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
A figure showing tuberculosis cases averted by PEPFAR (2003–2024).
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.
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
MoLo project team photo by the University College London inclusion health outreach van with the Mongolian Community Organisation hosting the project.
Team members set up in advance for point of care testing
Kit for point of care testing for HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis
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.
Woahhhhhh
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 🧪
Flyer for the Ask Us Europe study, including a QR code. I will add the link to the survey in a post that I will thread to this one.
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...
Survey header with University of Bristol logo. Have your say to improve the care of people aged over 50 living with HIV in the UK We are looking for research ideas to improve health and care for people aged over 50 living with HIV in the UK. This is a survey for people with HIV aged over 50, their carers, and healthcare professionals involved in their care.
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-...
Amazing work!
I haven’t done a HIV clinic in 18 months (PhD OOP and now mat leave) so large caveat but my understanding is - not for routine practice, useful to inform future vax/cure trials.
What do you think @manikkohli.bsky.social ?
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 maureen@thelovetank.info 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
