Episode Details

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin deep dives into whether the mysterious respiratory illness in the Congo is malaria, and in conjunction with your host Vincent Racaniello discusses the failure of the poliovirus eradication campaign with virus circulation detected throughout Europe and how we should focus on disease control not virus circulation, then returns to discussing avian influenza in raw milk and the early stoppage of the mpox antiviral Tecovirimat  before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, if there is a difference in protection against the development of severe disease between an mRNA or a protein based vaccine, where to find PEMGARDA, and information for Columbia Unversity Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center.

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• IIs the mysterious disease in the Congo, malaria? (AP News)
• State of global health, year-end remarks by WHO director-general (WHO)
• Really, progress towards poliomyelitis eradication? (CDC MMWR)
• Increases in confirm cases ¹ control of poliomyelitis (WHO)
• Polio European Union and United Kingdom, is that 1 global entry? (Science)
• Is the WHO the global CDC?  polio vaccination guidelines (WHO)
• Do you feed your cats raw milk? (Public Health LA county)
• Is there avian influenza in the zoo near you? (Maricopa)
• Don’t feed your cat raw milk (CIDRAP)
• Holy Cow! H5N1 in cows! (microbeTV)
• Tecovirimat no improvement in Mpox resolution or pain(NIAID NIH)
• Interim results from STOMP study of  Tecovirimat (SIGA)
• Trial stops enrollment after Tpoxx fails (CIDRAP)
• Is Tecovirimat really first-in-class mpox therapy? (Viruses)
• Influenza weekly surveillance rep