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This Week in Virology

TWiV 1268: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

Vincent, Microbe, Medicine, Microbiology, Racaniello, Infection, Virus, Virology, Pathogen, Infectious, Twiv, Science & Medicine

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello discusses the link between in utero SARS-CoV-2 infection and poor neurodevelopment outcomes, the use of an mRNA vaccine as an anti-cancer therapy, why one should receive the HPV vaccine, asymptomatic H5N1 isolations in humans, and H5N1 on turkey farms, before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, how two vaccinated physicians became infected with measles, effective of COVID-19 vaccine for children, where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, can you be retreated with Paxlovid, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, how a specific antibody type may associate with recovery from long COVID, if use of a probiotic is helpful to treat mild COVID-19, if vaccination helps prevent long in adolescents 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 Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of 3-Year-Old Children Exposed to Maternal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in Utero (Obstetrics & Gynecology) SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint blockade (Nature) TWiV 1267: A cancer vaccine and an mpox treatment (microbeTV: TWiV1267) Cancers Caused by HPV (CDC: Human papillomavirus (HPV)) Circulating tumor human papillomavirus DNA whole genome sequencing enables human papillomavirus-associated oropharynx cancer early detection (Journal of National Cancer Institute) Impact of Vaccinating Adult Women Who Are HPV-Positive or with Confirmed Cervical SIL with the 9-Valent Vaccine (Viruses) ACIP Shared Clinical Decision-Making Recommendations (CDC: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)) HPV Vaccination Recommendation (CDC: Vaccines & Immunizations) Asymptomatic Human Infections With Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Confirmed by Molecular and Serologic Testing (JAMA: OPEN Network) Review: Human H5N1 avian flu cases can be asymptomatic, and the virus likely spreads among people (CIDRAP) Avian flu strikes turkey farms in Dakotas, large egg facility in California (CIDRAP) Another Doctor at Ichilov Contracts Measles After Treating Unvaccinated Child (gov.il) Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan) Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola) Tracking Measles Cases in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg) Weekly measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) Measles (WHO) Get the FACTS about measles (NY State Department of Health) Measles (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Measles vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Presumptive evidence of measles immunity (CDC) Contraindications and precautions to measles vaccination (CDC) Measles (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Adverse events associated with childhood vaccines: evidence bearing on causality (NLM) Measles Vaccination: Know the Facts (ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) Deaths following vaccination: what does the evidence show (Vaccine) Influenza: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Respiratory virus activity levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView) ACIP Recommendations Summary (CDC: Influenza) Influenza Vaccine Composition for the 2025-2026 U.S. Influenza Season (FDA) RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) Respiratory Diseases (Yale School of Public Health) US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) Vaccines for Adults (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) Economic Analysis of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP) Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 deaths (CDC) Respiratory Illnesses Data Channel (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC) COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain) Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant BA.3.2, XFG, and NB.1.8.1 (bioRxiV) Vascular and inflammatory diseases after COVID-19 infection and vaccination in children and young people in England (LANCET: Child & Adolescent Health) Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) Infusion center (Prime Fusions) CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC) NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool) Help your eligible patients access PAXLOVID with the PAXCESS Patient Support Program (Pfizer Pro) Understanding Coverage Options (PAXCESS) Real-World Effectiveness of Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir in Preventing Coronavirus Disease 2019–Associated Hospitalization (CID) Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society) Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society) What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC) Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org) Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) The answers: Long COVID SARS-CoV-2 spike-specific IgG4 class switching associates with clinical recovery in Long COVID (Journal of Infection) Efficacy of Lactococcus lactis Strain Plasma in Patients with Mild COVID-19 (Infectious Diseases and Therapy) Preventive effect of vaccination on long COVID in adolescents with SARS-CoV-2 infection (Vaccine) Reaching out to US house representative Letters read on TWiV 1268 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to [email protected] Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

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0:00.0

This week in Virology, the podcast about viruses, the kind that make you sick.

0:10.4

From MicrowTV, this is Twiv. This week in Virology, episode 1268 recorded on November 6, 2025.

0:24.4

I'm Vincent Rackenielo and you're listening to the podcast,

0:31.1

All About Viruses. Joining me today from New York, Daniel Griffin. Hello, everyone.

0:39.5

I can see that you have like an AIDS benefit tie there with a red symbol, right? That's exactly what it is, right?

0:39.8

Yeah.

0:42.7

It's like the first thing I could see because it's really big.

0:44.4

Excellent.

0:45.9

All right, let's jump in.

0:47.6

We got a lot to cover, you know.

0:50.0

I was actually thinking the other day, Vincent, I was like,

0:50.8

I don't know.

0:52.8

I'm not sure if I'll have anything to say.

0:55.5

There's always something to say. There's always something to say.

1:01.0

So let's start with our quotation. The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.

1:07.6

You know, Daniel, I spent a lot of time thinking about this, this quote.

1:12.7

And first of all, it should be person, not man, right?

1:15.8

But J.D. Salinger, what did he know?

1:18.2

Exactly. We should start updating our quotations, yeah.

1:22.0

But I don't understand.

1:25.5

Who's the one, himself?

1:27.1

The person is living for himself or herself?

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