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Yesha Patel

@yeshapatelmd.bsky.social

Infectious Diseases physician at Ohio State. Interested in all things #HIV & #HIVOnc. Views are my own.

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State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs’ Contribution to the United States’ Viral Suppression, 2015-2022 Background State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) provide HIV medication access for people with HIV (PWH) with low incomes in the United States (US). We quantified the proportion of viral suppres...

Preprint: State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs’ Contribution to the United States’ Viral Suppression, 2015-2022 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social #HIV

16.04.2025 14:26 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A refusal to abandon HIV science : AIDS An abstract is unavailable.

I am *so* proud to have co-authored this piece with my brilliant colleagues @abigailmhatcher.bsky.social and @kldunkle.bsky.social. It was initially written over a month ago, but becomes more timely every day.

We lay out 5 principles:

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03.04.2025 16:16 — 👍 79    🔁 20    💬 3    📌 3

“Microbes don’t pause when government stops functioning. Facts don’t change even if people twist them.”

01.04.2025 18:29 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
40+ Years of HIV: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t, What Shouldn’t, What Must
YouTube video by IAS-USA 40+ Years of HIV: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t, What Shouldn’t, What Must

A must-watch: Rebecca Denison, founder of Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases (WORLD), delivers the Martin Delaney Presentation at #CROI2025

"40+ Years of #HIV: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t, What Shouldn’t, What Must"

Thanks to IAS-USA for making it publicly available.

12.03.2025 05:09 — 👍 31    🔁 21    💬 3    📌 4
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ID physicians stand up for science to protect our patients. #IDStandsUpForScience

In honor of tomorrow's #StandUpForScience rallies, share the reason why you stand up for science with the hashtag #IDStandsUpForScience.

07.03.2025 02:01 — 👍 39    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 1
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Massive cuts to funding for the National Institutes of Health will eliminate the promise of lifesaving medical treatments for millions of Americans of all ages, says IDSA President Tina Tan, MD, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAP.

Our statement: https://buff.ly/4hNBHRd

10.02.2025 19:30 — 👍 30    🔁 22    💬 0    📌 1
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Could This Be the End of PEPFAR? Short email from a longtime colleague, working in Africa at a PEPFAR site: Without USAID, PEPFAR is essentially dead. I got chills reading this. PEPFAR, the abbreviation for the President’s Emergency ...

After hearing from two of my colleagues in Africa who work with USAID/PEPFAR, and the consequences already of recent events, I had to write this.

So sad. And so pointless! #IDSky

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06.02.2025 19:48 — 👍 139    🔁 62    💬 8    📌 6
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The removal of #HIV- and #LGBTQ-related resources from the websites of CDC and other health agencies is deeply concerning.

Access to this information is crucial for ID and HIV health care professionals.

Our full statement: https://buff.ly/42AO8LI

31.01.2025 22:27 — 👍 563    🔁 307    💬 14    📌 33

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