Episode Details

In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello opine on the recent executive order on the routine childhood vaccination schedule, the Ebola outbreak in the Congo and Uganda including the fast track trials for 2 vaccine candidates and antivirals, recent Hantavirus infections, use of quarantined "Hantavirus" patients for the governmental propaganda machine, use of ribavirin and other antivirals for Hantavirus associated cardiopulmonary disease, before Dr. Griffin deep dives into the measles outbreak, recent statistics RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, the measles outbreak in Bangladesh, as well as in a daycare center in Texas in 2025, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, FDA approval of a second COVID-19 antiviral drug, where to go for answers about long COVID-19, use of convalescent sera for COVID-19 treatment and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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• CIDRAP Op-Ed: What's the likely next move after the executive order on childhood vaccines? (CIDRAP)
• Ebola dashboard (ebola.fyi)
• Epidemic of Ebola Disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda determined a public health emergency of international concern (WHO)
• WHO ramps up support to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola outbreak response (WHO: Democratic Republic of Congo)
• Ebola Outbreak: Current Situation (CDC:Ebola)
• Race begins to trial Ebola drugs amid current outbreak (Nature)
• Three Ebola vaccine candidates fast-tracked as African outbreak continues (CIDRAP)
• CEPI fast-tracks three Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidates (CEPI)
• Obeldesivir (Wikipedia)
• Hantavirusdashboard (Hantavirus.up)
• Hantavirus on board with Prof. VincentRacaniello (microbeTV)
• Scoop: HHS asks confined hantavirus cruise passengers to assist in propagan