Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin briefly discusses the E.coli outbreak associated with onions from McDonald’s before deep diving into the announcement of Robert F Kennedy Jr. nomination for Secretary of Human and Health Services with highlights from MicrobeTV’s own Vincent Racaniello and Paul Offit (Beyond the Noise), the global measles outbreak, underutilization of influenza antivirals for children and teens, the $350 million 2025 order for mpox vaccination, before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, the effectiveness of N95 mask, the interplay between transmission and immunity for virus spread, where to find PEMGARDA, and translational science being conducted to understand long COVID including ongoing clinical trials, development of animal models and how sex may affect outcomes.

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Links for this episode

• Micky D’s onions linked to E. coli outbreak….another reason to not eat fast food (CDC)
• RFK Jr. series…..does he get anything right? (FactCheck.org)
• Salk polio vaccine : a calculated risk? (BMJ)
• How to conduct a controlled vaccine trial (American Journal Public Health Nations Health)
• Safety and efficacy of BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (NEJM)
• Another Safety and efficacy study: mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (NEJM)
• …..SERIOUSLY! can’t RFK Jr get it correct? (FactCheck.org)
• ‘I’ve Come Home Today’: RFK Jr. (the Defenders Children’s Health Defense News & Views)
• Thank God for sensible people: Racaniello and Offit (microbeTV)
• RFK Jr. : MAN CAN’T YOU GET ANYTHING RIGHT? (Annenberg Public Policy Center: University of Pennsylvania)
• No harm in repeating Vinny! Thank God for sensible people: Racaniello and Offit (microbeTV)
• Did America think Trump-Kennedy through? …..really did you think this through? (microbeTV)
• Make American Healthy Again? ……I will have fries with that….SUPERSIZED! (Wall Street Journal)
• Keep the United States HEALTHY! (Safe Communities Coalition)
• Measles in the US (CDC Measles: Rubeola)
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