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TWiV 1312: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
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- This Week in Virology
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- Apr 11, 2026
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- 2684
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Summary
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are aghast at the CDC's decision to no longer test for rabies and mpox and the revised charter for its the advisory committee on immunization practices, an outbreak of E. coli illness in raw cheese, before Dr. Griffin then deep dives into the measles outbreak, recent statistics RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, clinical practice guidelines for treating COVID-19, PEMGARDA authorized use for certain immunocompromised individuals where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, if the nasal microbiome modulates COVID-19 disease severity, reviews the use of steroid, antibiotics, anticoagulants and IVIG for treating COVID-19 including long COVID, 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 State public health labs step up as CDC pauses testing for various pathogens, including rabies, mpox (CIDRAP) Infectious Diseases Laboratories : Test Directory (CDC) Kennedy rewrites the rule for membership on US vaccine advisory panel (Reuters) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): ACIP charter (CDC) Quick takes: More E coli tied to raw cheese , drug-resistant Shigella in UK, TB funds for Sudan (CIDRAP) Voluntary Recall (FDA) E. coli Outbreak Linked to Raw Dairy (CDC: E.coli Infection ( Escherichia coli )) We 100% disagree with the FDA's false "possible link", and extreme allegations (RawFarm USA) Risk of Multiple Sclerosis Among Persons With Epstein-Barr Virus–Positive Mononucleosis(Neurology) US Scientists Sequence 1,000 Genomes From Measles, a Disease Long Eliminated…