John White

The Potential Effect of Ending CDC Funding for HIV Tests: A Modeling Study in 18 States A complete cessation of CDC-funded HIV testing could cause a 10% increase in infections by 2030 across 18 U.S. states, with this impact disproportionately

In a recent study published in CID, authors evaluated the projected impact of ending CDC funding for HIV testing on Oct. 1, 2025, across 18 states, estimating that new HIV infections would increase by 10% by 2030.

Read: https://bit.ly/4trboGZ

Against a two-tone red background are a Black woman's arm and hand, adorned with nail art and rings. She holds a vial for an HIV test between a finger and thumb. Overlayed with her hand is text reading: Skin Like Mine: HIV Prevention for London's Black Communities

We’re excited to announce *Skin Like Mine* – a new HIV prevention programme for Black Londoners, delivered by
@onevoicenetwork.bsky.social between January and April 2026, and funded by the London HIV Prevention Programme.

#BlackLondoners #HIVprevention

But does drinking coffee make you play better tennis?? 🎾 ☕️

Maternal and neonatal outcomes after infection with monkeypox virus clade I during pregnancy in DR Congo: a pooled, prospective cohort study Monkeypox virus (MPXV) has been linked to vertical transmission, but systematic data are scarce. We aimed to describe the sociodemographic, clinical, …

🧪 🦠 #Mpox virus “acquired during pregnancy should be regarded as a congenital pathogen” particularly in the first trimester

MBOTE-SK project followed 89 pregnant women in DR Congo
@labgenpath.bsky.social @ispm.unibe.ch @itmantwerp.bsky.social

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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📣 UKHSA survey on gonorrhoea testing practices in England

UKHSA is inviting sexual health services & diagnostic labs to take part in a national survey on current gonorrhoea testing practices across England.

⏱️ 15 minutes
🗓️ Deadline: 14 Jan 2026
🔗 Take part here: surveys.ukhsa.gov.uk/s/sg01bo

New harm reduction materials for queer clubbers launched — The Love Tank CIC New harm reduction information on five of the most commonly used club drugs has been launched in a partnership between The Love Tank and Antidote at London Friend .

Our recent research shows queer people want more accessible harm reduction information about club drugs. This new work in partnership with Antidote at @londonfriend.bsky.social is a step towards implementing the findings of our community-based research.

www.thelovetank.info/news/sdc4all

Honoured to share my research for NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day in a podcast: Understanding Subtle Abuse: A Hidden Epidemic.
🎧 lnkd.in/eyzSBGJh
Subtle abuse is hidden, damaging, and too often missed. Survivors deserve better recognition + support. Please share.
#16Days #NHSDAAD #SubtleAbuse

UK Sexual Health Clinicians - can you spare a few minutes to contribute to a survey led by colleagues in Australia on the role of AI in improving diagnosis of anogenital skin conditions?

Survey is here: go.unimelb.edu.au/b3a2

@drlaurajwaters.bsky.social @manikkohli.bsky.social

Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: Gay men prefer all other PrEP options over 2-monthly injections. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. At the bottom it says, subscribe by email. A smaller, tilted square graphic on the right, reads: HTB news. 2025. HIV treatment, prevention, access, and more. The colours used in the image are purple, three shades of blue, khaki green, dark orange, orange, teal, mustard, red, and white.

Australian survey reports that only 4% of gay and bisexual men prefer CAB-LA #PrEP to other options.

Full list of preferences here: i-base.info/htb/52740

It may be more popular in other populations though, especially for people who don’t want to keep pills at home.

#HIV #HIVprevention

Food for thought: The Love Tank hosts HIV PrEP research dinners — The Love Tank CIC The Love Tank  is hosting community-based dinners to better understand the HIV PrEP needs of Black queer men, in a research collaboration with the  University of Durham .

Food for thought: hosting HIV PrEP research dinners.

"Hosting dinners like this for Black queer men is a valuable way of including perspectives & creating spaces for us to freely talk about sexual health." @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social @benvyle.bsky.social

www.thelovetank.info/news/bqmdin

Long-term consequences of monkeypox virus infection or modified vaccinia virus Ankara vaccination in Belgium (MPX-COHORT and POQS-FU-PLUS): a 24-month prospective and retrospective cohort study Individuals previously infected with MPXV show strong and durable immunological memory lasting up to 2 years after infection, in contrast to the less robust and shorter-lived response observed after M...

Long-term consequences of monkeypox virus infection or modified vaccinia virus Ankara vaccination in Belgium (MPX-COHORT and POQS-FU-PLUS): a 24-month prospective and retrospective cohort study - Lancet ID www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Targeted revaccination campaigns might be needed 😳

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Want to do a PhD on syphilis diagnostics? In collaboration with @uclglobalhealth.bsky.social & @ukhsa.bsky.social we have a funded studentship available via the Health Protection Research Unit on Blood Borne & Sexually Transmitted Infections.

Deadline for applications: Friday 5th December 2025.

Silence = Death Is Real Now More Than Ever, but Words Aren’t Enough—Action Is Needed! To the editor—Thanks to Meyerowitz and Schwartz [1] for their viewpoint article, which highlights all the jarring changes that President Trump and his admi

Finally published this article and it's more important now than ever to #SaveHIVFunding #HIVSky
academic.oup.com/cid/article-...

Chemsex use is changing in Europe The way gay and bisexual men are using drugs to enhance sex (chemsex) is changing in Europe, especially among younger men and those new to chemsex. They are turning to a new generation of drugs, gener...

News from the 20th European AIDS Conference:
Chemsex use is changing in Europe
@eacsociety.bsky.social #EACS2025
www.aidsmap.com/news/nov-202...

‘Self-testing’ versus ‘self-collection’: the critical role of consistent language in the field of STI diagnostics Self-collection of specimens and self-testing for the detection of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are important tools that play a vital role in the prevention, detection and treatment of these...

Excited to share our new article in STI “‘Self-testing’ vs ‘self-collection’: The critical role of consistent language in STI diagnostics.”

✨ Inconsistent terms create confusing across research, policy, & programs

✨Words shape how people access care

Read more at sti.bmj.com/content/earl...

Less weight gain with <i>Dovato</i> than <i>Biktarvy</i> Switching to a two-drug regimen of dolutegravir / lamivudine (Dovato) resulted in significantly less weight gain after 96 weeks compared to a switch to tenofovir alafenamide / emtricitabine / bictegra...

News from the 20th European AIDS Conference:
Less weight gain with Dovato than Biktarvy
@eacsociety.bsky.social #EACS2025
www.aidsmap.com/news/nov-202...

STIs and doxyPEP at EACS: community effectiveness, gonorrhoea resistance and ‘blunted’ syphilis A significant number of presentations at last week’s 20th&nbsp;European AIDS Conference&nbsp;(EACS 2025) in Paris were concerned with the bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) syphilis, gon...

News from the 20th European AIDS Conference:
STIs and doxyPEP at EACS: community effectiveness, gonorrhoea resistance and ‘blunted’ syphilis
@eacsociety.bsky.social #EACS2025
www.aidsmap.com/news/nov-202...

We’re in an STI crisis. Once again, Black women are being left behind The gonorrhoea vaccine should be a major breakthrough, but young Black women are being left out of sexual health policy – with devastating effects.

excellent article by @tabbykibugiwriter.bsky.social on continued inequities faced by Black women in sexual health: national.thelead.uk/p/sti-crisis...

22 October 2025 - Sexual Health Services in England - Oral evidence - Committees - UK Parliament 09:15 - The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Hear from @tht.org.uk, @thelovetankcic.bsky.social, @cosrh.org, @bashhuk.bsky.social, @brookcharity.bsky.social, DHSC and the English HIV & Sexual Health Commissioners Group.

Find out more 👇

committees.parliament.uk/event/25292/...

Watch live 🔴 parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

Multilingual online HIV PrEP sessions launcheD — The Love Tank CIC The Love Tank's &nbsp;HIV PrEP programme -&nbsp; PrEPster &nbsp;- launches five new multilingual online information sessions during October, to assist with enrolment into new London online PrEP servic...

In North East London and want to sign up to the new online HIV PrEP service?

Join one of our multilingual online sessions to take you through the sign-up process.

www.thelovetank.info/news/prepwor...

One Dose versus Three Doses of Benzathine Penicillin G in Early Syphilis | NEJM Controversy persists regarding the appropriate duration of therapy with benzathine penicillin G in persons with early (i.e., primary, secondary, or early latent) syphilis (Treponema pallidum infect...

Phew!!! 🫣
One Dose versus Three Doses of Benzathine Penicillin G in Early Syphilis | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

This is a SHARE collaborative project. We are conducting a national survey to improve PrEP access for communities facing the greatest barriers, including racially minoritised women & men, queer men of colour, trans/non-binary people, sex workers, and recent migrants.

🔗 tinyurl.com/4a2kh54n

Help improve sexual and reproductive health in City and Hackney! Find out below if you are eligible to take part and email hccommunity@positiveeast.org.uk to get involved.

Thanks for representing us @kat-smithson.bsky.social
👍🏼💪🏼⭐️

I see these Bulk Feed trucks driving around here all the time - wonder why I notice them more than other trucks?? 🤣

BASHH welcomes NHS England's announcement that more than 100,000 people have now accessed hepatitis C home testing.

Sustaining and expanding testing programmes will be vital to meet elimination targets for hepatitis C.

Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/41hrxT3

There's a new way to get HIV PrEP in North East London, without having to visit a clinic.

The new online service provides all the necessary tests and support, with PrEP delivered to your address.

Find out more here - www.prepster.info/free-prep-ne...

@positiveeast.bsky.social

No
We don’t! 🤣

What’s the loading dose? Two daily doses po?

Resistance is a growing concern amid rising use of doxyPEP As doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) for prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) enters widespread use, questions remain about its implementation in the real world. At a sym...

News from #IAS2025: Resistance is a growing concern amid rising use of doxyPEP
www.aidsmap.com/news/jul-2025/resistance-growing-concern-amid-rising-use-doxypep
@iasociety.bsky.social