This Week in Virology – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss in shock how RFK is breaking his promise of not altering vaccine policies by appointing new members of the ACIP, next ACIP meeting on guidelines for the COVID and RSV vaccines, circulation of “human insect viruses” including West Nile virus, and an outbreak of mpox on a cruise ship, and the ongoing measles outbreak before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, how to reduce the use of antibiotics for RSV and influenza infections in children, approval of the moderna RSV mRNA vaccine, whether or not the NB.1.8.1 should be included in the fall 2025 vaccines, immunization recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines, where to find PEMGARDA, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research, and a shout out for the special episode of TWiV with David Tuller on long COVID and ME/CFS.

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• RFK Jr. is sabotaging the vaccine program. Here’s how to stop him (Washington Post)
• Innovaciones Alumbra (Alumbra Innovaciones)
• John T Walton (Wikiepedia)
• Walmart (Wikipedia)
• Sam Walton (Wikipedia)
• Condé Nast (Wikipedia)
• Christy Walton (Wikipedia)
• Vaccine Integrity Project ( CIDRAP)
• CIDRAP launches Vaccine Integrity Project (Twin Cities: University of Minnesota)
• Next ACIP meeting (CDC: ACIP)
• June meeting: MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES (ACIP)(CDC: ACIP agenda)
• West Nile Virus and Other Nationally Notifiable Arboviral Diseases — United States, 2023 (CDC: MMWR)
• Clade II Mpox Infections Among Cruise Ship Passengers and Crew Members — United States, 2024 (CDC: MMWR)
• H5 bird flu: current situation (CDC: Avian Influenza)
• Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan)
• Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola)
• 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)
• Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg)
• 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)
• Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
• Respiratory virus activity levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
• Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
• Pediatric antibiotic use associated with respiratory syncytial virus and influenza in the United States, 2008-2018 (JID)
• FDA-CDC-DOD: 2025-2046 influenza vaccine composition (FDA)
• RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
• RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)
• Novel Drug Approvals for 2025 (FDA)
• Effectiveness and impact of nirsevimab in Chile during the first season of a national immunisation strategy against RSV (NIRSE-CL) (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
• Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity ofmRNA-1345 in Adults at Increased Risk for RSV Disease Aged 18 to 59 Years (CID)
• Moderna Receives U.S. FDA Approval for RSV Vaccine, mRESVIA, in Adults Aged 18–59 at Increased Risk for RSV Disease (moderna)
• Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
• COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)
• Spatiotemporal Association of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Cases and Deaths With Exposure to Wildfire Particulate Matter in 2020 (OFID)
• COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
• SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
• Next ACIP meeting (CDC: ACIP)
• Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant BA.3.2, XFG, and NB.1.8.1 (biRxiV)
• 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)
• Implementation of an online drug-drug interaction screener for the STRIVE ensitrelvir trial for COVID-19 (OFID)
• Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool)
• 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)
• Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
• 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
• Long COVID and ME/CFS with David Tuller (microbeTV)
• Reaching out to US house representative
• Letters read on TWiV 1228
• Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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David Tuller returns to TWiV to discuss RFK Jr. and the trashing of American public health, rituximab and ME/CFS, The Sick Times, the Cochrane Mess, a Norwegian Long Covid trial, effort preference and more.

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guest: David Tuller

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• David Tuller writes at virology blog
• CFS, a long tangled tale (virology blog)
• The Sick Times
• Norwegian Long COVID trial (virology blog)
• Cochrane mess (virology blog)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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TWiV reviews pause in the use of Chikungunya vaccine, HHS to stop recommending COVID shots for pregnant women and children, molecular basis for shifted receptor recognition by an encephalitic alphavirus, and evolution of koala retrovirus transcriptional silencing in wild koalas.

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• Pause in use of Ixchiq (FDA)
• Change in COVID vaccine recommendations (STAT)
• Basis for receptor shift in encephalitic alphavirus (Cell)
• Transcriptional silencing of koala retrovirus (Cell)
• Letters read on TWiV 1219
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

Rich – What’s that stuff in your bellybutton? Science has the answer.
Vincent – New study reveals our skin’s own bacteria can help protect us from the bad effects of sunlight

Rona – My Italian secret: the forgotten heroes and Italy and the Holocaust Foundation, Inc.

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello wail about the attack on science within the US, cancellation of CDC’s committee on infectious diseases, mpox in Sierra Leone, “bird flu” in cats, the ongoing measles outbreak globally, before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, benefits of vaccination for infants, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the WasterwaterScan dashboard, the high number of childhood deaths during this “flu” season, the May 22 VRBPAC COVID-19 vaccine meeting, where to find PEMGARDA, benefit of remedesivir, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, weight and distinct symptoms of long COVID and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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• Shut down federal advisory committee on infection prevention…..Make America Healthy Again! (CIDRAP)
• Mpox in Sierra Leone (CIDRAP)
• H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation (CDC: Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) )
• Spike in avian flu cases in cats : spillover into humans? (CIDRAP)
• Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola)
• Measles 800 in Texas…. (Texas Health and Human Services)
• Measles outbreak in North Dakota prompts local health officials to quarantine unvaccinated schoolchildren (CNN)
• 2025 Measles outbreak guidance (New Mexico Health)
• Measles and rubella weekly monitoring report: (Government of Canada)
• The Mennonites in a Texas community where measles is spreading (AP News)
• Trust the government? Seriously! West Texans, Mennonites at center of measles outbreak choose medical freedom over vaccine mandates (AP News)
• Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg) 
• Deporting Measles! (AP News)
• 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))
• 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)
• Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
• Respiratory virus activity levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
• CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season (AP News)
• Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
• New York sees highest flu-related pediatric deaths ever recorded in a season (Times Union)
• Phase 3 Safety and Efficacy Study of Baloxavir Marboxil in Children Less Than 1 Year Old With Suspected or Confirmed Influenza (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)
• FDA-CDC-DOD: 2025-2046 influenza vaccine composition (FDA)
• RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
• RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)
• Interim Evaluation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalization Rates Among Infants and Young Children After Introduction of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prevention Products (CDC: MMWR)
• US infant mortality dropped in 2024: RSV vaccine? (AP News)
• Infant Mortality Dashboard (CDC: National Center for Health Statistics)
• Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
• COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)
• Wastewater Measures of SARS-CoV-2 Accurately Predict Frequency of Symptomatic Infections in the Community (JID)
• Origin of SARS-CoV-2
• The recency and geographical origins of the bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 (Cell)
• COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
• SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
• COVID-19 infection history as a risk factor for early pregnancy loss (BMC Medicine)
• New recommendations seek treatments for post-Lyme disease condition (CIDRAP)
• Immunogenicity and Safety of Influenza and COVID-19 Multicomponent Vaccine in Adults ≥50 YearsA Randomized Clinical Trial (JAMA)
• Combo flu-COVID vaccine shows good immune response, safety in older adults (CIDRAP)
• US FDA advisers to discuss COVID-19 vaccine recommendations on May 22 (Reuters)
• Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines in the United States (CDC: COVID-19)
• COVID-19 vaccine VRBPAC May 22 (FDA)
• 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)
• 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)
• When your healthcare provider is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
• Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
• Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
• Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
• Remdesivir associated with reduced mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients (BMC Infectious Diseases)
• Real-world evidence shows remdesivir tied to less death in hospitalized COVID patients (CIDRAP)
• Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)
• Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
• The answers: Long COVID
• Excess weight is associated withneurological and neuropsychiatric symptoms in post-COVID-19 condition (PLoS One)
• Identification of soluble biomarkers that associate with distinct manifestations of long COVID (Nature Immunology)
• Reaching out to US house representative
• Letters read on TWiV 1218
• Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

TWiV reviews new CBER chief at FDA, ending of Gates Foundation in 2045, gain of function executive order, origins of bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, and single dose Sudan virus replicon vaccine protects guinea pigs from disease.

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• Prasad replaces Marks at FDA (US News)
• Gates Foundation ends 2025 (Gates Foundation)
• Gain of function Executive Order (White House)
• DURC policy (HHS)
• Origins of bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 (Cell)
• Sudan virus replicon vaccine (Nat Comm)
• Letters read on TWiV 1217
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

Rich – Andor Season 2
Alan – Sequencing Mendel’s pea plant traits, and a good Science news article on the work
Vincent – 2023 summer warmth unparalleled over the past 2,000 years

Brian – Virology Capabilities Test (VCT): A Multimodal Virology Q&A Benchmark

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello bemoan the attack on science within the US, salt water controls for vaccines, return to 1938 technology for flu vaccines, mRNA vaccines as “bioweapons”, rise in pertussis, benefits of the shingles vaccine and reduced dementia occurrence, and growing measles outbreak globally before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, the May 22 VRBPAC COVID-19 vaccine,  meeting, where to find PEMGARDA, return to antibiotic treatment for respiratory viral diseases, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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• Saline placebo control testing for new vaccines….not good chemistry! (Washington Post)
• 1940s innovation: HHS, NIH Launch Next-Generation Universal Vaccine Platform for Pandemic-Prone Viruses(US Department of Health and Human Services)
• WHAT! Minnesota Bill Against Vaccines Promotes Disinformation (Medscape Medical News) )
• Guns= fine….mRNA =mRNA Bioweapons Prohibition Act; mRNA injections and products designated as weapons of mass destruction, and mRNA injections and products prohibited. (Minnesota Legislature)
• Bioweapons of massive destruction mNRA not bombs or drones….but mRNA! (Minnesota Legislature)
• 2024 Provisional pertussis surveillance report (CDC)
• Pertussis cases by year 1922-2023 (CDC: Whooping cough (pertussis))
• Deaths by pertussis: 6 children under a year old (CDC)
• Pertussis (WHO)
• Symptoms of pertussis (CDC Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
• With whooping cough cases on the rise, a doctor explains how to protect yourself and others (CNN)
• Live zoster vaccination and cardiovascular outcomes (European Heath Journal)
• Shingles vaccine recipients see lower cardiac event risk (CIDRAP)
• H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation (CDC: Avian Influenza Bird flu)
• Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola)
• Measles 800 in Texas…. (Texas Health and Human Services)
• 2025 Measles outbreak guidance (New Mexico Health)
• Measles and rubella weekly monitoring report: (Government of Canada)
• Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg) 
• 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))
• 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)
• Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
• Respiratory virus activity levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
• CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season (AP News)
• Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
• FDA-CDC-DOD: 2025-2046 influenza vaccine composition (FDA)
• RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
• RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)
• Impact of Nirsevimab on RSV and Non-RSV Severe Respiratory Infections in Hospitalized Infants (Influenza and other respiratory viruses)
• Hospital admissions of respiratory infections in infants plunge with nirsevimab RSV antibody(CIDRAP)
• Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
• COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)
• COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
• SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
• Early effectiveness of the BNT162b2 KP.2 vaccine against COVID-19 in the US Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (Nature Commications)
• Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines in the United States (CDC: COVID-19)
• COVID-19 vaccine VRBPAC May 22 (FDA)
• 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)
• Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)
• Time to antiviral treatment in mild–moderate COVID-19 in the emergency department(Internal and Emergency Medicine)
• Delays in COVID antiviral receipt raised risk of poor outcomes after ED visits by 18%, data suggest(CIDRAP)
• Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
• Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society)
• What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC)
• When your healthcare provider is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
• Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
• Virus = Bacteria ? National Trends in Antibiotic Prescribing for Adults Hospitalized With Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Other Viral Respiratory Infections (OFID)
• Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFD)
• 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
• Short and long-term trajectories of the post COVID-19 condition (BMJ Infectious Diseases)
• Prevalence of Persistent Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Abnormalities on PET/MRI and DECT Imaging in Long COVID Patients (Journal of Nuclear Medicine)
• Long-COVID patients show signs of inflammation on PET/ MRI scans(CIDRAP)
• Reaching out to US house representative
• Letters read on TWiV 1216
• Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

From the 2024 International Hepatitis B virus meeting in Chicago IL, Rich Condit speaks with Thomas Tu about his experiences as a both a HepB scientist and patient.

Guest: Thomas Tu

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• Hepatitis B Foundation
• Tu Laboratory
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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TWiV reviews universal vaccine initiative at NIAID, shut down of the Integrated Research Facility at Ft. Detrick, modeling the reemergence of infectious diseases as vaccination rates drop, and bacterial outer membrane vesicles bound to bacteriophages modulate neutrophil responses to bacterial infection.

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• ASV 2025
• Paul has Measles (YouTube, virology blog)
• Universal vaccine project (NIAID, CIDRAP)
• Measles update (US, Texas)
• Integrated Research Lab closed (Telegraph)
• Modeling reemergence of infectious diseases (JAMA)
• Outer membrane vesicles attached to phage (Front Cell Inf Micro)
• Pf phage review (Front Immunol)
• Letters read on TWiV 1215
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

Alan – A Paradise Built in Hell, by Rebecca Solnit (and here’s my review of it)
Jolene – Virology course student communication projects, Spring 2025
Vincent – Vaccine Education Center

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello bewail the attack on science within the US and withdrawal from the global health communities, association between the shingles vaccine and reduced dementia occurrence, ending of Uganda’s ebola outbreak, undermining effective responses to human bird flu infections, growing measles outbreak in the US and dire predictions of the return of vaccine preventable diseases including polio if vaccination rates continue to decline, before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the WasterwaterScan dashboard, how HHS is undermining the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, if Paxlovid reduces stroke, where to find PEMGARDA, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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• Lab animal RIFFing (NY Times)
• Herpes zoster vaccination and dementia occurrence(JAMA)
• The recombinant shingles vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia (Nature Medicine)
• Uganda declares end to latest ebola outbreak (Reuters)
• Enhancing the response to avian influenza in the US and globally (LANCET: Regional Health-Americas)
• H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation (CDC: Avian Influenza Bird flu)
• Measles Update — United States, January 1–April 17, 2025 (CDC: MMWR)
• Measles in Europe……..but greater in the US (CIDRAP)
• Measles – Annual Epidemiological Report for 2024 (ECDC: European Center for Disease Prevention and Control)
• Measles (ECDC: European Center for Disease Prevention and Control)
• Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola)
• Measles 800 in Texas…. (Texas Health and Human Services)
• 2025 Measles outbreak guidance (New Mexico Health)
• On the precipice of disaster’: Measles may be endemic in 25 years if vaccine uptake stays low, model predicts (CIDRAP)
• Modeling Reemergence of Vaccine-Eliminated Infectious Diseases Under Declining Vaccination in the US (JAMA)
• Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg) 
• 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))
• 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)
• Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
• Respiratory virus activity levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
• 200 children die from flu (CIDRAP)
• Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
• FDA-CDC-DOD: 2025-2046 influenza vaccine composition (FDA)
• RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
• RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)
• Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
• COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)
• COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
• SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
• Health secretary RFK Jr. declares certain vaccines have ‘never worked,’ flummoxing scientists…..what certain vaccines?(STAT News)
• More FDA uncertainty roils full approval for Novavax COVID vaccine (CIDRAP)
• FDA Punts on Major Covid-19 Vaccine Decision After Ouster of Top Official (WSJ)
• U.S. health officials inject new uncertainty into approval process for Covid boosters (STAT News)
• Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines in the United States (CDC: COVID-19)
• 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)
• 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)
• When your healthcare provider is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
• Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
• Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
• Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
• Into the Unknown: Practical Remdesivir Restriction in the Era of Widespread SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity (CID)
• Tocilizumab and IVIG experience during the service follow-up in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia(Rev Insti MedTrop Sao Paulo)
• Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)
• Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
• The answers: Long COVID
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From the 2024 International Hepatitis B virus meeting in Chicago IL, Rich Condit speaks with Chari Cohen about her work as President of the Hepatitis B Foundation.

Guest: Chari Cohen

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