In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello in horror examine dismantling of public infrastructure for establishing vaccine guidelines, the creation of a autism taskforce by someone disciplined for practicing medicine without a license, the ongoing pertussis, bird flu and measles outbreaks, before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, the effective of oseltamivir vs supportive care when one is hospitalized with influenza infection, whether or not the NB.1.8.1 should be included in the fall 2025 vaccines, approval of another anti-RSV monoclonal antibody for treatment in infants, immunization recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines, where to find PEMGARDA, results from the phase 3 randomized clinical trial of pemivibart, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, how artery disease impacts SARS-CoV-2 infection outcomes, contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research and the recent public health programs that have been unfunded.

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TWiV reviews the administration’s call for fools gold-standard science, NIH may publish in-house, avian influenza viruses in birds in China, and Omicron pathogenicity and immune responses.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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KathymSphere virus species names standardization
Rich –   Real Tides & Currents Graph HD
Alan – Invasive termites spreading from privately owned boats
VincentEntomologist Answers Insect Questions

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GerryCitations Needed podcast 221: Anti-science mugging
Joyrell – Mayday: Air Disaster Favorite one, two, three, for Vincent

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello in dismay examine the MAHA-Make America Health Again-report and its inclusion of fictious studies or “Creative literature degree Medical Science writing”, RFK Jr contradicted by the CDC for COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for children, reduction in MMR vaccine coverage, the ongoing bird flu and measles outbreaks, how the General Accounting Office instructed HHS to fix deficiencies in infectious disease testing before the next pandemic, before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, whether or not the NB.1.8.1 should be included in the fall 2025 vaccines approval of Moderna’s mNEXSPIKE vaccine for fall 2025, childhood immunization recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines, where to find PEMGARDA, results from the phase 3 randomized clinical trial of pemivibart, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, the identification of an association between FOXP4 and long COVID and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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TWiV reviews RFK Jr.”s MAGA report with non-existent literature citations, a new fungus that could further devastate North American bats, surveillance of avian influenza viruses through bird guano in remote regions, and the receptor for HKU5 coronaviruses is ACE2 from Pipistrellus abramus bats.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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BrianneNew mutation found in orange cats
Kathy –  Middle schooler’s STEM project leads to a bacterium with antibiotic activity and to an anti-cancer compound
VincentElon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello discusses vaccination trends, the changes COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for children and pregnant women, easing of vaccination exemptions in Texas, the ongoing measles outbreak globally before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, whether or not the NB.1.8.1 should be included in the fall 2025 vaccines and concern as confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 rise here and in China, different mechanisms by which to reduce transmission of respiratory pathogens, the May 22 VRBPAC COVID-19 vaccine meeting, where to find PEMGARDA, prolonged steroid and antibiotic therapies, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, how spike protein may alter mast cells and the immune response and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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  • Vaccination trends (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) 3:46
  • Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard (CDC: COVIDVaxView)
  • RFK Jr ends coronavirus shot recommendation for healthy children and pregnant women (Washington Post) 3:21
  • Characteristics of Children Ages 1–17 Who Died of COVID-19 in 2020–2022 in the United States (American Academy of Pediatrics) 9:01
  • RFK Jr.’s War on Children (Paul Offit: Beyond the Noise) 9:58
  • AAP analyzes pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations from 2020-’24 (American Academy of Pediatrics) 10:10
  • COVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations among Children and Adults — COVID-NET (CDC: National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases) 10:26
  • Long COVID in Children (CDC: NCHS) 13:36
  • Long COVID Prevalence and Associated Activity Limitation in US Children (JAMA Pediatrics)
  • The C.D.C. Now Says Healthy Kids Don’t Need Covid Shots. Is That True? (NY Times) 12:16
  • U.S. Will No Longer Recommend Covid Shots for Children and Pregnant Women (NY TImes)
  • Gregg Abbott (AP News) 14:00
  • US school-entry vaccination rates fall as exemptions keep rising (AP News)
  • Whooping cough cases are rising again in the US (AP News)
  • Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier (AP News) 14:00
  • Cardiac Events in Adults Hospitalized for Respiratory Syncytial Virus vs COVID-19 or Influenza (JAMA Network Open) 17:52
  • USDA reported H5N1 bird flu detection in wild birds (CDC: Avian Influenza) 21:11
  • USDA reported H5N1 in poultry (CDC: Avian Influenza) 21:11
  • HPAI Confirmed Cases in Livestock (USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspections Service) 21:11
  • H5 bird flu: current situation (CDC: Avian Influenza) 21:11
  • Bird flu (CDC: Avian Influenza) 21:11
  • Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola) 21:56
  • Weekly measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) 22:23
  • Measles (WHO)
  • Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg)
  • 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) 25:11
  • US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) 25:11
  • Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView) 25:11
  • Respiratory virus activity levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
  • Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
  • FDA-CDC-DOD: 2025-2046 influenza vaccine composition (FDA)
  • RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
  • US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
  • RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)
  • Respiratory syncytial virus: an under-recognized healthcare-associated infection (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology) 27:53
  • Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) 30:20
  • COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
  • 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 (bioRxiV) 32:25
  • New Covid variant NB.1.8.1 detected at US airports amid rise in cases
  • U.S. reports cases of new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 behind surge in China (CBS News)
  • WHO TAG-VE Risk Evaluation for SARS-CoV-2 Variant Under Monitoring: NB.1.8.1 (WHO)
  • New COVID variant NB.1.8.1 detected at US airports amid rise in cases (The Economic Times: News)
  • Infection Control Guidance: SARS-CoV-2 (CDC: COVID-19)
  • Isolating the burden of transmission-based precautions for COVID-19 (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology) 35:19
  • A pilot study of coughing into the shirt to disrupt respiratory pathogen transmission (International Journal of Emergency Medicine) 38:50
  • Hybrid B- and T-Cell Immunity Associates With Protection Against Breakthrough Infection After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Vaccination in Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) Participants (JID) 43:59
  • FDA panel is split on updates to COVID shots as questions loom for fall vaccinations(AP News) 46:15
  • COVID-19 Vaccines (2025-2026 Formula) for Use in the United States Beginning in Fall 2025(FDA) 46:15
  • Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines in the United States (CDC: COVID-19)
  • 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)
  • Clinical effectiveness of oral antiviral treatment for non-hospitalized high-risk patients with COVID-19 during Omicron JN.1 subvariant wave (Pneumonia) 48:43
  • Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool)
  • Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)
  • A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Effectiveness of Remdesivir to Treat Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Hospitalized Patients (CID) 50:47
  • 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)
  • Tocilizumab, sarilumab and anakinra in critically ill patients with COVID-19 (Thorax) 52:27
  • Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)
  • Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
  • The answers: Long COVID
  • Spike proteins of coronaviruses activate mast cells for degranulation via stimulating Src/PI3K/AKT/Ca2+ intracellular signaling cascade (Journal of Virology) 53:24
  • Reaching out to US house representative
  • Letters read on TWiV 1222 55:36
  • Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
  • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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TWiV reviews cuts in National Science Foundation budgets, cuts to Harvard University grants, judge blocks ban on Harvard enrolling international students, DOGE ordered cuts of NIH grants, endemic coronavirus infection induces Fc receptor binding antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, and inherited IFNAR1 deficiency causing adverse reactions to measles and yellow fever infectious vaccines.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Angela Mingarelli

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Angela – Contact lenses that give people infrared vision — even with their eyes shut (one, two)
Alan –  Autocrats are afraid of you – see the graphic, especially.
VincentHow One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello debate the changes in FDA vaccine approval policy especially how it is applied to COVID-19 vaccines and restricts vaccine availability/usage and Novavax’s vaccine, mpox on surfaces and in the air, “bird flu”, the ongoing measles outbreak globally before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, benefits of vaccination for infants, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, the high number of childhood deaths during this “flu” season, the May 22 VRBPAC COVID-19 vaccine meeting, where to find PEMGARDA, prolonged steroid and antibiotic therapies, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, cognitive impairment in long COVID and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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TWiV reviews pause in the use of Chikungunya vaccine, HHS to stop recommending COVID shots for pregnant women and children, molecular basis for shifted receptor recognition by an encephalitic alphavirus, and evolution of koala retrovirus transcriptional silencing in wild koalas.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, and Rich Condit

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Weekly Picks 1:47:35

RichWhat’s that stuff in your bellybutton? Science has the answer.
VincentNew study reveals our skin’s own bacteria can help protect us from the bad effects of sunlight

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RonaMy Italian secret: the forgotten heroes and Italy and the Holocaust Foundation, Inc.

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello wail about the attack on science within the US, cancellation of CDC’s committee on infectious diseases, mpox in Sierra Leone, “bird flu” in cats, the ongoing measles outbreak globally, before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, benefits of vaccination for infants, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the WasterwaterScan dashboard, the high number of childhood deaths during this “flu” season, the May 22 VRBPAC COVID-19 vaccine meeting, where to find PEMGARDA, benefit of remedesivir, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, weight and distinct symptoms of long COVID and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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TWiV reviews new CBER chief at FDA, ending of Gates Foundation in 2045, gain of function executive order, origins of bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, and single dose Sudan virus replicon vaccine protects guinea pigs from disease.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

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Weekly Picks 1:36:36

RichAndor Season 2
AlanSequencing Mendel’s pea plant traits, and a good Science news article on the work
Vincent 2023 summer warmth unparalleled over the past 2,000 years

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BrianVirology Capabilities Test (VCT): A Multimodal Virology Q&A Benchmark

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