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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello talk about the health misconceptions that RFK Jr continues to perpetuate and how to combat them, first cases of highly pathogenic influenza in the California elephant seal population before Dr. Griffin deep dives into economic costs of not vaccinating against measles, the measles outbreak in South Carolinaand Utah, ICE detention centers, lack of accurate reporting may prevent the US from losing its status as a country that eliminated measles, immune amnesia from measles infection, influenza strain selection for the 2026-2027 vaccine, recent statistics for 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, clinical trials for long COVID treatment including GLP-1 inhibitors and IVIG and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD (Substack) You can know things! (Substack) Kmpanthagani: Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD Instagram) Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD kmpanthagani (Threads) Psychological inoculation improves resilience against misinformation on social media (Science) 5 Logical fallacies in the era of RFK Jr. (Substack) Tecovirimat for the Treatment of Mpox (NEJM) California records avian flu in northern elephant seals (CIDRAP) First Cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Northern Elephant Seals Confirmed in California (UC Davis)
