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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss several states and the governor of Pennsylvania suing HHS over changes in the childhood vaccination schedule, the vaccine derived type 2 poliovirus outbreak in Pakistan and implications for the global withdrawal of the oral poliovirus vaccine, and the outbreak of Candida, then Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, when to use steroids for treating influenza, 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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• States vs RFK Jr and Bhattacharya: changes to the childhood vaccine schedule (Office of the Attorney General, California)
• Surgeon General Nominee Sidesteps Questions on Vaccines at Senate Hearing (NY Times)
• Unqualified failure in polio vaccine policy left thousands of kids paralyzed (Science)
• Clinical and Epidemiological Investigation of Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Type 2 Outbreak in Pakistan During 2019–2021 (CID)
• Inactivated Polio Vaccine Must Be an Essential Part of Polio Eradication (CID)
• Wastewater for Candida auris:

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