TWiV 1208: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello mourn the demise of vaccination against childhood diseases when discussing the continuing measles outbreak and the rise of pertussis, the first human case of H5N1 in Mexico, and human metapneumovirus before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections and vaccination schedules, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, where to find PEMGARDA, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, long COVID interventions, if antiviral therapy prevents long COVID and how long COVID may affect brain volume.

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Links for this episode

• A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia (Nature)
• Taking a shot at dementia (microbeTV: TWiV)
• RFK Jr. visits Texas after second child dies of measles amid outbreak (Washington Post)
• Kennedy Attends Funeral of Texas Girl Who Died of Measles(NY Times)
• ‘Most effective way’ to prevent measles is vaccination, RFK Jr. says, in most direct remarks yet (STAT News)
• Fort Bliss…..Fort measles: Beaumont Army hospital confirms measles case at Fort Bliss(KTSM News)
• Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola)
• Measles 159 in Texas…. (Texas Health and Human Services)
• Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg)
• 2025 Measles outbreak guidance (New Mexico Health)
• 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