TWiV 957: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses human monkeypox virus infection in women and non-binary individuals during the 2022 outbreaks, changes in population immunity against infection and severe disease from SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants in the United States, updates on COVID-19–related mortality, impact of community masking on COVID-19, effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines against hospitalization with Omicron sub-lineages BA.4 and BA.5 in England, cardiovascular outcomes after Tixagevimab and Cilgavimab use for pre-exposure prophylaxis against COVID-19, how Paxlovid is associated with decreased hospitalization rate among adults with COVID-19, inside the mind of an anti-paxxer, and angiotensin receptor blockers for the treatment of COVID-19.</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>Human monkeypox virus infection in <a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)02187-0/fulltext">women and non-binary individuals</a> (The Lancet)</li> <li>Changes in <a href= "https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.19.22282525v2">population immunity</a> against infection and severe disease from variants (Medrxiv)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/data-review/index.html"> Updates</a> on COVID-19 related mortality (CDC)</li> <li>Impact of <a href= "https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi9069">community masking</a> on COVID-19 (Science)</li> <li><a href= "https://ww