In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses Influenza incidence and vaccine effectiveness during the southern hemisphere influenza season in Chile, Nirsevimab for prevention of RSV infection in healthy late-preterm and term infants, severe Monkeypox in hospitalized patients, reinfections with different SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants, impact of community masking on COVID-19 in Bangladesh, unadjuvanted intranasal spike vaccine elicits protective mucosal immunity against sarbecoviruses, antibody responses to Omicron BA.4/BA.5 bivalent mRNA vaccine booster shot, immunogenicity of bivalent mRNA vaccine boosters, long-term gastrointestinal sequelae following COVID-19, evaluation of an automated text message–based program to reduce use of acute health care resources after hospital discharge, and how in adults with COVID-19, melatonin was assessed for effects on inflammatory markers, clinical signs and symptoms, and mortality.

Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email

Become a patron of TWiV!

Links for this episode

• Influenza incidence and vaccine effectiveness (CDC)
• Nirsevimab for prevention of RSV (NEJM)
• Severe Monkeypox in hospitalized patients (CDC)
• Reinfections with different SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants (CDC)
• Impact of community masking on COVID-19 (Science)
• Vaccine elicits protective immunity against sarbecoviruses (Science)
• Antibody responses to bivalent mRNA vaccine booster shot (Biorxiv)
• Immunogenicity of bivalent mRNA vaccine boosters (Biorxiv)
• Long-term gastrointestinal sequelae following COVID-19 (CGH)
• Remdesivir fact sheet for providers (Veklury) 
• Bebtelovimab fact sheet for providers (FDA)
• Evaluation of an automated text message–based program (JAMA)
• Melatonin assessed for effects on inflammatory markers in COVID patients (Heliyon)
• PAXLOVID patient eligibility screening checklist (FDA)
• Contribute to our MicrobeTV fundraiser at PWB
• Dr. Griffin's treatment guide (pdf)
• Letters read on TWiV 951
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to [email protected]