Episode
TWiV 1310: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
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- This Week in Virology
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- Apr 4, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 2409
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Summary
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello cover if the "five-second" rule for things that fall on the floor apply to surgical equipment, an outbreak of E. coli illness caused by raw cheese before Dr. Griffin then deep dives into the measles outbreak in South Carolina and Utah, recent statistics RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, where to find PEMGARDA, strain selection for the 2026-2027 season influenza vaccine by the FDA, if standard or high dose influenza vaccination influences dementia protection, a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, specific effects of Paxlovid 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 The " five-second " rule for dropped food: does it apply to dropped medical objects in the operating room? A randomized study of disinfection approaches for contaminated arthroplasty implants (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology) Whole Genome Sequencing ( WGS ) Program (FDA) Outbreak Investigation of E. coli O157:H7: Raw Cheddar Cheese (March 2026) (FDA) Wastewater for norovirus (WasterWater Scan) 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) Tracking Measles Cases in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP ( jpg ) Weekly measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) Measles…