@johnmcsorley.bsky.social
Consultant Physician Sexual Health & HIV. FRCP London. 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺🕯️🏳️🌈 Past President BASHH.
An excellent candidate IMO, careful, thoughtful, and passionate about training enough high quality doctors.
Dr Louella Vaughan@drlkvaughan.bsky.social · 7mo agoI am running for Vice President for Education and Training. tinyurl.com/22j7nypk
It’s the weekend And the perfect time for @bashhuk.bsky.social @bhiva.bsky.social @adphuk.bsky.social @rcphysicians.bsky.social To vote 🗳️👇🏻🗳️👇🏼🗳️👇🏽🗳️👇🏾🗳️👇🏿🗳️
Dr Louella Vaughan@drlkvaughan.bsky.social · 7mo agoVoting opens today for @rcphysicians.bsky.social elections. I am standing for Vice President for Education and Training. It's the first elections where Members will also be able to vote. Please encourage all eligible to exercise their franchise. More about me here: tinyurl.com/22j7nypk
Today we’re celebrating International Women’s Day At BASHH, "giving" shows up in so many ways: from championing women’s voices to advocating for equity in access to care. Join BASHH President, Dr Cara Saxon, in striking the official #GiveToGain pose and spreading awareness this #IWD2026
Citing concerns it could drive antibiotic resistance, @ecdc.europa.eu opts not to advise general use of doxy-PEP, where doxycycline is taken after unprotected sex to lower the risk of acquiring several types of STIs. #CDC recommends it for high-risk individuals. www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
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Chocks Away Bexsero Day @lnwh.bsky.social 4CMenB vaccination underway First of many doses given We’re excited to roll out @ukhsa.bsky.social @nhsengland.bsky.social #Vaccines Across Brent, Harrow, Ealing & Hillingdon Sexual Health Services 💪🏾💪🏿💪🏼💉💉💉
Apply to deliver the Barnett Christie Lecture at FIS International 2025. Apply before the deadline on 31st August 2025 for your opportunity to present this BIA lecture 👉 britishinfection.org...
‘We see Yourcenar now encrusted by the times she lived in, as well as by the disappointment of feminists who wanted another sort of heroine.’ Joanna Biggs on Marguerite Yourcenar: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Joanna Biggs · Beneath the White Scarf: On Marguerite Yourcenar
Twenty years of writing, reading, thinking and travelling went into Memoirs of Hadrian. Several drafts were burned. But...
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📄 Stay up to date with the latest BASHH guidelines, developed by the Clinical Effectiveness Group (CEG) – a national team of experts working to improve clinical standards across the UK. 🆕 Check out the newly updated Scabies and Gonorrhoea 2025 guidelines today: bit.ly/3YFp7fy
⏰ Time’s running out to book your spot at the BASHH Annual Conference. Join us in Edinburgh for a range of sessions, including Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacterial STIs chaired by BASHH's BSIG – plus much more. Book now ➡️ bit.ly/4arMKNr #BASHH2025
I’m here in Portcullis House this morning for #HIVoutcomes event - a rallying cry for the voluntary sector and its role in the HIV response and supporting the lives of people living with HIV. @bashhuk.bsky.social members know how key local VCSE partnerships are in our system
National AIDS Trust@nat.org.uk · last yr.A funding crisis threatens the voluntary sector and puts at risk the goal to end new #HIV cases by 2030. The latest #HIVOutcomes UK report draws on evidence taken from more than 50 HIV-focused organisations and more than 300 people living with HIV. nat.org.uk/news/hiv-...
The 2025 National Clinical Impact Awards (NCIA) are open until Tuesday 27th May. We want to support eligible colleagues interested in applying, so we’ve updated our ‘top tips’ guidance for those looking to enter. Check out the full application details: bit.ly/3EeXMKn
13 April: Feast Day of the sons of Tairchar of Loch Mac n-Én/Lough MacNean, Co. #Cavan, #Fermanagh & #Leitrim. 12 islands in Upper & Lower lough, & 2 crannogs (man-made islands. 1 in each lough). Perfect for hermit monks! Lots of flint tools found on Cushrush island! 📷© @tourismireland.bsky.social
Such an honour to give the after dinner speech (my first!) at the @bashhuk.bsky.social President’s Dinner last week. Thank you Matt Phillips and @kat-smithson.bsky.social for the invite. I spoke about amplifying unheard voices in medicine and the ongoing neglect of sexual health in this country.
1 April: Feast of St Áedán ‘láech’ of Cell Áedáin. Location unknown but near Strangford Lough, Co #Down (Elva Johnston). Called "layman", "warrior" in Martyrology of Tallaght! Lough home to lots monks; in Irish Loch Cuan "sea-inlet of bays/havens"; c. 70 islands eg Nendrum on Mahee island! 📷©Afloat
An excellent resource referenced today in Stuart Flanagan’s talk is the HIV Stanford Database. Link for this is hivdb.stanford.edu @hivta.bsky.social @bashhuk.bsky.social
HIV Drug Resistance Database
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What about proviral DNA testing? Often the reports generated can be difficult to interpret but always helpful to discuss with your virologist if this is being considered for patients where no history resistance #HIVMasterclass2025 @bashhuk.bsky.social @hivta.bsky.social
Lessons learned It’s heartwarming to read studies on the Impact of HPV vaccines 💪🏻💪🏾💪🏿 @bashhuk.bsky.social @fsrh.org @bhiva.bsky.social
The Journal of Infectious Diseases@jidjournal.bsky.social · last yr.Impact of Multicohort Human Papillomavirus Vaccination on Cervical Cancer in Women Below 30 Years of Age: Lessons Learned From the Scandinavian Countries
Europe sees third straight year rise in childhood tuberculosis cases: The world’s deadliest infectious disease is also developing multi-drug resistance, said the ECDC.
Europe sees third straight year rise in childhood tuberculosis cases
The world’s deadliest infectious disease is also developing multi-drug resistance, said the ECDC.
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18/24 March, 15 Aug: St Mac Caírthinn (d. 506). 1st Bishop #Clogher #Tyrone. "Strong Man"; carried St Patrick when old, over marshes, rivers! St Brigid's uncle? Legend Domhnach Airgid given to him from Patrick! @NMIreland. 39 sheets, 8/9th C. 1350 cover. www.megalithicireland.com/Clogher%20Hi...
Out now in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social our study demonstrates that the MVA-BN (Imvanex/Jynneos) vaccine is safe & effective against mpox, but a single dose does not sufficiently protect people living with #HIV. Thank you @ema.europa.eu for support www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 1/7
Congratulations Tristan and Nicky
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! 🎉
Incredible summaries of #CROI2025 from @aidsmap.bsky.social colleagues. Check them all out at, www.aidsmap.com/conferences/....
aidsmap@aidsmap.bsky.social · last yr.#CROI2025 A modelling study has found that, based on studies of drug absorption and clearance, event-based PrEP dosing for women using tenofovir disoproxil / emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) should be effective.
we have a Senior Clinical Fellow vacancy in HIV here at the Royal Free! Come and join our team 🙏 👍 www.royalfree.nhs.uk/working-here... @bhiva.bsky.social @bashhuk.bsky.social @biainfection.bsky.social @hivta.bsky.social
I am running for Clinical VP of the RCP. For those who don't know me, here is a potted bio. 🧵
Dr Louella Vaughan@drlkvaughan.bsky.social · last yr.Right RCP Fellows! Voting for elections is now open. I am running for Clinical VP. My election statement is here: 🧵
Tecovirimat did not lead to faster clinical resolution, or reduction of pain, for clade 2 MPOX. We need new agents to treat MPOX. #CROI2025
More daily DOR/ISL from @profchloeorkin.bsky.social #CROI2025 This time open-label, various ART - efficacy (incl 5 with viraemia on DOR/ISL) in pic. Weight gain on DOR/ISL driven by removal of weight suppressive TDF and/or EFV
With Prof Jane Anderson stepping down in 2025, National AIDS Trust is seeking a new Chair to lead our Board of Trustees, at this exciting time for the UK HIV response, who embodies our values, and is committed to human rights. Could that be you? nat.org.uk/who-we-ar...
