In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are distressed by Erica Schwartz’ confirmation as CDC director, the GAO proposed pandemic preparedness plans, the national cyclospora outbreak and resulting two deaths, new screwworm and the scale of the Ebola outbreak in the Congo, and clear results from some of President Trump’s policies dismantling public health activites including water safety, before Dr. Griffin deep dives into the measles outbreak, recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, FDA approval of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine for seasonal flu, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, where to go for answers about long COVID-19, how SARS-CoV-2 infections may reactivate latent viral infections, particularly Aniello virus, and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research.

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Senate confirms Erica Schwartz as CDC director (CIDRAP)
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS: Experts Identified Actions to Improve Surveillance for Emerging Disease Threats (Government Accountability Office)
Association Between First MMR Vaccination Before Age 2 Years and Childhood Autism in a U.S. EHR Cohort of 2.5 Million Children (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)
F.D.A. Approves Moderna’s mRNA Flu Vaccine (NY Times)
Efficacy and Safety of an mRNA Seasonal Influenza Vaccine in Adults (NEJM)
Two Deaths Linked to Cyclosporiasis in Michigan (NY Times)
CDC expands largest known cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states (Washington Post)
Surveillance of Cyclosporiasis (CDC: Cyclosporiasis)
Infectious DiseaseOutbreaks (Michigan: Health & Human Services)
Cyclosporiasis Cases in North Carolina (North Carolina: Division of Public Health)
Cyclospora Infection (Cyclosporiasis) (NYC Health)
Missouri Communicable Disease Report (2026) (Missouri Health)
Irrigation & Water Use (USDA: Economic Research Service)
A Guide to OSHA’s Field Sanitation Standard (OSHA)
Turm purge at FDA and USDA triggers food safety ‘brain drain’ (FOODNavigator)
Foodborne Illness Surveillance Systems (CDC)
About Campylobacter infection (CDC: Campylobacter infection (Campylobacteriosis))
About Cyclosporiasis (CDC: Cyclosporiasis)
About Listeria Infection (CDC: Listeria Infection (Listeriosis))
About Salmonella Infection (CDC: Salmonella Infection (Salmonellosis))
About Escherichia coli Infection (CDC: E.Coli Infection (Escherichia coli))
About Shigella Infection (CDC: Shigella-Shigellosis)
About Vibrio Infection (CDC: Vibrio Infection (Vibriosis))
About Yersinia Infection (CDC: Yersinia Infection (Yersiniosis))
CDC Reveals Cause of Malaria’s Return to US After 20 Years(Newsweek)
Trump Dismantles USAID: Experts Say Move Will Help America’s Rivals and Harm Millions (Newsweek)
What we truly know about the huge US Cyclospora outbreak—and what we don’t (CIDRAP)
It’s The Water, Not Produce, Likely Driving Cyclospora Outbreaks (Forbes)
Dashboard SCREWWORM.Gov (USDA: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)
CDC Activates Emergency Operations Center for New World Screwworm Response (CDC Newroom)
Ebola dashboard (ebola.fyi)
EBOLA: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2026(WHO)
Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak Democratic Republic of the Congo (WHO: Democratic Republic of Congo)
Ebola Outbreak: Current Situation (CDC:Ebola)
EXCLUSIVE: Congo’s Ebola epidemic started at least 4 months before it was detected (Science)
Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan)
Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola)
Big outbreak, bright lights…Measles Dashboard (South Carolina Department of Public Health)
Utah measles outbreak response (Utah Depar...