TWiV 1316: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 1316: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

From This Week in Virology by Vincent Racaniello

April 25, 2026 · 53 min · Episode 1316

About this episode

Dr. Griffin provides a clinical update on various infectious diseases and discusses the implications of misinformation about vaccines.

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are distressed by RFK Jr’s testimony in front of Congress, surges in rotavirus infections and the staggering number of people who believe in unproven claims about vaccines and science, 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, the fatal consequences of measles infection, prevalence of influenza and other respiratory infections in dead people, PEMGARDA authorized use for certain immunocompromised individuals where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, results from a human RSV challenge study, where to go for answers about long COVID-19, negatively associated school-related outcomes in children and adolescents with 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 Kennedy denies being sidelined by the White House (Politico) Kennedy continued to back away from his criticismof the measles vaccine (NY…

People in this episode

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Dr. Daniel Griffin

Topics covered

  • clinical update
  • vaccines
  • measles outbreak
  • rotavirus infections
  • long COVID
  • respiratory infections
  • biomedical research

Keywords

  • RFK Jr
  • measles
  • rotavirus
  • long COVID
  • Paxlovid
  • RSV
  • influenza
  • biomedical research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Johns Hopkins, ACIP, Politico, NY Times, Discovermagazine, Nature, Edelman, WasterWater Scan

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