About this episode
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello chat about death of water fowl on Long Island, 'renaming' of the FDA adverse event monitoring system, lawsuits against RFK Jr and HHS for illegal changes in routine immunization practices, before Dr. Griffin deep dives into economic costs of not vaccinating against measles, the measles outbreak in South Carolina, Utah and ICE detention centers, recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, where to find PEMGARDA, expansion of the RSV vaccine licensure to include high risk yound adults, association between lung cancer and respiratory illnesses, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, effectiveness of vaccination or supplemental vitamin D to reduce the risk of long COVID, 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 Local waterfowl die-off likely caused by bird flu (The Suffolk Times) East End officials respond as dead birds pile up on Long Island shorelines (news 12: Long Island) FDA Adverse Event Monitoring System(AEMS)(FDA) FDA Launches NewAdverse Event Look-Up Tool(FDA) FDA announces AEMS, new adverse-event database to replace VAERS (CIDRAP) US cuts broad recommendation for four childhood vaccines including flu (Reuters) US CDC deploys staff to curb South Carolina's measles outbreak (Reuters) US judge upends Kennedy's overhaul of childhood vaccine policies (Reuters) American Academy of
