AVAC: 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research: Recording and Highlights @avac.org hiv bit.ly/3VNXCPr

Lancet Glob Health: Effects of reductions in US foreign assistance on HIV, tuberculosis, family planning, and maternal and child health: a modelling study by John Stover bit.ly/4gCA7Ck

CGD: The Global Status of PEPFAR Delivery by Charles Kenny bit.ly/46uYr4t

Bulwark: RFK Jr. Has a Prescription for America: Pure Chaos bit.ly/42yZsHs by @citizencohn.bsky.social

Med: A case of H10N3 avian influenza in a young woman Jing Wei et al. 4th human case bit.ly/46NPDb2

STAT: Winner of mRNA Nobel Prize says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible” by @matthewherper.bsky.social bit.ly/42y3Qqa

Inside Medicine -- BREAKING NEWS: Censorship returns to the CDC. At least 22 websites are down bit.ly/48np8KP by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social The Trump administration's HHS is back to its old habits of targeting public health resources deemed too woke.

Inside Medicine: "I'm still confused," member says during vote on national vaccine policy. Notes from Day 1 of the CDC's ACIP meeting bit.ly/3KuIpQy by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social Out: comprehensive evaluation of data or feasibility studies. In: vibes!

Bay Area Reporter: SF sees uptick in new HIV cases, especially among Black people and women by Liz Highleyman bit.ly/42CBwmz

I also obtained a Trump administration memo stating that the cost of shutting down USAID is $6.4 billion over 2 years. That sum could save more than 1 million children's lives; instead, it is being spent to to shut down programs that save lives. Help spread the word. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

WHO Rapid Risk Assessment - Ebola Virus Disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo v.1 19 September 2025 bit.ly/4psvTkR

Dear Colleague letter: CDC Recommends New Injectable HIV PrEP bit.ly/4gt4DOO

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Science: Gold standard science requires gold standard scholarship by Holden Thorp bit.ly/46K5A26

AVAC Global Health Watch: PEPFAR, US Foreign Aid Strategy, CDC Turmoil, LEN for PrEP, Vaccine Policy, issue 34 bit.ly/4mpmU10

Despite fear of retaliation, hundreds of federal workers urge Congress to protect medicine and science www.statnews.com/2025/09/18/f... via @statnews.com

This graph shows a U.S. public health triumph: near-elimination of pediatric hepatitis B through universal birth vaccination. After 30 years of extraordinary progress, ACIP tomorrow considers dismantling it. Medical justification: none. Consequences: catastrophic. www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...

Annenberg Public Policy Center: Public Confidence in U.S. Health Agencies Slides, Fueled by Declines Among Democrats bit.ly/3VrO3p0

House E&C Commitee: Democratic Committee Leaders Introduce Legislation to Protect Free Vaccines for Americans bit.ly/46qmXUf

MMWR: Clinical Recommendation for the Use of Injectable Lenacapavir as HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis — United States, 2025 Rupa R. Patel et al bit.ly/3IiySLY

WHO Disease Outbreak News -- Nipah virus infection - Bangladesh bit.ly/3Vop6La

How did Dr. Monarez go from being “a public health expert with unimpeachable scientific credentials” who had the “full confidence” of Secretary Kennedy into being a “liar” and “untrustworthy” in less than a month? She refused to rubber stamp his anti-vaccine recommendations.

STAT: Fear and politics pervade Kennedy’s CDC, former leaders testify by Elizabeth Cooney With ‘politicals’ in charge, Monarez and Houry say, scientists ‘won’t speak about vaccines’ and agency’s mission to help states is suffering bit.ly/3IsCniP

NOLA.com: RFK Jr. picks Louisiana doctor who questions COVID vaccine to top advisory panel by Mark Ballard bit.ly/41X5SA0

Inside Medicine:  The fate of the CDC hinges on this new, three-page table. by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social bit.ly/4nwEjpl

STAT/Ron Wyden: Sen. Ron Wyden: RFK Jr.’s narrative on children and chronic illness is ‘delusional’ /In about 200 days in office, Kennedy has worsened kids’ health bit.ly/4pzt4yv

Reuters: Exclusive-Government lawyers objected to new powers for Kennedy's COVID vaccine adviser by Julie Steenhuysenand Chad Terhune yhoo.it/4gszw5W

Webcast: Senate HELP Committee hearing today, 10:00 AM ET: Restoring Trust Through  Radical Transparency: Reviewing Recent Events at the Centers for  Disease Control and Prevention and Implications for Children’s Health  bit.ly/3Igx4TG

The Atlantic: What It’s Like to Work Inside a Broken CDC by @landmanspeaking.bsky.social bit.ly/3IoF6Kd

GOP senator votes to confirm anti-vaxxer, is shocked by anti-vax policy.

CNN: RFK Jr. says public health agencies are on the decline. Here are 5 ways they’ve improved your health. bit.ly/4mDXVr3

WHO: COVID-19 Global Risk Assessment bit.ly/4nU9ZFF

The Atlantic : Moms Are Losing Options to Protect Newborns from COVID / America’s vaccine chaos is a nightmare for pregnant women By @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social bit.ly/42ApCcO gift article

New U.S. Public Health Service guidelines on occupational HIV exposure and postexposure prophylaxis published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology bit.ly/3IpO89O

Senate Finance Committee: Wyden Unveils Comprehensive Account of Robert Kennedy's Chaotic Appearance Before Finance Committee bit.ly/46sFqzz

STAT+: CDC has been ‘censored’ and ‘politicized’ under RFK Jr., former officials plan to say by @danielpayne.bsky.social bit.ly/3VEvFJP

At least we tried to sound the alarm bells.

NYT: Turning Against Vaccines, America Is a Global Outlier by Damien Cave nyti.ms/3K6nV0o gift link

Endpoints: Covid-19 vaccine makers sidelined ahead of upcoming ACIP meeting, sources say bit.ly/3VVudCA by @maxbayer.bsky.social

CIDRAP / Vaccine Integrity Project -- Viewpoint: Four tips for understanding this week’s ACIP meeting ➡️➡️ bit.ly/4ppR2fe

The Post partnered with KFF to survey more than 2,700 parents about vaccination. Here's some of what we learned about the 1 in 6 who skipped or delayed recommended vaccines (except flu/covid) for their kids 🧵 and gift link wapo.st/3K4aFcG

STAT: Why Trump’s former surgeon general wants Kennedy removed: ‘An absolute failure of leadership’ bit.ly/3IdDrXW truth to power Jerome Adams

J Int AIDS Soc: Systematic review and meta-analysis of retention and disengagement after initiation on antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries after the introduction of Universal Test and Treat policies 67-75% retention in care at 3 years Amy Zheng et al bit.ly/4n5Oodf

Reading today’s big NYT Magazine story made me physically sick It details how Trump & the men he put in charge of federal research—men like Jay Bhattacharya & RFK Jr—are dismantling cancer research Not just the US vaccine system—they’re crushing cancer R&D 🎁Link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

New strategies for HIV prevention in a shifting funding landscape good succinct QnA with Mitchell Warren of AVAC via touchInfectious Diseases bit.ly/3K0mYH2

NIH is talking a lot about implementation science. I should be excited, but I’m nervous. Here's why. bit.ly/46gUSi3 by @elvingeng.bsky.social

WashPost : ‘Can we talk about RFK Jr.?’ Inside the chill sweeping vaccine makers By Daniel Gilbert and @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social wapo.st/3VNHdKB

NYT magazine: How the Trump Administration Is Dismantling America’s Cancer-Research System -- takeaways -- gift article by Jonathan Mahler nyti.ms/3JZMTyx

Good @postopinions.bsky.social by Donald McNeil Jr donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Nature: RFK Jr’s vaccine advisers will soon review four shots: what’s at stake Restrictions to children's vaccine access are a likely outcome -- incl for HepB (very bad idea) By Mariana Lenharo go.nature.com/41MOVs0