deaths (CDC)

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 (biRxiV)

mNEXSPIKE is now approved and coming this
fall (mNEXSPIKE)

FDA approval for mNEXSPIKE
(moderna)

COVID-19 vaccine for 6 months, 12
years (CDC: childhood vaccination)

COVID-19 vaccine for65 years and older
(CDC: Adult vaccination)


ACIP Shared Clinical
Decision-Making Recommendations (CDC: Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices(ACIP))

Safety and Efficacy
of Pemivibart, a Long-Acting
Monoclonal Antibody, for Prevention of Symptomatic COVID-19 (CID)


Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda)


EUA for the pre-exposure
prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)

Infusion center (Prime Fusions)


CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)


NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)

Drug
interaction checker (University of
Liverpool)


Infectious Disease Society guidelines for
treatment and management (ID Society)

Molnupiravir safety and efficacy
(JMV)

Convalescent plasma recommendation
for immunocompromised (ID Society)

What to do when sick with a respiratory
virus (CDC)

Managing healthcare
staffing shortages (CDC)

Steroids,dexamethasone at the right
time (OFID)


Anticoagulation guidelines
(hematology.org)

Daniel Griffin’s evidence
based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)

Long COVID hotline (Columbia :
Columbia University Irving Medical Center)


The answers: Long COVID

Genome-wide association study of
long COVID (Nature Genetics)

Reaching out to US house representative


Letters read on TWiV 1224

Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)

Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!



Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees


Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv


Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical
advice.