TWiV 1340: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
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Dr. Daniel Griffin joins Vincent Racaniello to discuss various health topics including post-polio syndrome, air quality issues, and recent outbreaks of diseases.
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello debate if Senator Mitch McConnell’s recent hospitalization is due to post-polio syndrome or just old age, how air quality from Maine to Chicago has been affected by the Ontario wild fires, new screwworm, Legionnaires and cyclosporasis cases, the Ebola outbreak in the Congo and development of a novel vaccine and antiviral, before Dr. Griffin deep dives into the measles outbreak, recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, where to go for answers about long COVID-19, long term effects of COVID-19 immune dysfunction including ocular and gut 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 Statement From Senator Mitch McConnell (Mitch McConnell US Senator for Kentucky) Polio(NY Department of Health: Polio) Global polio vaccination (CDC) For Some Survivors, Polio Casts a Long Shadow (GAVI) Former Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell…
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