TWiV 1214: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent
Racaniello bewail the attack on science within the US and
withdrawal from the global health communities, association
between the shingles vaccine and reduced dementia occurrence,
ending of Uganda’s ebola outbreak, undermining effective
responses to human bird flu infections, growing measles outbreak
in the US and dire predictions of the return of vaccine
preventable diseases including polio if vaccination rates
continue to decline, before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics
on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the WasterwaterScan
dashboard, how HHS is undermining the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine,
if Paxlovid reduces stroke, where to find PEMGARDA, provides
information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long
COVID treatment center, 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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Links for this episode

Lab
animal RIFFing (NY
Times)

Herpes zoster vaccination and
dementia occurrence(JAMA)

The recombinant shingles
vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia
(Nature Medicine)

Uganda
declares end to
latest ebola outbreak (Reuters)

Enhancing the response to avian influenza in the
US and globally (LANCET: Regional Health-Americas)

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

Measles Update — United States, January 1–April
17, 2025 (CDC: MMWR)

Measles in Europe……..but greater in the
US (CIDRAP)

Measles – Annual Epidemiological Report
for 2024 (ECDC: European Center for
Disease Prevention and Control)


Measles (ECDC: European Center for
Disease Prevention and Control)

Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC
Rubeola)

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

2025 Measles outbreak
guidance (New Mexico Health)

On the precipice of disaster’: Measles may be
endemic in 25 years if vaccine uptake stays low,
model predicts (CIDRAP)

Modeling Reemergence of
Vaccine-Eliminated Infectious Diseases Under
Declining Vaccination in the US (JAMA)

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))


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)


200 children die from flu (CIDRAP)

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)

Health secretary RFK Jr. declares certain
vaccines have ‘never worked,’ flummoxing
scientists…..what certain vaccines?(STAT News)

More FDA uncertainty roils full
approval for Novavax COVID vaccine (CIDRAP)


FDA Punts on Major Covid-19 Vaccine
Decision After Ouster of Top Official (WSJ)

U.S. health officials inject new
uncertainty into approval process for Covid
boosters (STAT News)

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


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)

Into the Unknown: Practical Remdesivir
Restriction in the Era of Widespread SARS-CoV-2
Seropositivity (CID)


Tocilizumab and IVIG experience during
the service follow-up in patients with severe COVID-19
pneumonia(Rev Insti MedTrop Sao Paulo)

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

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


The answers: Long COVID

Risk of New-Onset Type 2
Diabetes Among Vaccinated Adults After Omicron or
Delta Variant SARS-CoV-2 Infection(JAMA) Reaching out
to US house representative


Letters read on TWiV 1214

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.