This Week in Virology
TWiV 1324: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
By Vincent Racaniello on May 23, 2026 12:54 am
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss withdrawal of the ACIP charter published in April 2026, the first council meeting on antibiotic resistant bacteria, the latest developments surrounding hantavirus infections, and the Ebola outbreak in the Congo and Uganda before Dr. Griffin deep dives into the measles outbreak, recent statistics RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through the air including ventilation systems, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, where to go for answers about long COVID-19, early use of antiviral drugs for COVID-19 patients 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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- US health department withdraws vaccine advisory panel charter (Reuters)
- Meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant
- Bacteria (Federal Register)
- Andes Hantavirus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship, 2026 (NEJM)
- “Super-Spreaders” and Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Argentina (NEJM)
- Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virusin Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Argentina, 2014 (CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
- Hantavirus on board with Prof. VincentRacaniello (microbeTV)
- Hantavirus Doesn’t Spread Easily, but Officials May Be Downplaying Risks (NY Times)
- Cross-binding antibodies capable of neutralising diverse hantaviruses are produced in response to Puumala virus infection (eBioMedicine)
- Hantavirus dashboard(Hantavirus.live)
- Visualizing the hantavirus cruise outbreak in maps and charts (CNN)
- Epidemic of Ebola Disease caused by Bundibugyo virusin the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda determined a public health emergency of international concern (WHO)
- Ebola outbreak response intensifies in DRC and Uganda as cases mount (DG: Alerts)
- WHO ramps up support to the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola outbreak response (WHO: Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Vaccine experts debate options to combat outbreak of unusual Ebola strain (Science)
- US promises to fund clinic established to treat Ebola (X-USForeignAssist)
- U.S.-Bound Flight Diverted to Canada Because of Ebola Restrictions (NY Times)
- Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan)
- Measles cases and outbreaks(CDC Rubeola)
- Big outbreak, bright lights…Measles Dashboard (South Carolina Department of Public Health)
- Utah measles outbreak response (Utah Department of Health and Human Services)
- UtahMeasles Dashboard (Utah Department of Health and Human Services)
- 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)
- 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)
- USrespiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
- Respiratory virus activitylevels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
- Flu vaccine recommendations: Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee March 12, 2026 Meeting Announcement (FDA)
- WHO updates all 3 viral strains to be included in fall flu shots (CIDRAP)
- FDA vaccine advisers recommend adding subclade K to fall shots (CIDRAP)
- Weekly surveillance report: cliff notes (CDC FluView)
- OPTION 2: XOFLUZA $50 Cash Pay Option(xofluza)
- RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
- Respiratory Diseases (Yale School of Public Health)
- 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)
- Respiratory Diseases (Yale School of Public Health)
- Maternal RSV Vaccination, Infant Nirsevimab, or Both: Interim Analysis of a Randomized Trial (Pediatrics)
- 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)
- Potential airborne transmission of SARS-COV-2 through bathroom ventilation ducts associated with an outbreak in a residential building in Santander, Spain, 2020 (PLoS One)
- Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda)
- EUAfor the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)
- Infusion center (Prime Fusions)
- Recent COVID-19 Vaccination and Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission (JAMA Network OPEN)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
- Drug interaction checker(University of Liverpool)
- Help your eligible patients access PAXLOVID with the PAXCESS Patient Support Program (Pfizer Pro)
- UnderstandingCoverageOptions (PAXCESS)
- 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)
- 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
- Early antiviral use may lower risk of long COVID in mildly ill patients, aid recovery from infection (CIDRAP)
- Early-Phase Oral Antiviral Use and Post–COVID-19 Condition in Outpatients (JAMA Network OPEN)
- Impact of Early Oral Antiviral Use for Outpatients With COVID-19 on Healthcare Utilization and Recovery (ANCHOR-02) (International Journal of Infectious Diseases) Reaching out to US house representative
- Letters read on TWiV 1324
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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