Apply for my old job - Clinical Research Fellow in HIV/Sexual Health/ID at UCL. Great OOP for a GUM/ID/Viro SpR. Fantastic team, exciting research. **Deadline extended to Friday 15.5.26** Message me if helpful www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Our editorial now out - written along with Binta Sultan, Marc Thompson, @maryamshj.bsky.social Jo Gibbs from @uclglobalhealth.bsky.social - England must prioritise socially excluded populations in order to stop HIV transmission.

This researcher created a fictional illness, and fake studies funded by the Professor Sideshow Bob Foundation and University of the Fellowship of the Ring and the Galactic Triad. LLMs warned people the illness was real. go.nature.com/3Q60KXd

Tuberculosis remains a leading cause of death worldwide among persons with HIV. In this report, the effect of the PEPFAR program on incident cases of tuberculosis and related deaths is presented. Read the full report: nej.md/4bt9UDV #WorldTBDay #MedSky #IDSky

In a cohort of people experiencing homelessness in East London, the median age at death was as 54 for men and 47 for women. #Pathways

Injectable #lenacapavir for #PrEP (LEN) moved faster than any prevention product before it, because lessons from past rollouts were applied early and equity stayed front and center. Read AVAC’s Review to see how:

"Sixteen US states do not require sex education or HIV/STI instruction to be age-appropriate or medically accurate" Eliminating sex-Ed does not stop young people from having sex, the just do it less safely🤷‍♀️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

What is inclusion health? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#CROI2026 Community Breakfast Club recordings are now available! For 3 days, researchers & community members dug into what it will take to move #HIV prevention science, cure & implementation research from innovation to real-world impact. 🎥 avac.org/event/croi20... @eatgroup.bsky.social #IDsky

RCT of tecovirimat for mpox: n=412 randomised to teovirimat vs placebo. There was no difference in time to clinical resolution, reduced pain, or increased viral clearance www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... #mpox

Lenacapavir for PrEP was the big "star" of #CROI2026 after showing almost 100% effectiveness in preventing HIV in 2 large RCTs. Unfortunately at a pricing point of 28000$ a year it remains inaccessible to most. A drug is only as great as the number of people who can access and benefit from it.

Record number of rough sleepers in England last year, official figures show

Congrats to Dr. Dieffenbach whose leadership is rooted in partnership. And thanks for reminding us why this work remains urgent & shared: “Disease doesn't respect borders… health & access to healthcare is a fundamental right, no matter where you live, who you ❤️ or the color of your skin.” #CROI2026

The Potential Effect of Ending CDC Funding for HIV Tests: A Modeling Study in 18 States ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 https://bit.ly/4trboGZ

PrEP delivery through community pharamcies reached people who inject drugs and women, facilitated by their attendance for OAT &emergency contraception. “It’s been easier with the (customers collecting) methadone because obviously we’ve got a relationship with them" sti.bmj.com/content/earl...

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science, especially to these two wonderful women and scientists @ninavora.bsky.social and Binta

Our #liver #health project ‘MoLo’ for the #Mongolian Community in #London: #education, assessment for #diabetes, metabolic liver disease #MASLD, #HIV & viral #hepatitis, & linkage to care. Huge team effort with brilliant engagement. @who.int @crick.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk #HBV #HCV #LiverSky #MedSky 🧪🇲🇳

Good news!👏 @unitaid.bsky.social's new investment to accelerate access to lenacapavir through innovative, community-based approaches will help ensure this breakthrough HIV prevention option reaches people most in need.

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Queer history types! Can anyone recommend scholarship that looks at asylum / psychiatric hospital records through a queer or trans lens?

This reminds me of the shock authors expressed when I mentioned that journals can see the filenames of their submissions (eg, Finalised_manuscript_FINAL_final_Final_version23.doc). I'm very much here for filenames like the one below. 😁

All opportunities to develop and share robust evidence to help us enhance progress towards #elimination of viral #hepatitis should be welcomed! Note special issue of #BMCInfectiousDiseases planned for 2026. #HepSky #MedSky #GastroSky #IDSky 🧪

Do you live with HIV? Are you in Europe and currently on treatment? Please take part in the Ask Us Europe survey, which aims to improve treatment and care for people with HIV. I am proud to have worked on it with @shareeastlondon.bsky.social and a powerful group of people with HIV. Please share. 🙏

Some great advice for GUM health care professionals on ways to support good care for trans people in sexual health services and beyond from Alison Berner and Joe Smith Great feeback on impact of well designed service from Oliver Ellis from Waverley Care #BASHH2025

“Trans women have never felt like a risk or a threat or a problem. While I can’t speak for everyone I honestly can’t think of an example where our trans-inclusive policy has been a problem for a service user.” - Katie Russell, CEO of a rape crisis support service. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Are you a healthcare professional in the UK caring for people living with HIV aged over 50? What are the important issues for you & your patients? We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...

Our Love Hub will return as part of @fringefilmfest.bsky.social on 19-21 Sept 2025 in east London. Got an idea for an event, workshop, panel or performance? Send your brief concepts to [email protected] by 3pm on Friday 2 May. We provide bursaries to develop activities at the Love Hub :)

A reminder we have 2 Academic Clinical Lecturer Posts in Infection @lshtm.bsky.social shorturl.at/EIUIz Open to people training in ID in UK & hold/imminently completing PhD. Open to people with broad range of infection research interests. If interested get in touch. Applications close April 28

The silver lining to April Fools is that you can pretend, for a brief moment, that this isn't really happening.

Research like this is how we'll get DoxyPEP on the NHS?! Please take part of you can

As Paul Farmer used to say, “We do not have the luxury of being pessimistic on other people’s behalf.” It is time to stand up for science, for global HIV and for everything we have fought so hard over decades. #CROI2025

There's always a few withdrawn presentations at conferences, but seeing 3 withdrawals in a session on diversity is sad. I wonder how many CDC & NIH colleagues couldn't come? #CROI2025

Are you responsible for syphilis services? Please help us further our understanding of neurosyphilis diagnosis by completing the survey below.... @bashhuk.bsky.social

With LGBT+ rights being challenged across the globe, this year’s theme of LGBT+ History Month of activism and social change offers an opportunity to reflect on the actions of previous generations and their lessons for today, Joe Parry writes on our website: #LGBTplusHM. nat.org.uk/views/joe...

Not confirmed yet, but The DHS Program, which has operated for 40+ years collecting data in over 90+ countries and is the primary source of data for monitoring global health, is on the list of contracts to be cut. This is devastating on so many levels.

Censor CDC scientists and ask them to withdraw papers from medical journals? This is not how it works, Mr President. Our response @bmj.com on the Trump Executive Order and his "forbidden words" www.bmj.com/content/388/...

If you're thinking of applying for a Masters in Public Health & have experience of inequality, consider applying for the IMPACT Scholarship at UCL. Happy to answer any questions you have! www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology...

Thank you Race and Health for including an excerpt from #Unheard in your newsletter! Free to read here (from chapter 6 ROAR where I’m sitting in a lecture by @madhupai.bsky.social at LSHTM) www.raceandhealth.org/post/book-ex...

This JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis focuses on the recent CDC guidelines on use of doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections. https://ja.ma/41FWRvL

Really feeling this as I prepare to hop on my bike shortly... even more so as I'm doing it at 35 weeks pregnant (yes the bump to thigh contact occurs even on the flat)

My teams background has become very themed for both Christmas and sexual health today! Ten points if you can name all of these bugs….

PrEP, the #HIV prevention drug, should be accessible beyond #sexualhealth clinics. We welcome the announcement from the Welsh Government of a pilot project to access PrEP in community pharmacies next year so more people can benefit from it. #Wales #Cymru pharmaceutical-journ...

We are deeply concerned by the decision by @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social to ban puberty blockers. It's hard to fathom how he can say he cares for the wellbeing, safety and dignity of trans people, based on this decision. This is wrong, cruel and heartless.

The LSHTM #TB Modelling Group is offering 3 #PhD studentships through the MRC LID scheme. Exciting projects, world-class mentorship. Apply now! Details in thread🧵 mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk @lshtm.bsky.social #TBSky

US based STOMP trial of tecovirimat (tpoxx) for clade 2 mpox fails to demonstrate efficacy benefit. Just as it did not in PALM 007 in clade 1 mpox in DRC. There is no known treatment for mpox Vaccination is the key control strategy and more research is needed. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38190312/

Stunning and sick. But not new - the lack of progress and change to better care for and serve US women especially Black women is despairing.

Really interesting responses here to @gregowen.bsky.social ‘s informal survey. So far only 30% yes would switch. Reasons given for staying on oral PrEP: inconvenience of frequent appointments (for injections), not liking needles, happy with pills.

Fun fact: this is what it looks like of you open a doxycycline capsule #IDSky #MedSky

Fifth recent case of clade Ib mpox in the UK confirmed by UKHSA. The first four cases were household contacts of each other and all now fully recovered. The most recent case is unrelated to the earlier four cases. #mpox www.gov.uk/guidance/con...