Good news, for once, in a long fight to preserve #HIVfunding!

The FY2026 Conference bill - aka the final negotiated bill that passed both chambers and was signed into law - preserves the majority of HIV prevention & treatment funding, ignoring the cuts that the President and the House proposed.

And big ups to @jonlambert.bsky.social for the write-up!!

👏👏To our team and to NPR for picking up on these findings in @lancetgh.bsky.social !!

Internet is off in Uganda right now, yet this important story is out!

bsky.app/profile/npr....

#PublicHealth #HIV #orphans

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👏👏To our team and NPR for picking up on these findings in @lancetgh.bsky.social !!

Internet is off in Uganda right now, yet the story is out! much more to do!

bsky.app/profile/npr....

#PublicHealth #HIV #orphans

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Incidence and prevalence of orphanhood in Rakai, Uganda: a population-based cohort study, 1995–2022 Scale-up of ART in this Ugandan setting drove substantive declines in orphanhood incidence. Yet, a considerable burden of orphanhood persisted in 2022, particularly among adolescents. To consolidate t...

📉New in @lancetgh.bsky.social: Expanded HIV treatment reduced orphanhood in Rakai, Uganda by ~70% over 2 decades!!

HIV investment protects the next generation. 🌍

Big ups to Aleya and Debbie!!

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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#PublicHealth #HIV

and as always huge shoutout to @cunyisph.bsky.social for all the support in this too!

🌟🌟 New paper led by @cunysph.bsky.social alum Khushboo Agarwal!! @cuny.edu ny.edu #publichealth #adolescents 👏👏

The @jamanetworkopen.com study shows #bullying is associated with increased likelihood of suicide attempts, and female students were most affected.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Improving understanding of capacity to consent to sensitive HIV biomedical prevention research among adolescents and their parents or guardians in Rakai Uganda (ICARE): a quasi-experimental nonequival... Background For research on sensitive topics like HIV, it is critical to understand the capacity of adolescents to provide informed consent, as parental consent has been identified as the greatest barr...

How can we balance #adolescent autonomy and vulnerability!?

🌍 Our new protocol for the ICARE study in Rakai, Uganda explores this vital ethical question in the context of HIV prevention research. Excited to share our work published in
@BMC_series!!

👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

What's up with era commons (main website for #NIH grants). Second time this week it's been all weird?? It's like someone broke the #science🤔

fwiw:{{{}}} these are usually actual numbers and dates
#publichealth ??

🤩Now officially published www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Graphic for World AIDS Day 2025 showing a Black woman standing on a higher red ledge reaching down to pull up a Black man on a lower red ledge, with the words ‘World AIDS Day | 2025’ on the bottom.

Today is World AIDS Day.

“An awareness day is not a strategy” is the US government's rationale for not publicly acknowledging World AIDS Day for the first time since the inaugural WAD in 1988.

#WAD2025

Hoje é Wolrd AIDS Day

Ignorância = medo
Silêncio = morte

Arte: Keith Haring

Big congrats to @cunysph.bsky.social alumna Parisa Ayoubi, MPH and team on the pub!! 🎉 🎉

🔑 1 key takeaway: persistent underrepresentation of LMICs in reflects a NEED for equitable investment in infrastructure to advance research capacity and digital innovation

link.springer.com/10.1007/s119...

CUNY SPH honors activist Byllye Avery with nation’s first endowed professorship in sexual and reproductive justice - CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy New York, NY | October 31, 2025: On Thursday, the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) officially launched the Byllye Avery Professorship in Sexual & Reproductive Justice...

We're hiring!! What an awesome opportunity and an incredible legacy to honor at CUNY! sph.cuny.edu/life-at-sph/...

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Birds near US military bases have higher levels of PFAS, study finds. One expert told Newsweek that while the findings are "not surprising," the scope and scale of these chemicals is "concerning."

🐦#CUNYSPH Assistant Prof. Kim Garrett was quoted in Newsweek - News, Analysis, Politics, Business, Technology on new research finding PFAS in birds near U.S. military bases: Detection of PFAS in birds “can serve as indicators for other species, including humans.”
🔗cunysph.me/4oEc2yp

🔥HOT off the presses: Paper just 'accepted' preprint here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Ever want to combine two interventions but not sure how to do it!?

See new approach led by my pal (not on social) Dr Knox:

COMBINE EBIs: A Novel COllaborative Method for Building INterventions from Existing Evidence-Based Interventions.

Accepted in Annals of Epi!

#ImpSci #EBI #publichealth

Dozens and dozens of AIDS researchers from around the world will speak up about the advances in AIDS research and what they mean for all of us. Save the date for the 24 hour marathon to save AIDS research. September 16th 11AM Eastern. More info to come! saveaidsresearch.org

Wahoo! They did it!! A huge congratulations to the
@cunysph.bsky.social
Class of 2025. The future of public health is bright!

#cuny
@apollotheater.bsky.social
🎓🎓🎊

Facing a crisis: Govt funding cuts threaten the Rakai Health Sciences Program in Uganda, an essential leader in HIV prevention, treatment & research. Without them, thousands lose care & decades of scientific progress are at risk. We need your help: cunysph.me/RakaiFund

#GlobalHealth #HIV #Uganda

This data underscores why targeted strategies & robust testing are vital for #adolescents. It’s why our foundation's work at @CUNYSPH focuses on innovative research & care, including in regions like Rakai. Support these efforts: cunysph.me/RakaiFund
#PublicHealth #RakaiFund

The good news? HIV status knowledge & ART coverage increased among adolescents (15-19 yrs)! ✅

The challenge? HIV incidence did not decline, with ~12,000 new infections yearly in 3 countries.

Only 81% of ALHIV knew their status in 2020-21. We must do better.

#YouthHIV #EndAIDS

Evidence from two rounds of Population HIV Impact Assessments of progress towards HIV epidemic control in adolescents aged 15–19 years in Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, and Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional stu... There are more than 1 million adolescents aged 15–19 years living with HIV globally. Using two rounds of the Population HIV Impact Assessments (PHIAs)…

1st post here 😅🚨 Intervention & continued medication delivery improvements remain critical for #adolescents & #HIV in Africa!!

Hyped for this new @lancetgh.bsky.social‬ paper led by my ‪@cunysph.bsky.social‬ colleague Dr. Teasdale!

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

RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA

The plane being a White Elephant gift is the funniest turn this saga could have taken