TWiV 1218: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent
Racaniello wail about the attack on science within the US,
cancellation of CDC’s committee on infectious diseases, mpox in
Sierra Leone, “bird flu” in cats, the ongoing measles outbreak
globally, before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV,
benefits of vaccination for infants, influenza and SARS-CoV-2
infections the WasterwaterScan dashboard, the high number of
childhood deaths during this “flu” season, the May 22 VRBPAC
COVID-19 vaccine meeting, where to find PEMGARDA, benefit of
remedesivir, provides information for Columbia University Irving
Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for
answers to your long COVID questions, weight and distinct
symptoms of 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

Shut down federal advisory committee
on infection prevention…..Make America
Healthy Again! (CIDRAP)

Mpox in Sierra
Leone (CIDRAP)

H5 Bird Flu: Current
Situation (CDC: Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) )

Spike in avian flu cases in
cats : spillover into
humans? (CIDRAP)

Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC
Rubeola)

Measles 800 in Texas…. (Texas Health
and Human Services)

Measles outbreak in North Dakota prompts local health
officials to
quarantine unvaccinated schoolchildren
(CNN)

2025 Measles outbreak
guidance (New Mexico Health)

Measles and rubella weekly
monitoring report: (Government of Canada)

The Mennonites in a Texas
community where measles is spreading (AP News)

Trust the government? Seriously! West Texans, Mennonites at
center of measles outbreak choose medical
freedom over vaccine mandates (AP News)

Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP
(jpg) 


Deporting Measles! (AP News)

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 (ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America)

Deaths following vaccination: what does
the evidence show (Vaccine)

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)

CDC reports 216 child deaths this
flu season (AP News)

Weekly surveillance report: clift
notes (CDC FluView)

New York sees highest flu-related pediatric
deaths ever recorded in a season (Times Union)

Phase 3 Safety and Efficacy Study of Baloxavir
Marboxil in Children Less Than 1 Year Old With
Suspected or Confirmed Influenza (The Pediatric Infectious
Disease Journal)


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)

Interim Evaluation of Respiratory Syncytial
Virus Hospitalization Rates Among
Infants and Young Children After Introduction of
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prevention Products (CDC: MMWR)

US infant mortality dropped in 2024: RSV
vaccine? (AP News)


Infant Mortality Dashboard (CDC: National
Center for Health Statistics)

Waste water scan for 11
pathogens (WastewaterSCan)

COVID-19 deaths (CDC)

COVID-19 national and
regional trends (CDC)

Wastewater Measures of SARS-CoV-2 Accurately
Predict Frequency of Symptomatic Infections in the
Community (JID)


Origin of SARS-CoV-2

The recency and geographical
origins of the bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV
and SARS-CoV-2 (Cell)

COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)

SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore
(Nextstrain)

COVID-19 infection history as a risk
factor for early pregnancy loss (BMC Medicine)

New recommendations seek treatments
for post-Lyme disease condition
(CIDRAP)

Immunogenicity and Safety of Influenza and
COVID-19 Multicomponent Vaccine in
Adults ≥50 YearsA Randomized Clinical Trial (JAMA)


Combo flu-COVID vaccine shows good immune
response, safety in older adults (CIDRAP)

US FDA advisers
to discuss COVID-19 vaccine
recommendations on May 22 (Reuters)

Interim Clinical
Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines in the
United States (CDC: COVID-19)

COVID-19 vaccine VRBPAC May 22
(FDA)


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)

When your healthcare provider
is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2
(CDC)

Managing healthcare
staffing shortages (CDC)

Steroids,dexamethasone at the right
time (OFID)


Anticoagulation guidelines
(hematology.org)

Remdesivir associated with reduced
mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients (BMC
Infectious Diseases)

Real-world evidence shows remdesivir tied
to less death in hospitalized COVID
patients (CIDRAP)

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

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


The answers: Long COVID

Excess weight is associated withneurological and
neuropsychiatric symptoms in post-COVID-19
condition (PLoS One)

Identification of soluble biomarkers that associate
with distinct manifestations of long
COVID (Nature Immunology)

Reaching out to US house representative


Letters read on TWiV 1218

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.