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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin dives into West Nile virus in New Jersey, poliovirus vaccination campaign in Gaza and Afghanistan, California dengue virus infections, children dying from flu, mpox vaccination procurement and antiviral usage, flu circulation in US, before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, finding a new wasterwater dashboard, if the monovalent XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccine is effective against circulating SARS-CoV-2 isolates, the need for nasal mucosal IgA in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection, where to find PEMGARDA, does administration of molnupiravir reduce symptoms in the vaccinated, when to use convalescent plasma, how molnupiravir treatment leads to better outcomes 3 and 6 months after treatment, a reminder of how and when to use steroids to treat COVID-19, what do when healthcare workers succumb to SARS-CoV-2 infection, if vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 does protect against long COVID, and if those taking the anti-diabetic drug metformin have higher or lower incidences of long COVID.

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• West Nile virus in New Jersey (CBSNews)
• Poliovirus vaccination 90% coverate (Reuters)
• Suspension of poliovirus eradication by the Taliban (apnews)
• California dengue cluster (CIDRAP)
• Children dying of influenza (CIDRAP)
• 199 children deaths from flu (CDC)
• Bavarian Nordic mpox vaccine (Yahoo finances)
• Prequalification of MVA-BN mpox vaccine (WHO Int)
• Speed doses of mpox vaccine (CIDRAP)
• GAVI rapidly secures 500K doses of mpox vaccines for Africa(GAVI)
• Expanded access to teconvirimat for mpox treatment in US 2022-2023(NEJM Evidence)
• FluView (CDC)
• Human to human transmission of bird flu in Missouri? (NY Times)
• Bird flu isolated from humans in Missouri similar to that found in cattle (CNN)
• COVID-19