Today is the 7th birthday of the book that changed my life and career: F*g Hags, Divas and Moms: The Legacy of Straight Women in the #AIDS Community. An honor to tell their stories (and more in Unstoppable).

#HIVsky #nonfiction #womenshistory #AIDSactivism

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Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: First new HSV drug class in years will be submitted for FDA approval this quarter. In the top left is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. A smaller rectangle in the bottom right, reads: HIV news. 2026. CROI 2026, is in the top right corner with CROI’s logo, a colourful illustration of the HIV virus. At the bottom, text reads, Denver, Colorado. February 22nd to 25th. Large colourful virus illustrations are faintly seen in the background of the image. The colours used in the image are pale blue, pale green, orange, dark blue, purple, turquoise, yellow, white, pink, green and black.

Pritelivir active against drug-resistant #herpes in phase 3 study:

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The US FDA has given #pritelivir Breakthrough Indication designation, with submission of a New Drug Indication expected by the end of March.

#CROI2026 #HIV #HSV #CureHerpes #IDsky #HIVsky #GUMsky

Women in the HIV Care Continuum: Assessing Re-linking Women to Care and Maintaining Viral Suppression Postpartum in Philadelphia from 2012 to 2023 - AIDS and Behavior The purpose of this study was to describe the HIV care continuum postpartum in a cohort of postpartum women with HIV (WWH) in Philadelphia, and assess the impact of the City’s perinatal case managemen...

The article is titled “Women in the HIV Care Continuum: Assessing Re-Linking Women to Care and Maintaining Viral Suppression Postpartum in Philadelphia from 2012 to 2023,” and you can read it online via the open-access link below. Congrats to all the authors on this excellent work! #HIVsky 🧵 2/2

Cover of the journal AIDS and Behavior, with a stylized illustration of a globe and the logo for its publisher, Springer.

Some of our colleagues from the CityMatCH Task Force are among the authors of a new article in the journal AIDS and Behavior, which looks at how perinatal case management can help make sure new mothers with HIV get the care they need instead of falling through the cracks in the system. #HIVsky 🧵 1/2

My website was down for 11 days, so I'm having a sale. Buy both of my books on straight women in the #AIDS community and get free shipping plus these adorable buttons! Offer good through Sunday!

#HIVsky #nonfiction #womenshistory #AIDSactivism

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Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: Cabotegravir and rilpivirine: why monitoring glucose and other prediabetes symptoms is important with this ART. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. A smaller rectangle in the bottom right, reads: HIV news. 2026. There are various dotted patterns. The colours used in the image are two shades of dark turquoise, dark purple, light blue, pink, gold, turquoise, orange, dark green, mustard and white.

Two cases of severe #hyperglycemia with injectable CAB/RPV-LA:
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Though not listed as an adverse event, paper authors advise that anyone with a high BMI or even mildly increased #glycemia may need close monitoring.

#HIV #HIVsky #EndoSky #MedSky #HIVtreatment #Cabenuva #Diabetes

The honor of my life has been sharing the stories of these remarkable women who changed the course of the #AIDS epidemic.

For #womenshistorymonth and every month.

#HIVsky #activism

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Got past Stage 1 but stumbled at the final hurdle! 😭😭😭

Will wait for feedback and see what there is to improve to convince a panel to fund this project.

#AcademicSky #NIHR #GPSky #HIVSky #ResearchSky #HIV #Research #AcademicChatter

This! #hivsky #idsky #medsky #prepisforeverybody

Letter: Low Uptake of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Despite Pharmacist-Managed Services in a Midwestern Federally Qualified Health Center - PubMed Letter: Low Uptake of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Despite Pharmacist-Managed Services in a Midwestern Federally Qualified Health Center

New letter from @shawna-san.bsky.social, Josh Havens, and Sara Bares looking at PrEP:

"Low Uptake of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Despite Pharmacist-Managed Services in a Midwestern Federally Qualified Health Center" #IDSky #HIVSky

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41804996/

Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic might help people beat drug addiction. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. A smaller rectangle in the bottom right, reads: HIV news. 2026. There are various dotted patterns. The colours used in the image are two shades of khaki green, dark purple, light blue, blue, pink, turquoise, orange, dark green, mustard and white.

New paper in @bmj.com shows GLP-1 receptor agonists can tackle #SubstanceUseDisorder:

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Could they also help to break #chemsex addiction?

#HIVsky #GUMsky #HIV #PLWH #PWH #HIVpositive #GLP1s #GLP1ReceptorAgonists #Ozempic #Wegovy #Mounjaro #semaglutide #tirzepatide #addiction

Microsoft Forms

Looking for: nurses /HCAs, working in general practice/HIV clinics, in Sheffield / Bristol /Brighton

for focus groups discussions on care of older people living with HIV.

Last recruitment round!

Info/register here:
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#HIVSky #GPSky #NurseSky #NursingSky

Whenever I have the opportunity to talk about the women in my books about straight women in the #AIDS community, I make sure some of them are at the events. They deserve the recognition for their accomplishments.

And we have fun.

#booksky #HIVsky

It's been called 'Hidden Figures' for the #AIDS epidemic. Most of the interviewees asked me "Why would anyone care about what I did?" Because you made history.

#HIVsky #booksky #womenshistory

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They are the keepers of the stories. The stories that make us cry, make us angry, and make us determined to end the epidemic once and for all.

For #womenshistorymonth read about Waheeda and other women in Unstoppable: Straight Women on the #AIDS Frontlines.
#HIVsky

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☑️ NEW EPISODE: Case 17. Trans Lives Matter: Affirmative HIV Care

Listen now at viremic.org | New episode every other Tuesday

#HIV #podcast #health #healthcare #InfectiousDisease #ID #PublicHealth #IDSky #HIVSky #idmeded

Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: New once-daily HIV pill can reduce pill burden for many people on older complex ART. In the top left is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. A smaller rectangle in the bottom right, reads: HIV news. 2026. CROI 2026, is in the top right corner with CROI’s logo, a colourful illustration of the HIV virus. At the bottom, text reads, Denver, Colorado. February 22nd to 25th. Large colourful virus illustrations are faintly seen in the background of the image. The colours used in the image are pale blue, pale green, orange, dark blue, purple, turquoise, yellow, white, pink, green and black.

Once-daily oral BIC/LEN in ARTISTRY studies simplifies #HIVtreatment for those on complex combinations:

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Reducing the pill burden for people on several tablets a day due to #DrugResistance will improve quality of life.

#CROI2026 #HIV #HIVsky #Gilead #bictegravir #lenacapavir

HIV & Menopause: A Combo We’re Just Beginning to Understand As patients with HIV live longer, menopause is becoming routine, but the science, safety data, and responsibility for managing it are still catching up.

Find Dr. Sara Bares expertly discuss HIV & Menopause in this @medscape.com article! #IDSky #HIVSky

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Tecovirimat for the Treatment of Mpox | NEJM Tecovirimat is approved for smallpox treatment under the Food and Drug Administration Animal Rule on the basis of efficacy in nonhuman primate models of mpox (previously known as monkeypox). Howeve...

Tecovirimat for the Treatment of Mpox

In this phase 3 RCT of patients with Clade II Mpox, tecovirimat did not result in shortened the time to clinical resolution, reduced pain, or increased viral clearance

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... #IDSky #HIVSky

Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: Large 8-year study confirms 2:1:1 on-demand PrEP is as effective as daily dosing. In the top left is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. A smaller rectangle in the bottom right, reads: HIV news. 2026. CROI 2026, is in the top right corner with CROI’s logo, a colourful illustration of the HIV virus. At the bottom, text reads, Denver, Colorado. February 22nd to 25th. Large colourful virus illustrations are faintly seen in the background of the image. The colours used in the image are pale blue, pale green, orange, dark blue, purple, turquoise, yellow, white, pink, green and black.

Final results from #PREVENIR at #CROI2026 show continued #HIV protection from 2:1:1 #PrEP dosing in gay and bisexual men in #Paris:

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The study also highlights the need for better #PrEPaccess in #France for those born abroad.

#HIVsky #HIVprevention #HIVresearch #SexualHealth

#CROI2026 #idsky #HIVsky Poster: An Ultra-Long-Acting #Buprenorphine Prodrug (AM-510) for Opioid Use Disorder: by Ashrafi Sultana.
A single SC dose of AM 510 sustains plasma concentrations of BUP above target Ctrough of clinically efficacious oral SUBOXONE for over 5 months.

Opinion | What Happened in Chicago When Science Became the Enemy

Gift link: Public health journalist Jeneen Interlandi writes about the devastating impact that federal funding cuts have had on HIV research and organizations — and the heroic efforts of scientists and activists in Chicago to keep hope alive. #HIVsky #IDsky

Thanks, @jimberlyp.bsky.social!

☑️ NEW EPISODE: Case 16. Mpox After the Outbreak

Listen now at viremic.org | New episode every other Tuesday

#HIV #podcast #health #healthcare #InfectiousDisease #ID #PublicHealth #IDSky #HIVSky #idmeded

#croi2026 #hivsky #idsky 513 - Phase III Efficacy and Safety of Switch From B/F/TAF to Single-Tablet BIC/LEN in #ARTISTRY-2
presented by Eric Meissner: BIC/LEN maintained high levels of virologic suppression at week48 & non-inferior to B/F/TAF

#croi2026 #idweek Effect of DTG/3TC vs BIC/FTC/TAF on Steatotic Liver Disease (SLD): 96-Week Analysis of PASO-DOBLE Trial: In virologically suppressedPLWH switching to BIC/FTC/TAF associated with higher frequency of SLD compared to DTG/3TC after 96 weeks of therapy #hivsky #PASODOBLE

SNAP improves adherence to HIV treatment, study shows DENVER — Researchers here presented what they said is the first evidence demonstrating that benefits paid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, can improve a person&rsq...

🍎 Researchers at #CROI2026 presented the first evidence that SNAP benefits can increase adherence to HIV treatment.

Presented by: @draaron.bsky.social

Comments from: @jenkatesdc.bsky.social

Details from Denver ⬇

#HIVSky #IDSky

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#croi2026 #idsky #hivsky Plenary by Ilesh Jani: Uneven progress: decline in 40% of new HIV infections globally (2010-2024) with uneven progress between regions. Appox 21 million lives saved by 2022 (54% decline in deaths). Unmet needs ART: East/south Africa 36%. Not on path to 2030 target

🚨 🔊 Nothing like a shrieking fire alarm to fully wake you up for the morning sessions at #CROI2026.

(It was a false alarm. The fire department gave the all clear.)

#HIVSky #IDSky #MedSky

Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: CROI 2026. Denver, Colorado. February 22nd to 25th. In the top left is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. A smaller rectangle in the bottom right, reads: HIV news. 2026. In the top right and bottom left corners are signature CROI graphics, which are colourful illustrations of viruses. The colours used in the image are pale blue, pale green, orange, dark blue, purple, turquoise, yellow, white, pink, green, blue and black.

i-Base reports from #CROI2026. Main themes this year:

- ART pipeline
- #bNAbs in different settings
- #PrEP pipeline & #PEP
- Cure-related research
- GLP-1 agonists
- Political changes & impact of #HIVFundingCrisis

Our early summary – more to come later:
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#HIVsky #HIV

#croi2026 oral abstract session #idsky #hivsky #pitavastatin has benefit beyong lipid lowering: reduces incident HTN (2 fold higher major adverse cardiac risk/ #MACE) in #PLWH