Doctor Steve Taylor

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.

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...

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

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

#IDSky #HIVSky #WorldAidsDay

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

Colourful i-Base image. The Rio Study Q&A. The heading in dark blue text on a light blue background reads: The RIO Study. Q and A is in large lettering, each a different bright colour on a coloured block. Main text, also in dark blue, reads: Read our Q&A for a breakdown of exciting results from this HIV cure-related study. White text on a small, tilted square graphic on the right, reads: HTB news. 2025. HIV treatment, prevention, access, and more. This block is made up of smaller blocks, coloured, dark blue, red, teal, orange and mustard. The logos for CROI and BHIVA are at the bottom of the image.

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.

Women offered jabs in HIV prevention trial Project leaders are looking for participants in Birmingham, Manchester, London and Brighton.

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...

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.....

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

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

People take part in a nationwide "Hands Off!" anti-Trump protest in New York City on April 5, 2025. | Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

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

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

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.

'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...

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...

Thank you @pippa-matt.bsky.social 👍

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

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

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.

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...

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