TWiV 1248: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello are dismayed about the recent attack on public health the firing of the director of the CDC as well as resignation of 3 others members of the agency’s leadership, the continued Legionnaire’s outbreak in Harlem, suspension of Ixchiq the Chikungunya virus attenuated infectious vaccine, the first US case of New World screwworm before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, association Guillian-Barré syndrome with RSV vaccination, guidelines for using RSV vaccines, whether or not the NB.1.8.1 should be included in the fall 2025 vaccines, the American College Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommendations for the COVID, RSV and influenza vaccines, FDA approval letters for Pfizer, moderna and Novagax COVID vaccines including label changes for use in those between 5 through 64 years, where to find PEMGARDA, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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Links for this episode

• White House Says New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, but She Refuses to Leave (NY Times)
• CDC director refuses to leave after White House order (BBC)
• Legionnaires’ Disease: In Harlem(NYC Health)
• New York City Health Department Provides Update on Community Cluster of Legionnaires’ Disease in Central Harlem(NYC Health: Promoting and protecting the City’s health)
• FDA Update on the Safety of Ixchiq (Chikungunya Vaccine, Live) (FDA)
• Vimkunya (Bavarian Nordiac)
• U.S. and Panama for the control of the Screwworm pest (COPEG)
• Rare human case of flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm identified in US(CNN)
• USDA Announces Sweeping Plans to Protect the United States from New World Screwworm (USDA)
• HHS details New World screwworm response after human case(CIDRAP)
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