{"podcast":{"title":"This Week in Virology","slug":"this-week-in-virology-175592","podcast_index_feed_id":175592,"rss_url":"https://twiv.libsyn.com/twiv","website_url":"http://www.microbe.tv/twiv","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/2/4/9/7249be555a480cd2/TWiV_v3_white2400.jpg","author":"Vincent Racaniello","episode_count":1363,"summary":"TWiV is a weekly netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick. Brought to you by four university professors and a science writer.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T12:18:56.274864+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-175592"},"episode":{"title":"TWiV 1320: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin","slug":"twiv-1320-clinical-update-with-dr-daniel-griffin","published_at":"2026-05-09T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-175592/twiv-1320-clinical-update-with-dr-daniel-griffin","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-175592","url":"https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1320/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/twiv/TWiV1320.mp3?dest-id=25528","summary":"In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss the outbreak of Hantavirus on a cruise ship and its potential for person-person transmission, how cessation of funding for global health by the Trump administration has compromised American health and well being, as well as the description of paralytic poliomyelitis outbreaks in Central Africa associated with the administration of nOPV2, before Dr. Griffin deep dives into the measles outbreak, recent statistics RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, association of ear infections in children with RSV, PEMGARDA authorized use for certain immunocompromised individuals where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, where to go for answers about long COVID-19, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children 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 Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome —The 25th Anniversary of the Four Corners Outbreak (CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases) Outbreak of Hantavirus Infection in the Four Corners Region of the United States in the Wake of the 1997–1998 El Nino—Southern Oscillation (JID) Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Argentina, 2014 (CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases) Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel , Multi-country (WHO) Hantavirus (WHO) Ventilation Upgrade Reduces Fuel Consumption by 10 Percent in Cruise Ships ( Halton) Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Argentina, 2014 (CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases) Incubation Period of Hantavirus Car…","meta_description":"In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss the outbreak of Hantavirus on a cruise ship and its potential for person-person…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2666,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-virology-175592/episodes/twiv-1320-clinical-update-with-dr-daniel-griffin/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-175592/twiv-1320-clinical-update-with-dr-daniel-griffin.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}