This sounds reasonable but is 100% wrong. Whether you or agree or disagree with a study is completely immaterial. What matters is whether the study was conducted properly and generates valid results. And it's impolitic to say but it's true: you have to have some level of expertise to judge that.

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See the film and my update on the ongoing, pointless, man-made loss of life here: bsky.app/profile/agaw...

I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.

HIVMA and fellow members of the Emergency HIV Clinical Response Task Force warn that proposed federal funding cuts could severely disrupt HIV prevention, care, and treatment nationwide. Learn more in the new data brief: https://bit.ly/3LnWEHt

Putting on my public health hat. While there are some notable exceptions, note that this map of NYC roughly tracks patterns for poverty, HIV, diabetes, etc. It also represents the power of the people.

#BHIVA issues update to #HIV guidelines for adults. We explain the main changes here: i-base.info/htb/52587 #HIVsky #HIVguidelines #HIVtreatment #HIVpositive #PLWH #HIVscience #Undetectable #UequalsU #InjectableART #LongActingART #abacavir #cabotegravir @bhiva.bsky.social @bashhuk.bsky.social

"We are also watching a tide of rapidly diversifying HIV leadership. And it’s coming at a time when the stakes have never been higher—and the political situation may have never been more challenging—for the communities that this leadership represents." —Ace Robinson www.thebody.com/hiv/hiv-new-...

🗓️ June 5, 1981: five cases of Pneumocystis Pneumonia, one report, a global awakening. 💙 The MMWR gave voice to what became the HIV/AIDS epidemic—and countless public-health moments since. 🕯️ Honoring the science and reporting that save lives. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview... #MMWR #CDCSavesLives

Hard to beat Aidsmap if you want to stay abreast of EACS (or Glasgow, in even-numbered years) highlights! These meetings always contain at least a handful of valuable new data drops relevant to HIV clinical care, treatment, and prevention.

#Breaking: Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

From @jeremyfaust.bsky.social: “I was also told that RIF’d editors of the CDC’s flagship scientific journal, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report have all been recalled, as well as leaders and staffers in several other centers and divisions.” open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

Infectious diseases hit red states. Overdoses too. And cancer. And traffic injuries. And congenital diseases. In some of these cases, red states are affected more heavily bc they lack Medicaid expansion and/or protective laws. Destroying the CDC serves no one. No one.

>> which is the lesson! Fighting back against Vought is worth it & is essential. In this case, Vought is still trying to choke out apportionment of PEPFAR funds. We won't stop until it those life saving funds are released & until Vought's reign is ended /END www.politico.com/live-updates...

Impressive, thorough walkthrough from @kff.org here! It's a little more geared toward folks who are immersed in policy/access than to people living with HIV who rely on ACA Marketplace plans or Ryan White care or the like, but a valuable resource regardless during an uncertain moment for care access

"'It’s not surprising, but it’s still incredibly disappointing,' says [ousted NIAID Director Jeanne] Marrazzo, who found her letter in a torn UPS Express package yesterday after returning from a week at the beach." www.science.org/content/arti...

OMB appears to be asking for feedback on whether the CDC's National #HIV Surveillance System (NHSS) should continue or is too much bother. The PDF contains information on how to respond. Thanks to Rachel Klein at @aidsadvocacy.bsky.social for the alert.

If you’re looking for a weekend HIV-focused listen (or read — we’ve got a transcript!), I can hardly think of a better one than Rageshri’s words on how to improve outcomes by giving your patients your ear. I’m still thrilled she joined me for this conversation!

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