TWiV 1312: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 1312: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

From This Week in Virology by Vincent Racaniello

April 11, 2026 · 45 min · Episode 1312

About this episode

Dr. Griffin provides a clinical update on various infectious diseases and discusses recent public health decisions and outbreaks.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Dr. Daniel Griffin

Topics covered

  • clinical update
  • CDC testing policies
  • E. coli outbreak
  • measles outbreak
  • COVID-19 treatment
  • public health
  • biomedical research

Keywords

  • rabies
  • mpox
  • E. coli
  • RSV
  • influenza
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • COVID-19
  • PEMGARDA
  • Paxlovid
  • long COVID

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CDC, Johns Hopkins, FDA, CIDRAP, ACIP

Products: PEMGARDA, Paxlovid

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