"If you can’t trust a dog, who can you trust?" Harvey, telling it like it is!

Worked with @bobjherman.bsky.social on the data for this piece. Here’s the chart I think is the showstopper: Over the last 40 years, the amount of money spent on employer-sponsored insurance premiums skyrocketed by nearly 1000%, well above baseline inflation.

Last year's deletion of HHS web pages deemed "DEI" also hit clinical trials. A new bill may — operative word being "may" — restore efforts to include rural and underserved people in research.

What fear and ignorance can do to a life. #ThePowerofStories #EndtheStigma

Hey, look at that — New York has an official Doxy-PEP website! www.health.ny.gov/diseases/com...

Good interview with @drdemetre.bsky.social — former leader of CDC's HIV prevention, mpox & immunization efforts — at IAPAC’s Continuum 2026 conference. He noted that after every dark age is a renaissance — & what's rebuilt will not necessarily look like what came before.

HIV can now be detected via wastewater monitoring - and separate out strains currently circulating in a community from older strains used in research!

A vaccine for fentanyl? The world of immunization targets keeps expanding in incredible ways.

"The science moved forward, and so have I." It takes courage to admit you've been wrong. www.propublica.org/article/vita...

Race and gender intersect with many other factors in the lives of women living with HIV. This #FactSheetFriday we're breaking down factors affecting #HIV for women of different races & ethnicities. Read the full fact sheet at the link below. Share with someone if you find the information useful.

Deborah Persaud, MD, a pioneering virologist at Johns Hopkins, made history by functionally curing an infant of HIV, advancing mother-to-child HIV transmission research. #Innovator #CaribbeanHeritageMonth

Here in New York, Pride is all summer long! If you missed Buffalo's parade, here's an official list from NYS* of other events across our state. *and isn't it wonderful to live in a state that happily supports its LGBTQ+ citizens!

How do you reach the public about the lifesaving power of vaccination? And once you have their attention, what do you do? Come to our next Vax Advocates workshop and find out for yourself: taskforce-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #VaxAdvocates

Getting tested and treated for HIV is so important! Learn more and find a test by going to www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/h... #HIV #HIVtesting #HIVawareness #Testing #GetTested

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We must protect HIV funding for research, testing and prevention for people across the country, including for the 120,000 New Yorkers living with HIV.

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An experimental HIV vaccine regimen from scientists at Scripps Research and Karolinska Institutet elicited apex-targeted cross-neutralizing antibodies in every preclinical model tested. Published in Nature the vaccines generated responses against multiple HIV strains. More: https://ow.ly/pfKk50Z5Hcp

Trying to quit smoking or know someone who is? @urmed.bsky.social's Quit Smoking program can help. Almost 40% of patients self-report smoking abstinence 3 months after enrolling. This beats the success rate of smokers who try to go cold turkey (only about 8%) www.urmc.rochester.edu/cancer-insti...

“RIO is the first study to let so many people safely stay off ART for so long. These are exciting results for a study that is still ongoing." We're getting close, friends.

Stigma and misinformation drive people away from care and undermine outbreak response. The AIDS response taught us this. Actively addressing both must be central to the Ebola response.

The incidence and prevalence of #LongCovid worse than anticipated in the US, with 1 of 6 persons affected, and of these 89% had at least 1 chronic condition requiring management. From 58 hospitals, 4 regions, 457,950 patients. Prevalence increased thru mid 2024. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Good news! Rates for STI diagnoses have gone down across New York, including Monroe County! Find all the data at www.stidashboardny.org/data/

This #MemorialDay, remember that every death from #HIV and #AIDS is connected to stigma. We have treatments for HIV, but no one has found a foolproof treatment for stigma. And yet we persist. Because it is the right thing to do & if we stop stigma, we will stop HIV.

This week, the CDC took down their web page about reducing the risk of mpox infection. You can view it here.

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Happy HIV Vaccine Awareness Day! Here's how we're celebrating: prepping gift bags for tonight's first ever Community Impact Awards, honoring local Rochestarians who've helped push HIV research forward. More pics to come — we're stokes for this inaugural event!

A new trial found a technique similar to treatment blood cancer kept two patients at undetectable levels for extended periods.

Two of three people treated with their own "rejiggered" immune cells have been able to maintain undetectable levels without medication. They are still in remission. Research = progress = hope

For #NationalNursesWeek, we remember the nurses who were on the frontlines of the AIDS epidemic, in the US and around the world. And salute the many who dedicate themselves today to caring for HIV+ patients! If you don't know much about Ward 5B, we encourage you to learn more here. ❤️

Now, scientists at Gladstone Institutes and @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social have created the first comprehensive genetic roadmap of how the virus interacts with real human cells.

Please share: Black heterosexual couples living in New York are invited to participate in this online survey about sexual health. Participating couples can receive $100. www.bhosproject.com

Since the 1990s, the percentage of survivors in this hard-hit region who show protective immune responses to HIV has increased - and that increase slowed once HIV treatment meds were available. “You can see how rapidly evolution actually can occur.”

From vaccine supply to community delivery, from research to advocacy – the efforts of many around the world are helping to prevent diseases, save lives and give every child a healthier start. Learn more this #WorldImmunizationWeek: https://unicef.link/4cbxhCo

Genetic advantages, like a higher immunity to HIV (among LOTS of other things) may be why redheads are getting more numerous in populations.

And we're working on making HIV the fifth!

This STI is not curable, but it is treatable and manageable with daily medication. If a person's viral load is undetectable, they cannot transmit it through sex. To learn more: www.ashasexualhealth.org/april-is-sti... #HIV #STIawareness #STItesting #STIs #STIawarenessMonth

We announce our inaugural Community Impact Awards, honor individuals who have advanced research towards HIV prevention and treatment in Rochester and beyond. Our 2026 honorees are Jackie Dozier (Common Ground Health), and Catherine Bunce (Rochester Victory Alliance [recently retired]).

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Discounts: Military Veteran, Senior (65 and over) and Young Adult (25 and under) discounts are available on all film screening tickets.

This study is one of the first looks at the effects of obesity on vaccine effectiveness.

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Knowing the ImageOut Spring Film Festival starts this week makes for a Happy Monday, indeed! The festival kicks off Thursday; advance tickets are still available through Wednesday. Find out what's showing this year and where via imageout.org

In a recent article published in Guildford Press, Dr. Michele Andrasik et al. discuss how the Fred Hutch-based HIV Vaccine Trials Network builds trust and engages communities for #HIV prevention research globally. https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/aeap.2026.38.1.1

As prices rise and services are cut, we're glad to help sponsor Trillium's Food Pantry. At last night's celebratory event, CEO Jason Barnecut-Kearns gave us a tour, telling us the rate of use has doubled over the past year to 1,000 families of month. Well done! trilliumhealth.org/food #RochesterNY

Welcome to the 2026 Rochester, NY Falcon Season! #ROC #Peregrine #falcon

We're excited to announce our first Community Impact Award! This award, sponsored by our Community Advisory Board (CAB), highlights local individuals whose activism, outreach, and have advanced research re: #HIV prevention &treatment. Stay tuned for more details... 🎉

New LGBTQ bookstore in Rochester!

Thank you for interacting with us during the rollout of the People's Health Platform. The next pillar: Protect & expand access to sexual, reproductive & gender-affirming healthcare. End political attacks on contraception, abortion, & gender-affirming care, and protect access to this care.

Seventy-three sounds like a low number. But it's the entire world to the kids affected. Help young New Yorkers: - speak openly of PrEP - support healthy sex education in schools - advocate for affordable access to prevention and treatment