TWiV 1212: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Vincent Racaniello
Dr. Daniel Griffin
pandemic preparedness
avian flu vaccine
childhood vaccinations
pertussis
measles
long COVID
RSV
influenza
SARS-CoV-2
yellow fever
immunization
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello deplore the USs withdrawal from the global health community for pandemic preparedness i.e. the universal avian flu vaccine, and undermining the use of routine childhood vaccinations for pertussis and measles, RFKs autism registry, yellow fever outbreak in Colombia and world immunization week after discussing the squirrel as the reservoir host for mpox, before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the WasterwaterScan dashboard, how immunity elicited by the RSV vaccine wanes in 3 years, if Paxlovid reduces stroke, where to find PEMGARDA, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Centers long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, if vaccination impacts long COVID and if long COVID were to become epidemic.
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Links for this episode
- TheAmerican Publics DisengagementWith Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI): Considerations for Vaccination and Dietary Changes(American Public Health Association)
- New agreement geared towarduniversal avian flu vaccine(CIDRAP)
- Cambridges DIOSynVax and Singapores ACM Biolabs to advancepandemic-ready universal bird flu vaccine with international support (GlobeNewswire)
- Bird flu continues tospread among live poultry marketsafter shut down order(CRAINS New York Business)
- Fire-footed rope squirrels (Funisciurus pyrropus) are areservoir hostof monkeypox virus (Orthopoxvirus monkeypox)(Research Square)
- It is a squirrel! Ananimal source of mpoxemerges(Nature)
- Whooping cough spikes, especially amongunvaccinated teens(NBC News)
- AFebruary flu surgehas arrived (NCB News)
- Pertussis Casesby Year (1922-2022)(CDC: Whooping cough (pertussis)))
- Fighting to breathe: Whooping cough surges as vaccination rate falters (NBC News)
- CDCcancels measleshelp for Texas schools amid staff layoffs (HealthDay)
- Measlescases and outbreaks(CDC Rubeola)
- Measles inTexas. (Texas Health and Human Services)
- Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg)
- 2025Measles outbreak guidance(New Mexico Health)
- Get theFACTSabout measles (NY State Department of Health)
- Measles(CDC Measles (Rubeola))
- Measlesvaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola))
- Presumptive evidenceof measles immunity (CDC)
- Contraindications and precautionsto measles vaccination (CDC)
- Measles(CDC Measles (Rubeola))
- Measles(CDC: Measles Rubeola)
- Adverse events associated withchildhood vaccines: evidence bearing on causality (NLM)
- MeaslesVaccination:Know the Facts(ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America)
- Deaths following vaccination: what does theevidence show(Vaccine)
- RFK Jr.sautism registryplan (Axios)
- RFK Jrs autism studycollecting Americans private medicalrecords (Guardian)
- The publics views on measles outbreaks andmisinformation(KFF)
- Colombia National Emergency:yellow fever cases(Gov.Co)
- World Immunization Week: polio eradiation?(GPEI)
- Influenza: Waste water scan for11 pathogens(WastewaterSCan)
- USrespiratoryvirus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
- Weekly surveillance report:clift notes(CDC FluView)
- Respiratory virusactivitylevels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
- 200 childrendie from flu (CIDRAP)
- Weekly surveillance report:clift notes(CDC FluView)
- FDA-CDC-DOD:2025-2046 influenza vaccine composition (FDA)
- RSV: Waste water scan for11 pathogens(WastewaterSCan)
- USrespiratoryvirus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
- RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)
- Trial showswaning efficacyof RSV vaccine across 3 seasons in older adults(CIDRAP)
- Efficacy, safety, and immunogenicityof the AS01E-adjuvanted respiratory syncytial virus prefusion F protein vaccine (RSVPreF3 OA) (LANCET: Respiratory Medicine)
- Waste water scan for11 pathogens(WastewaterSCan)
- COVID-19deaths(CDC)
- COVID-19national and regionaltrends (CDC)
- COVID-19variant tracker(CDC)
- SARS-CoV-2genomesgalore (Nextstrain)
- Whereto get pemgarda (Pemgarda)
- EUAfor the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)
- Infusioncenter(Prime Fusions)
- CDC Quarantineguidelines (CDC)
- NIHCOVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
- Drug interactionchecker(University of Liverpool)
- Long-term stroke and mortality risk reductionassociated with acute-phase paxlovid use in mild-to-moderate COVID-19(Journal of Medical Virology)
- Infectious Disease Society guidelinesfor treatment and management (ID Society)
- Molnupiravirsafetyand efficacy (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma recommendation forimmunocompromised(ID Society)
- What to do when sick with arespiratory virus(CDC)
- When your healthcare provider isinfected/exposedwith SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
- Managing healthcare staffingshortages(CDC)
- Steroids,dexamethasoneat the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulationguidelines (hematology.org)
- Daniel Griffinsevidence basedmedical practices for long COVID (OFID)
- Long COVIDhotline(Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
- The answers:Long COVID
- Theeffect of COVID-19 vaccinationon the risk of persistent postCOVID-19 condition (JID)
- ORCHESTRADelphi consensus: diagnostic and therapeutic management of Post-COVID-19 condition in vulnerable populations (CMI Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
- Political ideology andtrust in scientistsin the USA(Nature Human Behavior)
- Leading long COVID researcher fears itcould becomea national epidemic (Spectrum News NY1)
- Center for post COVIDcare (Mt. Sinai) Reaching out toUS house representative
- Letters readon TWiV 1212
- Dr. Griffins COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps byJolene Ramsey. Thanks!
Intro music is byRonald Jenkees
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Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.