RFK Jr. claimed that scientists and healthcare providers support his dangerous agenda, and also claimed his mailbag is bigger than Senator Wyden’s. Yes, this really happened. Defend Public Health has a new campaign. You can help prove that we do not, in fact, support RFK Jr. or his ideas.

Ahem. Louder for the lawmakers in the back.

A #ScienceImmunology Review highlights the role of dendritic cells in shaping T cell antitumor responses and explores how this interplay could be harnessed for cancer vaccines. Learn more on #WorldCancerResearchDay: https://scim.ag/4gyCKVC

A police officer was killed in the attack on the CDC by an antivaxxer. Trump did not mention it. Use this as a benchmark to compare how the Trump administration responds to an attack on an ICE facility to judge which federal employees are deemed worth protecting. abcnews.go.com/US/1-week-af...

👀Good thread on some very good news, for some countries, on #lenacapavir for #HIV PrEP, and what remains to be done to ensure affordable access for all.⬇️

🌏 Join the IAS & the Institute of HIV Research and Innovation for the virtual symposium "Science & Communities in the #HIV Response in Southeast #Asia"! ⏰ 14:30–16:50 ICT / 09:30–11:50 CEST , 8-9 October 📄 View the programme: zurl.co/RImdQ 📲 And register today: zurl.co/bXRCF

[email protected] we showed avg lag for access in the South=10yrs! We’re moving faster, good. But Brazil, for exmpl, left out of the licensing. producers in SAfrica not eligible. majority of new HIV infections are occurring in middle-income countries. They deserve $40 access www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

…In @thelancet.com we described his POLICY was used to ration oral prep when limited product was available, making only a few groups eligible. This created stigma and policies that still lag today. All must be avail to all by policy, priority not targeting download-files.wixmp.com/ugd/5eb22a_0...

Important announcement on HIV prevention shot: 2 companies will make it for just $40/yr. At that price global scale up is possible. unitaid.org/news-blog/le... Been writing on this moment where world must learn from past & avoid mistakes of scale, policy restriction, and geography. We said…

Very much hoping this is all accurate, but a press release accompanying a published paper is immensely preferable to science only by press release. Perhaps even more so right now, given how scientific claims that are misstated or unravel can be propagandized.

DOGE was a failure because its entire premise was flawed, and, on top of that, the people who ran and implemented it were both arrogant and ignorant.

🌍 “We welcome #lenacapavir generics being made affordable – a vital step to expand access – but availability in 2027 still feels far away.” IAS President Beatriz Grinsztejn joins global health leaders reacting to today’s announcement of new voluntary licences. 📰 More via @theguardian.com.

Activists Demand $40-a-year Generic Price for Breakthrough #HIV Prevention Drug be Made Available to all Low- and Middle-Income Countries www.citizen.org/news/activis... @publiccitizen.bsky.social @asia-ilse.bsky.social

Scientists studying the risks of medicines, vaccines, toxins and more are grappling with an administration that distorts their work. “He is on a political crusade,” said autism expert Helen Tager-Flusberg of RFK. Not a scientific one. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Lenacapavir can change the course of HIV prevention, but only if all who need it can access it. With CHAI, Wits RHI and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Unitaid secured a US$40 annual price, with generics expected by 2027. A major step toward equity and ending HIV. Learn more: www.unitaid.org/lenacapavir

Here are data on the percentage of FY2024 appropriation committed to date in FY2025. Most ICs are well on track, but four ICs (NIMHD, NINR, NHLBI, NHGRI) still appear to be under 80%. Note that values >100% reflect either a higher appropriation for FY25 or an increased % devoted to grants.

In other news, Chief Justice Roberts's "administrative" stay from 9/9 — allowing the Trump admin hold off spending nearly $5 billion in foreign aid that Congress said is to be spent by 9/30 — remains in effect tonight, one week and one hour from the spending deadline. www.lawdork.com/i/173230405/...

Everlasting shame on those who voted to confirm an AIDS denialist to the position of HHS Secretary.

Trans Health Care “Skeptics” Lost a Key Ally—Now They’re Having a Meltdown The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans “misuse” of his work. “As far as I am concerned,” Guyatt recounted telling SEGM in a recent conversation, “you are not evidence-based.”

These Patients Got the Cure. Then It Went Away. Gene therapies for rare diseases are frequently developed then discarded by drug companies because they can’t afford to produce the treatment for more patients. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/h...

“will continue to back science in our efforts to ensure Pennsylvanians can make the best health care decisions for themselves and their families” www.axios.com/local/pittsb...

Every 20 seconds, TB takes a life. Inuit in Nunavut face rates 300× higher than non-Indigenous Canadians. 📢 Add your voice: email your MP before Sept 30 👉 https://pihcanada.org/tell-canada-fund-fight-end-tb-september-30th #EndTB @tbfighters.org @resultscanada.bsky.social#EndTB

Too many lives are being lost because CD4 testing is being deprioritized. The CD4 Monitoring Fact Sheet offers a clear picture of where the gaps are, and what can be done to fix them. 📥 Download your copy here: tinyurl.com/CD4testing

🚨 UNAIDS Must Not Be Sunset! 🚨 The Fight AIDS Coalition (FAC) has issued a statement rejecting the UN80 proposal to dismantle UNAIDS by 2026. Please SHARE widely: bit.ly/4pzwbpU SIGN ON to the NGO Delegation statement here 👉 unaidspcbngo.org/news/with-th... #FightAIDSNow

Coming into a leadership role right now in an HIV organization is no small feat. New Orleans born Carl Baloney, Jr., has stepped up to bat at @aidsunited.bsky.social. He talks with @kenyonfarrow.bsky.social in a candid, one-on-one conversation. positivelyaware.com/new-AIDS-Uni...

Spatial and functional diversity of innate lymphoid cells in the human female genital tract may contribute to antiviral responses to HIV @natimmunol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency is associated with an impaired skeletal muscle regenerative response and fibrosis in older men with #HIV www.nature.com/articles/s41... (open access)

Review @natrevimmunol.nature.com Targets of protective immunity and opportunities in hepatitis C virus vaccine development www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mild HIV-specific selective forces overlaying natural CD4+ T cell dynamics explain the clonality and decay dynamics of #HIV reservoir cells www.cell.com/cell-systems... (subscription required, but previously available as a preprint: www.cell.com/cell-systems...

WSJ - Federal economists and researchers responsible for measuring hunger in America are placed on indefinite paid leave. www.wsj.com/politics/policy/u...

Woo-hoo!!! A win for the UCLA research community! A win for science! A win for sanity! calmatters.org/education/20...

rfk jr. and gang just added this new agency “priority” for CDC on their website. doesn’t sound like public health. sounds like fascism cdc.gov/about/cdc/in...

This is bonkers. FDA is going to change leucovorin's label based on a lit review with data on 40 patients w/ cerebral folate deficiency and comparisons to "known natural history." www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/f...

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

This would carry more weight if you hadn't spent the last year cheerleading for the Cass Report

These are depressing times, but I am so glad that we will get to host an incredible advocate and leader @mcgillghp.bsky.social this fall! @zackieachmat.bsky.social will receive the inaugural Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity! www.mcgill.ca/globalhealth...

Support independent media. Because this is a crisis.

Wow In just 4 months, nearly 1400 American healthcare workers have applied for jobs in just one province in Canada 🇨🇦

Pregnant women can't access the #COVID vaccine. If they get #COVID and develop a fever, they can't take Tylenol? 🫠. Both COVID infection and untreated maternal fever increase the risk of bad outcomes for both fetus and mother ranging from preterm delivery to death. None of this is pro-life.

Want to learn more about lenacapavir? See Hour 19 of the @saveaidsresearch.bsky.social event, with Wesley Sundquist, Linda-Gail Bekker and Yvette Raphael youtu.be/aVTBgNDpS44?... @avac.org #IDSky #HIV @hivma.bsky.social @sidpharm.bsky.social @pidsociety.bsky.social @idsainfo.bsky.social

If you’d like to unpack all the lies being told to the public right now, here’s your fact valet — Acetaminophen doesn’t cause autism&pregnant people w/fever or pain need it. Leucovorin isn’t an autism treatment& the reason they’re trying to sell you that is explained in the attached thread& posts

Let me make this very clear: Being sarcastic about sexual assault while also anti science, and scaring pregnant people into not appropriately treating their pain while simultaneously belittling the lives of autistic people is really a full encapsulation of this administration.

There's a wrong way and a right way to report this

ACOG and all other professional societies continue to affirm the safety of using Tylenol, also known as as acetaminophen or paracetamol, in pregnancy to treat pain and fever during pregnancy.

PROFOUND FAILURE

This is criminal—to advise against the hepatitis B vaccine for babies www.politifact.com/article/2025...

The label of a drug is close to a sacrosanct document. It represents the trust between the government and the user of the drug that the drug is safe and effective and that all risks and benefits are accurately outlined. Changing it to suit a political agenda is imo an earthshaking matter

The government knowingly putting false information in the label of a drug is crossing a Rubicon that should not be taken lightly

Holy shit RFK Jr just used the idea that we should "believe all women" to defend the idea that vaccines might have caused their kids' autism, I am INCANDESCENT with rage

Warm up for MAHA / MAGA autism statement. 1) NO evidence vaccines cause autism. 2) NO solid evidence acetaminophen causes autism. Do they have robust new evidence? (Spoiler: they don't.) www.nature.com/articles/d41...