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TWiV 1240: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
By VIncent Racaniello on Aug 02, 2025 12:00 am
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello chat about the recent Salmonella typhimurim outbreak, the ousting of another CBER director, confirmation of a new CDC director and results of a recent pool about vaccine safety and trust before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, a new anti-influenza antibody that can be combined with neuraminidase inhibitors, whether or not the NB.1.8.1 should be included in the fall 2025 vaccines, the effectiveness of Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine, where to find PEMGARDA, safety of the JN.1 updated vaccine, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, the prevalence of cardiac and pulmonary abnormalities found via medical imaging following COVID-19 and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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- Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Infections Linked to Commercially Distributed Raw Milk (CDC: MMWR)
- Top F.D.A. Official Resigns UnderPressure (NY Times)
- In a first, the Senate confirms a new CDC director (NPR)
- KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: Vaccine Safety and Trust (KFF)
- Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan)
- Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola)
- Weekly measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada)
- Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg)
- 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)
- Effects of baloxavir marboxil plus neuraminidase inhibitor versus neuraminidase inhibitor in high-risk patients hospitalized with severe influenza: a post hoc analysis of the Flagstone trial (OFID)
- FDA-CDC-DOD: 2025-2046 influenza vaccine composition (FDA)
- RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
- US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
- ENFLONSIA: novel drug approvals 2025 (FDA)
- RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)
- 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)
- Safety of JN.1-Updated mRNA COVID-19Vaccines (JAMA)
- 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)
- Paxlovid (Pfizer)
- 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
- Prevalence of Persistent Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Abnormalities on PET/MRI and DECT Imaging in Long COVID Patients (Journal of Nuclear Medicine)
- Reaching out to US house representative
- Letters read on TWiV 1240
- 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.
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