TWiV 1366: Clinical Update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are crestfallen to learn of the 6th measles death in Pennsylvania and more than 9000 deaths from Ebola, an enterovirus/Coxsackievirus outbreak at the University of Pennsylvania, decimation of the HIV services following withdrawal of PEPFAR and USAID, role of gut microbes in vaccine adverse events such as fever, continued raw milk consumption, and thermostable nanoparticles for mRNA vaccine delivery before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics RSV, influenza, SARS-CoV-2 infections, measles, development of a rapid diagnostic for measles, how long COVID effects sleep cycles and the microbiome, and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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Links for this episode Hand, foot, and mouth disease cases spike at Penn this fall (The Daily Pennsylvanian) HIV service delivery after the PEPFAR and USAID HIV funding withdrawal in Uganda and Zimbabwe: an interrupted time-series study (LANCET: Global Health) The human gut microbiome primes fever after vaccination (Science) Escape to 11,100' in Rustic Luxury (HaydenBackcountry) Consumption of Unpasteurized (Raw) Milk and Milk Products by Pregnant People and Children: Policy Statement (Pediatrics) Raw milk poses serious infection risks with no added health benefits, pediatrician group warns (CIDRAP) The Science and the Stakes of Raw Milk Consumption with Pam Ruegg, Nicole Martin, and Daniel Griffin (Dairy Digressions) First Birth Cohort Eligible for Chickenpox Vaccine Had a Sharp Drop in Shingles Cases (Epic Research) Accelerated discovery of thermostable mRNA–lipid nanoparticle vaccines using data-efficient AI (Nature: Biotechnology) Legionnaires' Disease (NYC: Health) Dashboard SCREWWORM.Gov (USDA: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) CDC Activates Emergency Operations Center for New World Screwworm Response (CDC Newroom) Ebola DRC (X) Ebola dashboard (ebola.fyi) EBOLA: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2026 (WHO) Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak Democratic Republic of the Congo(WHO: Democratic Republic of Congo) Ebola Outbreak: Current Situation (CDC:Ebola) Congo's Ebola infections surpass 9,000, government report shows (Reuters) I've Worked in Congo for Decades. I've Never Seen an Ebola Crisis Like This (NY Times) Pennsylvania reports its 6th measles death, in a Franklin County resident (CIDRAP) Suba