TWiV 1310: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 1310: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

From This Week in Virology by Vincent Racaniello

April 4, 2026 · 40 min · Episode 1310

About this episode

Dr. Griffin provides a clinical update covering various outbreaks and vaccination strategies.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Dr. Daniel Griffin

Topics covered

  • clinical update
  • E. coli outbreak
  • measles outbreak
  • influenza vaccination
  • SARS-CoV-2 variant
  • biomedical research

Keywords

  • five-second rule
  • E. coli
  • measles
  • RSV
  • influenza
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Paxlovid
  • biomedical research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FDA, CDC

Products: Paxlovid

Places: South Carolina, Utah

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