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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda, the lack of immune durability following pertussis vaccination, recommendations for maternal vaccination and antibody therapy to protect against infant RSV, vaccine security for Mpox, before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, how to put on and take off PPE to avoid contamination, where to find PEMGARDA, a reminder of how and when to use steroids to treat COVID-19, what do when healthcare workers succumb to SARS-CoV-2 infection, the lack of immune durability elicited by mRNA vaccine and the finding of how SARS-CoV-2 infection impacts memory, cognition and reduces grey matter volume.

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• Rwanda: Marburg virus disease (WHO)
• Passport required?…..Marburg virus commutes to Germany (CIDRAP)
• Outbreak of whooping cough/pertussis…..no lifelong immunity following vaccination? (Bloomberg
• Protection of infants by maternal antibodies against RSV by either vaccination or nirsevimab (MMWR)
• WHO recommendations for RSV: maternal vaccination and antibody shot  (Reuters)
• Ziresovir for RSV hospitalized infants (NEJM)
• Crawling to effective anti-RSV countermeasures (NEJM)
• The $800 million pledge for African mpox response (Reuters)
• COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
• COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)
• Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
• SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
• Doffing your PPE– contact precautions (CID)
• mRNA vaccination 

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