UNAids is set to close in 2026 – four years early. Are experts right to be alarmed?

“The notion that hepatitis B is only confined to transmission for prostitutes, drug users, etc., is such an ignorant and uninformed way of approaching infectious disease” - Dr. Jason Goldman of @acpimphysicians.bsky.social. Bingo... #MedSky + #IDSky www.medscape.com/s/viewarticl...

Our new study shows HIV infections look set to significantly increase in sub-Saharan Africa, as a result of funding for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) being halted under the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Published in Lancet #HIV hpruebs.nihr.ac.uk/news/new-stu...

New paper from colleagues @bristoluni.bsky.social @hpruebs.bsky.social estimating the increase in #HIV infections across sub-Sahahran #Africa as a result of #PEPFAR cuts - showing key populations hardest hit #LancetHIV #PrEP authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

A new Ebola outbreak in Congo kills dozens as health officials warn of lack of funds. WHO says 57 cases and 35 deaths have been reported since outbreak was announced this month. www.statnews.com/2025/09/25/e...

The lack of oversight from regulatory bodies on diagnostic tests was shocking during #COVID19 - and put many lives at risk. Those in charge at the time should be held accountable.

Funding crisis for #HBV in #WHO #Africa region… A survey shows ⚠️0%⚠️ have sufficient funding to enact priority interventions for agreed international targets for #elimination. Presented by Dr Akudo Ikpeazu #COLDA2025 #SOLDA #NoHep #PublicHealth #hepatitis @who.int 🧪

The authors in today’s #readoftheweek📚 ran a survey on HDV infection in Africa and found that awareness of HDV prevalence & access to diagnostic tests is limited and suboptimal, though there is substantial regional variability. Read on JHEP Reports: www.jhep-reports.eu/article/S258... #LiverSky

Sequence data from the new Ebola outbreak in DRC suggests it is indeed a new spillover. And just incredible to see the virus sequenced and the data publicly shared less than 24 hours after confirmation of the outbreak. #IDsky 🧪 virological.org/t/the-16th-e...

New ebola outbreak in DRC. According to this 4 health care workers among the 16 already dead. actualite.cd/2025/09/04/r...

Important read for anyone working in addiction research - research institutes need to be more open to supporting individuals with lived experience, and dogma should be challenged www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid

Botswana declares public health emergency, partly due to Trump’s International aid cuts leading to shortages of vital HIV medicines. HIV treatment not only prevents AIDS, it also prevents transmission. Without treatment, people will die and more people will acquire HIV.

Anger, fear and a total rejection of politics: the Palestine Action protest was a snapshot of Britain today | Andy Beckett

The Legionnaire's Disease cluster in Central Harlem has now grown to 58 cases. 21 hospitalized. Tragically there has been a 2nd death. If you live or work in zip codes 10027, 10030, 10035, 10037 or 10039 and you develop flu-like symptoms, contact a health care provider immediately.

this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025

Gaza has recorded the most health-care worker deaths (over 1400 deaths), UN deaths (295) & journalist deaths (212) than in any recent conflict zone. Life expectancy at birth dropped 35 yrs in 2024. From Oct '23-May '25, there were 720 attacks on healthcare targets www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

📰News!📰 New research shows worldwide scale of HCV among babies & children. “Given the availability of effective medicine & further progress in this field, it’s vital that testing & diagnosis rates improve so more people can be treated & cured.” ➡️ bit.ly/4oh4zFI #WorldHepatitisDay @nihr.bsky.social

Today is #WorldHepatitisDay! Did you know, that >5 million people in the EU/EEA live with chronic hepatitis B or C? 🚫 Most people don’t even know they’re infected! ➡️ Hepatitis B & C cause ~50,000 deaths/year in the EU/EEA – mostly preventable. bit.ly/ECDCHepDay2025

New Editorial - World Hepatitis Day 2025: elimination at a critical juncture buff.ly/gcnJooI #WorldHepatitisDay #LiverSky #MedSky #IDSky #HepSky

News from #IAS2025: Scaling back PEPFAR will leave 700,000 without PrEP and cause 6700 new HIV infections within a year @iasociety.bsky.social aidsmap.com/news/jul-202...

"Ceasing #PREPFAR's funding for PrEP in sub-Sharan Africa will remove 700,000 individuals from using PrEP" - Jack Stone, #IAS2025

NEWS ALERT! 🚨 We finally heard back from the UK government which is keen to hear reports of impact of funding cuts on UK-ECRs research - please (if you haven't already)fill in this survey and/or contact us if you want your voice and experience to be reported! docs.google.com/forms/d/1Yoa...

Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030. Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.

"In 2024, 23 cases of yellow fever were reported in Colombia, with 13 deaths. As of June 9, 2025, there have been 104 cases and 45 deaths..." In a new letter, authors explore the challenges of the current yellow fever outbreak in Colombia: tinyurl.com/3ykcr8uu

#Mpox is surging in Sierra Leone — representing more than half of all new infections for Africa over the past month — raising risk of spread to neighbouring countries. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

TGIF! Happy Friday! Our symposium is just around the corner! The FINAL PROGRAMME is out! Take a look: londoninfection.wixsite.com/home/lipn It's a full day of infection science and registration is still open: shorturl.at/wLyWY

📢Breaking news - @ukhsa.bsky.social confirms 1st detection of #WestNileVirus particles in mosquitoes in the UK. This is a zoonotic virus that usually spreads in birds, but very occasionally infects people. Risk to UK public is extremely low, no detection in Scotland yet www.gov.uk/government/n...

New European #guidelines for #HBV launched and presented this morning in Amsterdam, outputs from panel and Delphi process, led by Markus Cornberg 📢🧪 @easlnews.bsky.social @ecdc.europa.eu @whoeurope.bsky.social

Male bias in medical trials risks women’s lives. But at least the data gap is finally being addressed | Caroline Criado Perez

🚨New blog🚨In 2022, to increase access to Blood-Borne Virus (BBV) testing in areas with very high #HIV prevalence, NHS England introduced routine opt-out testing for HIV & #Hepatitis B&C in emergency departments. Read more about optimising this method➡️ bit.ly/44oaUaJ @jhorwood.bsky.social

All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.

Drug-resistant gonorrhea, a form of the widespread sexually transmitted infection, is considered an urgent health threat worldwide. The US has just lost its ability to detect it. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...

As I describe in an infographic in my new @plos.org article, given the massive size of our awful 4-state measles epidemic that began in West Texas, a second measles death is sadly predictable and >50 hospitalizations. This is so sad and was totally unnecessary journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

📢 Call-out for #hepatitis B: If you have lived experience, or work in any capacity in this domain, we are working to gather global feedback on the impact of US federal funding cuts. Short questionnaire: forms.gle/f7dYA9vMpkjk... #HBV #USAID #PEPFAR #NIH #HepSky #LiverSky #MedSky #EpiSky #NoHep

#CROI2025 Transmission of #HepatitisB at the time of Birth when using #Tenofovir do we need HepB IGG as well? If 2% transmission is unacceptable the answer is yes you do. Implications Guidelines may need to be reconsidered. Adherence to TDF is suboptimal in some women #IDSky #HIVSky #HepSky

This is a great piece on how acting NIH Director Matthew Memoli and his MAGA cronies at HHS are twisting the story on indirect costs. @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

"Vertical transmission is an important contributor to HBV transmission in the WHO African region. Scaling up of hepatitis B birth dose vaccination and antiviral prophylaxis is urgently needed." New SRMA at Lancet Global Health 👇 #HepSky #LiverSky #MedSky @alexstockdale.bsky.social

Rapid development of an online tracker to communicate the human impact of abruptly halting PEPFAR support onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... (open access) @iasociety.bsky.social

Great to finally have this study looking at #HBV sequencing 🧬 among individuals with #HCC in South Africa published with @tongaimaponga.bsky.social + @pippa-matt.bsky.social Big thanks to everyone who contributed to the study, link below ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Exclusive: These universities have the most retracted scientific articles A first-of-its-kind analysis reveals which institutions are retraction hotspots Read the full story here: https://go.nature.com/3CUmFKI

Great to see this work advancing #HBV sequencing methods from @pippa-matt.bsky.social group & collaborators published 🧬👩🏼‍🔬 Link below ⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📣NEWS ALERT: Our 3rd annual LINE symposium will be on the 9th of June @crick.ac.uk . Details: shorturl.at/MyWNl Join us for fantastic ECR-science, networking, a brilliant careers panel and so much more. Submit your abstract by 25th April: shorturl.at/7KuXL Free registration: shorturl.at/wLyWY

📣 Our next seminar is on the 13th of Feb at the @blizardinstitute.bsky.social . Sean Carlson from @qmul.ac.uk and Anna McNaughton from @bristoluni.bsky.social will tell us about fungi and HBV! Don't miss it, register here: tinyurl.com/ymfhsbea Come for the science, stay for the networking social!

"Abrupt PEPFAR cutbacks would have immediate and long-term detrimental effects on epidemiologic and clinical HIV outcomes in South Africa" New modeling study in @annalsofim.bsky.social www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

What's happening at #USAID is causing so much damage. The great reporters at @science.org explore some of that damage. www.science.org/content/arti...

New Correspondence - Wang et al - Pathogens don’t respect politicians: US federal disruption poses a new threat to global public health https://buff.ly/4hsVANG #MedSky #IDSky #GastroSky #HepSky @pippa-matt.bsky.social @suwang88.bsky.social

The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...