TWiV 1254: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent
Racaniello lament the anti-vaccine, anti-science composition of
the ACIP, US cases of Chagas disease, the Ebola vaccination
campaign in the DRC, the death of an infant in LA due to measles
complications (SSPE), before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent
statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2
infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles
tracker, use of monoclonal antibodies against influenza, the lack
of adverse effects of the COVID-19 mRNA in both non-pregnant and
pregnant women, where to find PEMGARDA, long COVID treatment
center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions,
immune cell infiltration into the central nervous system during
long COVID and contacting your federal government representative
to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.


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Northeast US states form health alliance
in response to federal vaccine limits (Reuters)

MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES (ACIP) (CDC: ACIP)

Viewpoint: Four tips for
understanding this week’s ACIP meeting (CIDRAP)

From Data to Decisions: The Evidence
Base for 2025 Fall/Winter
Immunizations (CIDRAP)

Viewpoint: Four tips for
understanding this week’s ACIP meeting (CIDRAP)


Vaccine Integrity
Project (CIDRAP)


Chagas Disease, an Endemic Disease in the
United States (CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases)

Ebola vaccination begins in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (WHO: Democratic Republic of
Congo)


Ebola Disease (WHO: African Region)


Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan)

Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC
Rubeola)


L.A. child dies from complication of
measles infection contracted in infancy (LA Times)

Tracking County-Level
Measles Cases in the US (JAMA)

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)


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)

Respiratory virus activity levels
(CDC Respiratory Illnesses)

Weekly surveillance report: clift
notes (CDC FluView)

Influenza Vaccine Composition for
the 2025-2026 U.S. Influenza Season
(FDA)

Efficacy
of Baloxavir Treatment
in Preventing Transmission of Influenza (NEJM)

RSV: Waste water scan for 11
pathogens (WastewaterSCan)

US respiratory 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)

Evidence
to Recommendations Framework
(EtR): RSV Vaccination in Adults Aged 50–59 years (CDC: National
Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases)

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)

Moderna Announces Updated COVID-19 Vaccine
Against LP.8.1 Variant Generates
Strong Immune Response in Humans (Access Newswire)

Adverse events associated with COVID-19 vaccination or
diagnosis among pregnant and non-pregnant
women in the United States, 2021-2022
(International Journal of Infectious Diseases)


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)

PAXLOVID-nirmatrelvir and ritonavir : highlights
of prescribing information
(Pfizer)

Help your eligible patients access
PAXLOVID with the PAXCESS Patient Support Program
(Pfizer)

PAXCESSTM offers access and
affordability options to patients
prescribed PAXLOVIDTM (nirmatrelvir tablets; ritonavir
tablets) (PAXCESS)

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)


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

CSF immune cell alterations in
women with neuropsychiatric
Long COVID  (JID)

Reaching out to US house representative


Letters read on TWiV 1254

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.