TWiV 1250: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello is shocked by COVID vaccine restrictions and uncertainties such as pharmacy stock, the ACIP meeting roster and whether it guidance is legal, 3 new ACIP members all anti-vaccine, ending of childhood vaccine mandates in Florida, the continued Legionnaire's outbreak in Harlem, 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, cardia benefits of the influenza vaccine, presence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in breast milk following vaccination, the use of antiviral nasal sprays to treat COVID 19, whether or not the NB.1.8.1 should be included in the fall 2025 vaccines, 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

• Can You Still Get the Covid Shot? (NY Times)
• Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (Federal Register)
• Cassidy Calls for Vaccine Committee Meeting to be Postponed Following CDC Departures(US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions)
• Catherine Stein (Brownstone Institute)
• CIP to review COVID, hep B, and MMRV vaccine recommendations at September meeting (CIDRAP)
• Kennedy plans to add new members to an influential vaccine advisory panel.
• (NY Times)
• Patricia Mazzei (NY Times)
• The Steep Cost of Ron DeSantis's Vaccine Turnabout (NY Times)
• Florida Moves to End Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren(NY Times)
• Legionnaires' Disease: In Harlem(NYC Health)
• Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan)
• Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola)
• 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)
• 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)
• Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, 2025–26 Influenza Season (CDC: MMWR)
• ACIP Recommendations Summary (CDC: Influenza (Flu))
• Flu vaccines show benefits for the heart in new studies (CIDRAP)
• Risk of Myocarditis or Pericarditis With High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccine (JAMA: OPEN)
• High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccine and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Older Adults (JAMA: Cardiology)
• Influenza vaccination to improve outcomes for patients with acute heart failure (PANDA II) (LANCET)
• Influenza Vaccine Composition for the 2025-2026 U.S. Influenza Season(FDA)
• RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunization Coverage Among Infants Through Receipt of Nirsevimab Monoclonal Antibody or Maternal Vaccination (CDC: MMWR)
• 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)
• Evidence to Recommendations Framework (EtR): RSV Vaccination in Adults Aged 50–59 years (CDC: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases)
• 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 (biRxiV)
• SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine-Elicited Antibody Responses in Human Milk (Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)
• Interferon-α Nasal Spray Prophylaxis Reduces COVID-19 in Cancer Patients: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial (CID)
• Azelastine Nasal Spray for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infections (JAMA Internal Medicine)
• 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)
• Effect of Metformin on the Risk of Post-coronavirus Disease 2019 Condition Among Individuals With Overweight or Obese (CID)
• 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
• Reaching out to US house representative Florida moves to kill vaccine mandates; state surgeon general slams them as 'slavery' (Herald-Tribune)
• Letters read on TWiV 1250
• Dr. Griffin's COVID treatment summary (pdf)
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.