STI rates coming down, but still lots of work to do. This is a combination of public health efforts, doxyPEP, regular screening and treatment, and expedited partner therapy. Congenital syphilis STILL INCREASING though and requires regular testing 3x in pregnancy where high rates of syphilis #STISky

It still requires massive budgets at country level to introduce this revolutionary drug at large scale to really turn the tide of HIV transmission. Amid funding cuts by the US and other countries, would the implementation of this HIV prevention drug become a reality? bsky.app/profile/avac...

(Gift link) Any development that improves access to top HIV drugs is a good thing, be it for prevention or treatment. But the good vibes at the top of this article are tempered by the important caveats in the second half: Slicing drug cost is just part of the equation www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...

New on @thebodypro.bsky.social: Hospitalizations may present one of the best opportunities to increase HIV PrEP uptake in a deeply underserved population: less than 1% of people who inject drugs in the U.S. report using PrEP. UNC's David Alain Wohl, MD, explains: www.thebodypro.com/video/hiv/hi...

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.

The latest in the controversy between 3 vs 2 drugs for HIV treatment -- now in advanced HIV disease, with the DOLCE study. @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social #IDSky #HIVsky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

Will this be enough to push CVS and other resistant institutions to cover injectable lenacapavir for HIV PrEP? The CDC (yes, our actual, modern-day CDC) gives its official nod: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

Join us for the last few hours For the #SaveAIDSResearch livestream this morning, Wednesday, Sept. 17th. Go to saveaidsresearch.org or join the livestream now on You Tube: www.youtube.com/live/C3wxhML... I’ll be hosting the livestream’s penultimate hour at 9a ET.

Stay up late! Come join us. Make a cup of coffee, tea or another beverage of your choice! Come help us @saveaidsresearch.bsky.social. Go to: saveaidsresearch.org

Save HIV Science = Save all Science. Fantastic reminders today from the HIV Network leaders on 24 Hours to Save HIV Research. HIV research, and the Networks, are paramount to ending the HIV epidemic AND supporting all scientific research like TB and Hepatitis. SUPPORT: saveaidsresearch.org/act

Happening now!! AVAC is part of 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research and you can be too! Join us NOW as scientists and advocates showcase successes in HIV research and call for an end to federal budget cuts & project terminations. #24hourstosaveAIDSresearch #HIV #HIVresearch bit.ly/45Qftts

THREAD: New @JAMAInternalMed study quantifies the devastating cost of cutting HIV prevention funding—validating warnings we've been raising about the coming crisis in HIV care. The numbers are staggering. 1/8 buff.ly/qNGLKAw

A study conducted in China has found that people with HIV who were living alone had better quality of life than those living with others. (It also found very different relationships between household size and quality of life in urban vs. rural settings.) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

1. Trump threatened every hospital that provides gender affirming care to transgender youth. Many complied and shut down their programs. Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care. And now, they just beat Trump in court. Subscribe to support our journalism.

"Buried in H.R. 500, the State Department Reauthorization Bill, is a quiet but consequential shift. This isn’t just a routine reauthorization—it’s a blueprint for PEPFAR’s transition and its deliberate wind-down." @jirairratevosian.bsky.social on what's next: ratevosian.substack.com/p/a-major-bi...

Sometimes it feels like doing anything is pointless because the evil that is being done is so much more. But framing it like (say) lighting a match in a darkened space helps. Sure, it’s not going to make it bright, but it’s going to make a *difference*. Especially if others do too.

The HIV pandemic persists - and re-emerges in cities like Bangor - *because* of inequities, not despite them or alongside them. Trump/Musk et al like to cast empathy as a weakness and feel societal problems can be beaten into submission, but that's not how humanity has ever worked over the long term

The largest HIV outbreak in Maine’s history — and the local factors that shaped it — can shed light on what to expect from the Trump administration’s policies on drug use and homelessness. | via @KFFHealthNews.org mainemorningstar.com/2025/09/10/b...

Man @emilybass.bsky.social been killing it on HIV fed policy insider news since launching her blog

🔖 Important read by @emilybass.bsky.social "Stable funding at FY25 levels...is needed, as is data transparency & collaborative planning w/govts & impacted communities. Also crucial: explicitly scoping #PEPFAR services to achieve max public health impact." emilysbass.substack.com/p/pepfar-rel...

Leaving the hotel at the end of #2025uscha, an advocate friend said, “Things will be OK.” “Not without a fight,” I answered.

HIV funding rally at the Capitol. #CutsKill #SaveHIVfunding #2025USCHA #USCHA @prep4allnow.bsky.social @housingworksnyc.bsky.social @sfaidsfound.bsky.social

Here's a much, much deeper and more nuanced report on today's LEN PrEP global access announcement (compared to the Reuters newsbrief I linked earlier). It still feels a bit credulous given everything we've seen and heard from this administration, but even a glimmer of hope is still a source of light

This tiny article offers zero details (at least so far), including any explanation for how a gutted - and under further threat - PEPFAR/USAID would be able to get lenacapavir PrEP to 2 million people. (Also: 2 million is a lot, but amounts to less than 10% of UNAIDS' global PrEP access target.)

The last gift: How bodies donated for research may help find a cure for HIV | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump administration settles lawsuit, agrees to restore CDC and NIH websites including HIV care datasets and youth health surveillance systems. Court victory forces restoration of evidence-based health information after months of ideological suppression. #PublicHealth #HealthData buff.ly/6pHSEIl

Only 2 weeks until 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research! Join us on September 16 starting at 11:00 am ET as we highlight HIV research success and demand continued federal support. Register today! bit.ly/45U1keO #24hourstosaveAIDSresearch #HIV #HIVresearch

This piece by @alisonfootman.bsky.social really nicely (and depressingly) encapsulates the real-world effect of the ongoing chaos in sexual health funding. HIV intersects heavily with STIs, so even as we worry about HIV funding cliffs in the U.S., we've got other fronts we need to fight on as well.

The test of being a corporate #LGBTQI ally isn’t whether you’ll add rainbow colours to your logo once a year. The test is, will you stand up for all of us when we are attacked? Will you distance yourself from those who demean us? Will you still be our ally when it’s no longer convenient?

This whole thread is a tremendous resource and update on where safety (from a policy/access/law standpoint) for trans folks is moving, and what specific risks are increasing -- and Erin is very much worth supporting

Dozens and dozens of AIDS researchers from around the world will speak up about the advances in AIDS research and what they mean for all of us. Save the date for the 24 hour marathon to save AIDS research. September 16th 11AM Eastern. More info to come! saveaidsresearch.org

"Mary Fisher's Uneasy Silence: A Journey of Resilience, Art, and Speaking Truth to Power" @thebodydotcom.bsky.social @maryfisher.com

New on TheBody: We get up close and personal with Mary Fisher -- if her name rings a bell, it may be because of her extraordinary speech about HIV at the 1992 Republican National Convention. 33 years later, she's got a new book out -- and a lot still to say. www.thebody.com/hiv/mary-fis...

That's a lot of folks. (Looks like Daniel Jernigan (white hair/glasses), Demetre Daskalakis (no hair -- sorry Demetre) and Debra Houry are the featured people here

Eh maybe, but we can also post screenshots. Part 1:

Many of y’all in the HIV community will remember Daskalakis as the CDC’s director of HIV prevention (pre-COVID) and, before that, New York City’s head of disease control

🚨 The CDC as we know it is being severely altered tonight. In addition to the CDC director being ousted, the Post is reporting that several senior leaders are leaving as well. Here are from two of the resignations:

If you're living with HIV and wondering whether you'll be eligible to receive an updated COVID vaccine this fall/winter: HIV is on this list, with no apparent CD4 count maximums or other caveats.

FDA is authorizing anybody with a risk factor from this list to receive the vaccines, as well as anybody 65+.

Trump proposes to rescind AIDS funds. Congress rejects the proposal. So Trump and his henchman Russ Vought just refuse to spend the money and try to hide that decision from Congress and the public. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/h...

This @marksking.bsky.social guy is a phenomenal interviewer. www.poz.com/article/fare...

New on TheBodyPro: Public health data out of California affirms the efficacy of the JYNNEOS vaccine in reducing mpox severity among people with HIV—and suggests no difference by delivery mode. www.thebodypro.com/hiv/hiv-mpox...

New data out of Spain underscore how close we're getting to eliminating HCV coinfection in folks living with HIV in resource-rich countries - but also where we have lingering gaps and blind spots in need of clinical attention. Great analysis from Ben Young, MD, PhD www.thebodypro.com/hiv/hiv-hcv-...

TBH this turned out better than I expected

New on TheBodyPro: The developers of a chatbot called Aimee presented data at #IAS2025 suggesting their tool can give women and girls an additional option for sharing, and learning, about sexual health and HIV prevention. Co-creator Rouella Mendonca explains: www.thebodypro.com/hiv/ias-2025...

✊ LAMBDA LEGAL WIN: Today, we reached a settlement in a landmark solitary confinement and HIV discrimination case against the Missouri Department of Corrections. "[My sister's] courage in speaking out has created lasting changes.” – Latasha Monroe Learn more about the case: tinyurl.com/3ej9n7be

In the face of the federal government's attempts to erase our trans siblings - now prohibiting trans federal employees from receiving gender-affirming care - we must support trans-led and serving orgs and mutual aid and invest in community care networks.

We've got four FDA-approved options for HIV PrEP: two types of daily pills, one every-two-months injection, and now an every-six-months injection. More choice than ever! And yet, much of our conversation is focused on whether and how folks will be to access them. www.thebody.com/news/hiv/mor...

“The discounts, rebates, and patient assistance that Gilead offers [for LEN PrEP] are based on the underlying high price. If they really wanted to broaden access, they should just lower the list price and everything else would be easier,” says @maybarduk.bsky.social. www.thebody.com/news/hiv/mor...

The anal cancer screening guidelines for PWH recommend testing every 1-2 yrs. But the evidence base is thin, the tests are imperfect, and resources are limited. Here's why guidelines may be racing ahead of the data (and certainly the resources). #IDSky #HIVSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...