TWiV 1080: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus in the US before discussing vaccine effectiveness in children and adolescents, how the pandemic impacted the socioemotional development of infants and toddlers, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, how to pay for Paxlovid, reviews quarantine guidelines, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, examines the role of immune aberrations in long COVID and how vaccination may protect against developing long COVID. Subscribe (free): Apple ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 20, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: VIncent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1078: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews recent measles outbreaks, prequalification of nOPV2 by the WHO and most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus in the US before discussing COVID-19 deaths linked to SNPs in C-reactive protein, spread of recent viral variants, how early vaccination reduced hospitalization of those infected with XBB.1.5, reviewed quarantine guidelines, how oral antivirals reduce hospitalizations, dissociation of antiviral treatment from infection rebound, and long COVID, deaths due to administration of hydroxychloroquine, mus...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 13, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1076: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin highlights global circulation of Mpox virus, reviews the most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus in the US, and discusses the clinical outcome of hospitalized children under 5 years infected with SARS-CoV-2, the perinatal and neonatal outcomes including adverse effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and virus transmission in Italy between early 2020 and 2022, the guidelines to improve home ventilation, the safety and efficacy of the oral anti-viral molnupiravir and the use of convalescent plasma as a long term treatme...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 6, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1074: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the outcomes of SARS-CoV-2, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection in pediatric communities under the age of 18 years, the treatment of infants with the human monoclonal anti-respiratory syncytial virus antibody to prevent hospitalizations, most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus in the US, how the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic affected school attendance and child healthcare, how exposure length influenced transmission of SARS-CoV-2, how the durability of the anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody respo...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 30, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: VIncent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1072: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses the annual economic burden of respiratory syncytial virus in adults in the US, recombinant or standard-dose influenza vaccine in adults under 65 years of age, maternal vaccine effectiveness against influenza-associated hospitalizations and emergency department visits in iInfants, influenza positive tests reported to CDC by US clinical laboratories, update on COVID-19, risk of severe maternal morbidity associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy, COVID-19 rapid antigen tests with self-collected vs health care worker–collected nasal and throat swab specimens, op...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 23, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1070: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses monkeypox and chickenpox co-infection in southern Nigeria, vaccine effectiveness against influenza A, SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody titers in maternal blood, umbilical cord blood, and breast milk, COVID-19 rapid antigen tests with self-collected vs health care worker–collected nasal and throat swab specimens, four methods for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A virus activity in schools, efficacy and safety of Baricitinib for the treatment of hospitalized adults with COVID-19, a synbiotic preparation (SIM01) for post-acute COVID-19 syndrome in Hong Kong, consisten...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 16, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1066: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses a microbiologist who was harassed during COVID pandemic sues university, use of inactivated poliovirus vaccine for poliovirus outbreak response, safety and immunogenicity of bivalent rsvpref vaccine coadministered with seasonal inactivated influenza vaccine in older adults, coffee as a dietary strategy to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection, enrollment of pediatric patients in COVID-19 interventional trials, vaccination, immunity, and the changing impact of COVID-19 on infant health, COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against post- COVID -19 condition among 589722 individuals in Sw...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 2, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1058: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses health worker–perceived working conditions and symptoms of poor mental health, Mpox neutralizing antibodies at 6 months from mpox infection or MVA-BN vaccination, newborn and early infant outcomes following maternal COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy, duration of SARS-CoV-2 culturable virus shedding in children, prescribing outcomes in outpatients treated with nirmatrelvir–ritonavir for COVID-19 in an interdisciplinary community clinic, Nirmatrelvir and molnupiravir and post-COVID-19 condition in older patients, optimal duration of systemic corticosteroids in COVI...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - November 4, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1055: Vermont viridae
Vincent travels to the University of Vermont to speak with Jason, Emily, Jessica, and Dimitry about their careers and their work on SARS-CoV-2, hantaviruses, poliovirus, influenza virus, and the involvement of viruses in the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Jason Botten, Emily Bruce, Jessica Crothers, and Dimitry Krementsov Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Spike shirts at vaccinated.us (promo code Microbetv) Research assistant position in Ros...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 22, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1053: Bird flu in Baltimore
From the Centers for Excellence in Influenza Research and Response meeting in Baltimore, Vincent speaks with Ron Fouchier, Rafael Medina, and Louse Moncla about recent changes in the epidemiology of avian H5N1 influenza virus and the threat to humans and other animals. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Ron Fouchier, Rafael Medina, and Louise Moncla Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Spike shirts at vaccinated.us (promo code Microbetv) Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 15, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1052: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses disease severity of RSV compared with COVID-19 and Influenza among hospitalized adults aged ≥60 years, antiviral efficacy of Molnupiravir versus ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir in patients with early symptomatic COVID-19, Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir and COVID-19 mortality and hospitalization among patients with vulnerability to covid-19 complications, antibiotic use among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in the United States, one week of oral Camostat vs Placebo in nonhospitalized adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, assessment of the available therapeutic approaches fo...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 14, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1046: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses wastewater surveillance data as a complement to emergency department visit data for tracking the incidence of influenza A and RSV, chatbot-delivered online intervention to promote seasonal Influenza vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic, temporal assessment of disparities in California COVID-19 mortality by industry, modeling the impact of a high-uptake bivalent booster scenario on the COVID-19 burden and healthcare costs in New York City, can high COVID-19 vaccination rates in adults help protect unvaccinated children, Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir use and hospitalizations ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 23, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1044: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of coadministration of COVID-19 and Influenza vaccines, interim effectiveness estimates of 2023 southern hemisphere influenza vaccines in preventing Influenza-associated hospitalizations, genome-wide association study of susceptibility to RSV hospitalization in young children (Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition)
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 16, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1042: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses China’s health authorities fighting surge in cases of Mpox unknown origin, analysis of seasonal variation of antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract diagnoses in primary care practices, prevalence and associated outcomes of co-infection between SARS-CoV-2 and influenza, comparison of bivalent and monovalent mRNA vaccine boosters, optimal duration of systemic corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment, acute blood biomarker profiles predict cognitive deficits 6 and 12 months after COVID-19 hospitalization, temporal changes in fecal microbiota of patients infected with C...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 9, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1038: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses modeling poliovirus transmission and responses in New York State, FDA approves first vaccine for pregnant individuals to prevent RSV in infants, prevention and control of seasonal influenza with vaccines: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Nirmatrelvir resistance – de novo E166V/L50V mutations in an immunocompromised patient treated with prolonged nirmatrelvir/ritonavir monotherapy leading to clinical and virological treatment failure, incidence of new-onset hypertension post–COVID-19: comparison with influenza, and post-acute sequel...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 26, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
