TWiV 1328: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
From This Week in Virology by Vincent Racaniello
June 6, 2026 · 1h 1m · Episode 1328
About this episode
Dr. Daniel Griffin provides a clinical update on various infectious diseases and vaccination issues.
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello opine on the recent executive order on the routine childhood vaccination schedule, the Ebola outbreak in the Congo and Uganda including the fast track trials for 2 vaccine candidates and antivirals, recent Hantavirus infections, use of quarantined “Hantavirus” patients for the governmental propaganda machine, use of ribavirin and other antivirals for Hantavirus associated cardiopulmonary disease, 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, the measles outbreak in Bangladesh, as well as in a daycare center in Texas in 2025, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, FDA approval of a second COVID-19 antiviral drug, where to go for answers about long COVID-19, use of convalescent sera for COVID-19 treatment 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 CIDRAP Op-Ed: What’s the likely next move after the executive order on childhood…
People in this episode
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Daniel Griffin
Topics covered
- childhood vaccination
- Ebola outbreak
- Hantavirus infections
- measles outbreak
- COVID-19 treatment
- long COVID-19
- antivirals
Keywords
- vaccination schedule
- Ebola
- Hantavirus
- measles
- RSV
- influenza
- SARS-CoV-2
- Paxlovid
- long COVID-19
- antivirals
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: CIDRAP, WHO
Products: Paxlovid
Places: Congo, Uganda, Bangladesh, Texas
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