TWiV 1368: Clinical Update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are discouraged by the continuous attack on vaccines especially the birth dose of the hepatitis B virus vaccine, effects of the 2026 changes in immunization schedule, the global burden of vaccine preventable diseases including pertussis and measles, expansion of the Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak in Kenya,  increase in rabies diagnosis in the US and screwworm cases before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics RSV, influenza, SARS-CoV-2 infections, measles including an 8% increase in confirmed cases in 1 week in the US and its history especially the Faroe Island outbreak in 1846, warnings of congenital measles,  effect of Fluvoxamine and Metformin to combat fatigue of long COVID and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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Links for this episode Kennedy's Vaccine Plan Could Cause Surge in Hepatitis B, Study Finds(NY Times) Projected Effect of 2026 Federal Changes to the Childhood Immunization Schedule on Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infections in the United States (Annals of Internal Medicine) Highlights from the Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization (WHO) The Effect of Pertussis Vaccination During Pregnancy on Pertussis and Diphtheria Immunity in Children at 3 and 4 Years of Age (JID) Effectiveness of Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine in Children Aged 6 Months–6 Years During a Statewide Pertussis Outbreak — Alaska, May–November 2024 (CDC: MMWR) Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for Ages 18 Years or Younger (AAP) Global, regional and national burden of pertussis in 1990–2023: a Global Burden of Disease study (Nature Medicine) Is Rabies Making a Comeback? (NY Times) Dashboard SCREWWORM.Gov (USDA: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) CDC Activates Emergency Operations Center for New World Screwworm Response (CDC Newroom) Epidemiological Alert: Myiasis caused by Cochliomyia hominivorax in the Americas Region, 16 October 2026 (PAHO) 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) Kenya confirms first Ebola case after man who travelled from Congo dies (Reuters) Kenya r