Saving Lives are thrilled to read this #WorldAIDSDay that opt-out testing in Emergency Departments will continue to be funded for years to come. Our Medical Director, @docstevetaylor.bsky.social along with our CEO @danhartland.bsky.social, spoke to BBC News earlier: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

HIV testing in Midlands A&Es 'quite literally saving lives'

Hundreds of otherwise unidentified HIV and hepatitis cases are being diagnosed via A&E blood tests.

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www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #IDSky #HIVSky #WorldAidsDay

Testing at A&Es part of plan to end new HIV cases in England by 2030

Labour announces prevention programme as well as efforts to re-engage people who have fallen out of medical care

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Remembering “Prof Charles Boucher” Professor Courtney Fletcher gives the closing lecture at the #AntiviralPK workshop with a fantastic overview of #HIV in sanctuary sites #IDsky #HIVsky

The Global #HepatitisC pandemic is elimination by 2030 possible? What is needed is a single shot Long acting DAA that is affordable and be could be distributed worldwide. What about Nano-Formulations of Glecapravir and Pibrentasvir 🙏🏽 #AntiviralPK #IDsky #HepSky

At the #clinicalPk workshop David Thomas outlines the amazing response to #HepC DAAs in those who receive them. But how do we reach the 80% of people who need them but can’t access them? #IDSky #HepSky

#AntiviralPK looking forward to a packed workshop, always a great meeting. I will try and post some highlights when possible #IDSky #HIVsky #Hepatitissky

In #Amsterdam for the #clinicalPK workshop of #HIV #Hepatitis drugs. Fantastic start to the day with the Liverpool DDI course #IDSky #HIVsky

RIO study Q&A: i-base.info/htb/50971 - What is the #RIOstudy and how does it work? - What are #bNAbs? - What are the results and what do they mean? - Has someone been cured of #HIV? #CROI2025 #BHIVA25 #RIOtrial #HIVsky #ResearchSky #HIVcure #HIVresearch #HIVtreatment riotrial.bsky.social

Fascinating, talk by Andrew Hill #BHIVA25 looking the cost effectiveness of enhanced Test &Treat vs the benefits of expanded PrEP use He suggests the prices of Cabotegravir or Lenacapavir in the UK needs to be around £1000 per person per year to be as effective as enhanced Test &Treat

An early start at #BHIVA25 @bhiva.bsky.social But the vital importance of the voluntary sector for #HIV care. @profygilleece.bsky.social “Community and voluntary input is not a nice to have, it’s a fundamental part of HIV care”

Results from HIV Confident charter - still a lot of stigma and misunderstanding! On a positive note, 80% of HCPs would like more training! @bhiva.bsky.social #BHIVA25

Vaccines save lives. Pass it on.

WHO@who.int · last yr.

It’s #WorldImmunizationWeek Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the last 50 years. That’s 6 lives every minute. A reminder of what is #HumanlyPossible. Science saves lives. #VaccinesWork bit.ly/wiw2025

Volunteers wanted! , Are you a sexually active woman who might benefit from #PrEP ? @profygilleece.bsky.social @profchloeorkin.bsky.social @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social @drrageshri.bsky.social @savinglives.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Women offered jabs in HIV prevention trial

Project leaders are looking for participants in Birmingham, Manchester, London and Brighton.

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Call For Women To Join “Crucial” #HIV #PrEP Prevention Trial www.savinglivesuk.com/call-for-wom... @savinglives.bsky.social @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social @drrageshri.bsky.social Please amplify

Call For Women To Join "Crucial" HIV Prevention Trail - Saving Lives

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) has in recent years become a well established option for people looking to avoid infection with HIV. As Niamh Fleming-Kelb recently wrote for us, however, fewer women.....

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Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

Millions of people took part in protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk across all 50 states and globally on Saturday: cnn.it/4hYKFL3

@avfccalifornia.bsky.social Greetings Live from #Villapark ! Com’on #Villa #AVFC

The “first they came for” signs keep coming true and people are not learning from it

Oni Blackstock, MD MHS@oniblackstock.bsky.social · last yr.

“They said explicitly they were not going after scientists,” said an NIH researcher...“[These] scientists work on membrane proteins...Why is this a target?" Same energy as the people who voted for the current administation b/c they were OK w/ other groups being targeted, just not themselves.

Thank you to the @rcem.ac.uk for having me to speak at your annual conference. 2 key take home messages 1 The concept of U=U “A person living with HIV with an Undetectable viral load “CANNOT” transmit HIV to their sexual Partners & 2 OPT out BBV testing in the ED works! #MedSky #EMsky #UequalsU

We are open for recruitment! The @spearstudy.bsky.social is investigating antibiotic resistance and microbiome changes in people using and not using doxyPEP to prevent STIs. Visit doxypep.me/spear @uclglobalhealth.bsky.social @cnwlnhs.bsky.social @thelovetankcic.bsky.social

Absolutely Fantastic piece by @germhuntermd.bsky.social @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social On 🍊 executive orders & the seismic negative effect on #science #HIV #TB #STI #Hep research, #publicHealth & basic compassion & #HumanRights Please read and amplify #IDSky #HIVsky #LGBT+Sky

Eric Meyerowitz@ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social · last yr.

These have been heartbreaking & terrifying weeks since Trump returned to office, particularly the silence & adherence of major institutions. This is our response - we believe everyone should be speaking up now. As AIDS activists have taught us, Silence=Death @germhuntermd.bsky.social

As always a really usefull Really Rapid Review from #CROI2025 from @paulsaxmd.bsky.social 🙏🏽 #IDSKY #HIVSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

This is so sad- such an unnecessary failure of leadership, integrity & insight on the part of the USA. To think someone from S. Africa has influenced this is a testament to unchecked racism, extremism & corruption of decision makers. Domestic & international legal & ethical contention must follow.

Infectious Diseases@infectiousdz.bsky.social · last yr.

Over the weekend, cancellation letters began arriving — abruptly terminating billions of rands in US-funded HIV and TB research at South African universities. Major programs like CAPRISA and Wits Clinical Trials Unit hit. 70% of SA’s HIV/TB grants come from the US NIH -@bhekisisa.org

Coinciding with the #GlobalHepatitisSummit #GHS2025 we are calling for anyone living or working with experience in #HBV, anywhere in the world, to fill in this short survey... & please share. #HepSky #LiverSky #MedSky #NoHep @who.int @altcdc.altgov.info @ecdc.europa.eu forms.gle/XUKQd4Z7W1Ef...

'Plan-B': Impact of changes in the global funding landscape for Hepatitis B clinical and research programmes

We are a team of clinicians and researchers based at the Francis Crick Institute in London, and working with international partners and collaborators to advance progress towards hepatitis B eliminatio...

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Thank you @pippa-matt.bsky.social 👍

Philippa Matthews@pippa-matt.bsky.social · last yr.

A thread to share some highlights from our team & colleagues who are at the #globalhepatitissummit #GHS2025 focusing on diagnosis, prevention & treatment of #HBV. #LiverSky #HepSky #MedSky #EpiSky #NoHep #hepatitis #GlobalHealth #AcademicSky @ahri-news.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk 🌍🧪 1/n

It’s been a good first week of #BBV testing in the #EmergencyDepartment & we have already identified several people with a new diagnoses of #HepatitisB and #HepatitisC Saving Lives “One Blood Test at a Time” For the EDs going live next week good luck 🤞🏼 #MedSky #IDSky #HIVSky #HepSky #NoHep

Saving Lives UK@savinglives.bsky.social · last yr.

NEWS: #Birmingham expands opt-out #HIV & #Hepatitis testing to all emergency departments. The scheme, aiming to get the UK to zero new HIV diagnoses by 2030, is part of the @ftcbirmingham.bsky.social initiative. Similar schemes across the UK have already found over 7,300 new cases. More here...

Congratulations @tristanjbarber.bsky.social very well deserved 👏👏👍👍🤕

British HIV Association@bhiva.bsky.social · last yr.

The votes are in from the 2025 BHIVA elections 🗳️ Our new Chair will be @tristanjbarber.bsky.social - our first Chair with lived experience of HIV. Nicky Mackie will continue in her role as Vice Chair - using her experience to recruit and develop further BHIVA officers. Congratulations both! 🎉

Very thorough summary of the depressing status of #PublicHealth in the US. Dark days ahead. #PedSky #MedSky #IDSky www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...

Opinion | Trump’s Public Health Appointees Don’t Believe in a Public (Gift Article)

Trump’s appointees don’t believe in the concept of a public in the first place.

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We have a better setup now, but this was an early ‘success’ video of capturing bacterial chemotaxis in action!🦠💨Shows something important—bacteria are strong swimmers! Despite the flow, Salmonella head straight for the nutrients. Makes sense, gut has a ton of flow! 🧪 #Microbiology #Microsky #idsky