TWiV 1320: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 1320: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

From This Week in Virology by Vincent Racaniello

May 9, 2026 · 44 min · Episode 1320

About this episode

Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss various health outbreaks and the impact of funding cuts on global health.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Dr. Daniel Griffin

Topics covered

  • Hantavirus
  • global health
  • measles outbreak
  • RSV
  • influenza
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • long COVID-19

Keywords

  • Hantavirus
  • measles
  • RSV
  • influenza
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • PEMGARDA
  • Paxlovid
  • long COVID-19
  • multisystem inflammatory syndrome

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trump administration, Johns Hopkins

Products: PEMGARDA, Paxlovid

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