TWiV 914: COVID-19 clinical update #121 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In COVID-19 clinical update #121, Dr. Griffin discusses age as a risk factor for severe disease, updated vaccine boosters for the fall, pediatric infection and antibody seroprevalence in Arkansas over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, all-cause maternal mortality in the United States before and during the pandemic, and the effect of 2-week interruption in methotrexate treatment and how it impacts vaccine immunity.</p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a title= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784" href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv">RSS</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <h3 id="links-for-this-episode"><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Age as a risk factor for <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html">severe disease</a> (NY Times)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.npr.org/2022/06/28/1108400756/fda-advisers-recommend-covid-booster-omicron"> Omicron boosters</a> for the fall (NPR)</li> <li>Pediatric <a href= "https://academic.oup.com/jpids/article/11/6/248/6549677">infection and antibody seroprevalence</a> in Arkansas (PIDS)</li> <li>All-cause <a href= "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2793640"> US maternal mortality</a> during pandemic (JAMA)</li> <li>Effect of 2-week interruption in <a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(22)00186-2/fulltext"> methotrexate treatment</a> (The Lancet)</li> <li><a href="https://www.fda.gov/media/158165/download">PAXLOVID patient eligibility</a> screening checklist (FDA)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.vekluryhcp.com/?utm_id=iw_sa_11453738585_111635246813&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=medicine+remdesi