TWiV 1364: Clinical Update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss their continuing struggle to understand the ongoing outbreak of cyclospora, decimation of US public health including 30% or greater loss of personnel from the CDC, continuing measles outbreaks here and aboard, a mumps outbreak in San Diego and a Hib death in Montana, criminalization of pediatricians in Texas, dengue associated death in Florida, Ebola in Kenya, a new Legionnaires outbreak, screw worm cases, and a hearing in Florida to end requirements of four vaccines including Hib and chickenpox, before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics RSV, influenza, SARS-CoV-2 infections, the continued measles outbreak in Pennsylvania, US, Canada, statistics on vaccine preventable disease mortality in children, effectiveness of adjuvanted high dose influenza vaccine and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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Links for this episode Smallpox History and Decisive Actions of George Washington (CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases) Christina Jewett (NY Times) Caroline Hopkins Legaspi (NY Times) F.D.A. Found Cyclospora During Taylor Farms Inspection in Mexico (NY Times) Suspected plague incident leaves 1 dead, 200 under quarantine in Siberia (CIDRAP) Dozens quarantined in Siberia after plague institute lab worker dies (Reuters) Russia tells WHO there are no plague cases in Siberian city (Reuters) 30% effective workforce loss across CDC (AFGE Local 2883) CDC Leadership (CDC: About CDC) CDC Leadership 2025 (CDC) They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They're Fighting for New Lives. (NY Times) 'Zombified' C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission(NY Times) San Diego State football hit by mumps outbreak with 14 confirmed cases ahead of Pac-12 opener (CBS Sports) Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (NY Times) Montana DPHHS reports pediatric death from complications of invasive Hib infection (NBC: Montana) Florida announces Oct. 8 hearing on plan to end rules for four vaccines (WUSF: NPR Health News Florida) Legionnaires' Disease (NYC: Health) 2 confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease at Queens apartment complex prompt NYC Health Department probe (CBS News) Dashboard SCREWWORM.Gov (USDA: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) CDC Activates Emergency Operations Center for New World Screwworm Response