TWiV 1370: Clinical Update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are distressed by the continued upheaval of leadership at the CDC, recent news of H5 highly pathogenic influenza virus found on mink farms in Utah and in the polar bear population of Greenland, continuing spread of dengue virus in Florida and screwworm in the US, the Ebola outbreak in Kenya, identification of cross-reactive T cells following administration of VSV-ZEBOV-GP vaccine and re-addressing vaccination policy changes in Florida and the global burden of measles infection before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics RSV, influenza, SARS-CoV-2 infections and measles, ineffectiveness of the measles vaccine in infants under 9 months old, efficacy of high dose and standard dose of the influenza vaccine for the elderly, familial susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode C.D.C. Deputy Director Resigns After Four Months in the JobFinds(NY Times) Preliminary report on H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Utah mink, August 2026(Virological) Evidence of Exposure to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5 Viruses in East Greenland Polar Bears (CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases) Florida counties declare emergency over wildly unusual dengue outbreak (Washington Post) Dengue (WHO:Dengue) Dashboard SCREWWORM.Gov (USDA: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) CDC Activates Emergency Operations Center for New World Screwworm Response (CDC Newroom) Cross-reactive T-cell responses against BDBV in humans after rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP vaccination (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Kenya reports 2nd Ebola death as Nigeria races to understand transmission of index patient(CIDRAP) Kenya reports second death from Ebola (Reuters) Ebola DRC (X) Ebola dashboard (ebola.fyi) EBOLA: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2026(WHO) Projected effects of removing school-entry vaccination requirements on measles transmission in Florida (PNAS) Removing Florida vaccination requirements: Clinical Update TWiV 1352 (microbeTV) TWiV 1369: Florida Model Makes Measles Great Again (microbeTV) Global and regional burden of measles and vaccine coverage among children under 5 years, 1990−2023: a Global Burden of Disease Study (Nature Medicine) Global measles cases in kids rose 40% from 2020 to 2023, study estimates(CIDRAP) As measles soars in Pennsylvania, some parents are vaccinating their babies early (CIDRAP) Immunogenicity, effectiveness, and safety of measles vaccination in infants younger than 9 months: a systematic review and meta-analysis (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Guidance for measles in pregnancy and congenital measles (Pennsylvaina Department of Health) 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) Utah Measles Dashboard (Utah Department of Health and Human Services) Measles (VDH: Virginia Department of Health) Tracking Measles Cases in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) HAP’s Latest News Pa. Launches New Measles Dashboard (Hospital + HealthSystem Association of Pennsylvania) Measles (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) Measles Dashboard (New York State: Department of Health) 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 evidenc