TWiV 1356: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello delve into dengue virus infections in Florida, recent human rabies infections in the US, proposed changes in biomedical funding including "converting" the Department of War into NIAID, the continuing controversy over the deaths of 2 children in Pennsylvania from measles, before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics RSV, influenza, SARS-CoV-2 infections, approval of new mRNA COVID-19 vaccines by the FDA, and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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Links for this episode Dengue in Florida: Florida Arbovirus Surveillance (Florida Health) Nationwide Increase in Reported Human Rabies Exposures: Rabies Post-exposure Prophylaxis Administration (CDC: Health Alert Network) NIH proposes major revamp of how it scores research grant proposals (Nature) Revealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIH (Nature) Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13–17 Years — National Immunization Survey-Teen, United States, 2025 (CDC:MMWR) Dashboard SCREWWORM.Gov (USDA: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) CDC Activates Emergency Operations Center for New World Screwworm Response (CDC Newroom) 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) Notes from the Field: Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Ebola Disease Caused by Bundibugyo Virus — Uganda, 2026 (CDC: MMWR) Notes from the Field: Characteristics and Monitoring of the 2026 Outbreak of Ebola Disease Caused by Bundibugyo Virus — Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 2026 (CDC:MMWR) Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan) Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola) Big outbreak, bright lights…Measles Dashboard (South Carolina Department of Public Health) Utah measles outbreak response (Utah Department of Health and Human Services) Utah Measles Dashboard (Utah Department of Health and Human Services) Measles (VDH: Virginia Department of Health) Tracking Measles Cases in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) HAP's Latest News Pa. Launches New Measles Dashboard (Hospital + HealthSystem Association of Pennsylvania) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg) Measles (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) 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) 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) Pennsylvania Department of Health Confirms Two Measles-Associated Deaths (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) One of two measles-related deaths of unvaccinated people in Pennsylvania was an infant (CNN) Kennedy suggests measles deaths fabricated by PA governors (X) Measles Cases and Outbreaks (CDC: Rubeola) The CDC hasn't added 2 deaths to its measles database Why? (Washington Post) Trump's new CDC director ordered delay in counting 2 measles-related deaths (CNN) Commissioner Josh Parsons: Important information about measles (X) Laboratory Testing for Measles (CDC: Measles (Rubeola) Measles Clinical Diagnosis Fact Sheet (CDC: Measles (Rubeola) Measles Serology Testing (CDC: Measles (Rubeola) The Measles-Stricken Mother Who Lost Her Newborn Son (The Atlantic) What We Know About Pennsylvania's Two 'Measles-Associated' Deaths (FactCheck.org) What Obstetric Health Care Providers Need to Know About Measles and Pregnancy (Obstetrics & Gynecology) Measles an