HIV i-Base

Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: US HIV guidelines add new section on weight gain on ART. 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 two shades of dark blue, mint green, dark blue, dark magenta, orange, pink, purple, plum, yellow, teal, mustard, red, and white.

Major update to US #HIV guidelines – new chapter on metabolic changes and weight gain.

Read the key updates here: i-base.info/htb/52443

Send feedback to #DHHS by 9th October – details at the link.

#HIVsky #HIVtreatment #HIVguidelines #antiretrovirals #ARVs #CVD #ASCVD #semaglutide

Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: Sign-on now to save UNAIDS. Closure puts goal to end HIV by 2030 at risk. 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 two shades of light blue, dark green, bright pink, dark blue, mint green, two shades of orange, light pink, yellow, teal, mustard, red, and white.

Sign now – urgent sign-on statement against #UnitedNations #UN80 plan to close @unaids.org by 2026:

i-base.info/htb/52400

This would remove an important focus on #HIV and put #EndAIDS2030 goals in danger.

#HIVsky #GlobalHealth #UNAIDS

Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: Sign-on now to save UNAIDS. Closure puts goal to end HIV by 2030 at risk. 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 two shades of light blue, dark green, bright pink, dark blue, mint green, two shades of orange, light pink, yellow, teal, mustard, red, and white.

Sign now – urgent sign-on statement against #UnitedNations #UN80 plan to close @unaids.org by 2026:

i-base.info/htb/52400

This would remove an important focus on #HIV and put #EndAIDS2030 goals in danger.

#HIVsky #GlobalHealth #UNAIDS

i-Base graphic for IAS 2025. The main text reads: Once-weekly oral ART. New research that might make HIV meds even easier to take. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. In the bottom left it says: HIV treatment bulletin. In the bottom right is a white box, containing the words: IAS 2025. 13th to 17th July. Above this is a spiral next to the red AIDS ribbon. There are horizontal strips of the IAS 2025 signature graphics at the top and bottom of the image. They are made up of squares, each containing its own unique pattern based on traditional Rwandan art. The colours used in the image are red, black, white and grey.

24-week phase 2 results of once-weekly oral ART with #ulonivirine + #islatravir, plus other studies on this combination at #IAS2025:

i-base.info/htb/51965

Good efficacy and safety – with a larger phase 2b study already ongoing using 200mg ULO and 2 mg ISL doses.

#HIVsky #HIVtreatment #HIVresearch

i-Base graphic for IAS 2025. The main text reads: Once-weekly oral ART. New research that might make HIV meds even easier to take. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. In the bottom left it says: HIV treatment bulletin. In the bottom right is a white box, containing the words: IAS 2025. 13th to 17th July. Above this is a spiral next to the red AIDS ribbon. There are horizontal strips of the IAS 2025 signature graphics at the top and bottom of the image. They are made up of squares, each containing its own unique pattern based on traditional Rwandan art. The colours used in the image are red, black, white and grey.

24-week phase 2 results of once-weekly oral ART with #ulonivirine + #islatravir, plus other studies on this combination at #IAS2025:

i-base.info/htb/51965

Good efficacy and safety – with a larger phase 2b study already ongoing using 200mg ULO and 2 mg ISL doses.

#HIVsky #HIVtreatment #HIVresearch

i-Base graphic for IAS 2025. The main text reads: Once-monthly oral PrEP. A strip of 12 small pills could block HIV for a year. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. In the bottom left it says: HIV treatment bulletin. In the bottom right is a white box, containing the words: IAS 2025. 13th to 17th July. Above this is a spiral next to the red AIDS ribbon. There are horizontal strips of the IAS 2025 signature graphics at the top and bottom of the image. They are made up of squares, each containing its own unique pattern based on traditional Rwandan art. The colours used in the image are red, black, white and grey.

The drug that could stop #HIV: once-monthly oral #PrEP using MK-8527 presented at #IAS2025:

i-base.info/htb/51874

Promising early results mean that an easily-accessible #PrEPpill might even challenge six-monthly injections globally.

#HIVsky #IDsky #HIVprevention #PrEPaccess #EndAIDS2030 #Merck

i-Base graphic for IAS 2025. The main text reads: Once-monthly oral PrEP. A strip of 12 small pills could block HIV for a year. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. In the bottom left it says: HIV treatment bulletin. In the bottom right is a white box, containing the words: IAS 2025. 13th to 17th July. Above this is a spiral next to the red AIDS ribbon. There are horizontal strips of the IAS 2025 signature graphics at the top and bottom of the image. They are made up of squares, each containing its own unique pattern based on traditional Rwandan art. The colours used in the image are red, black, white and grey.

The drug that could stop #HIV: once-monthly oral #PrEP using MK-8527 presented at #IAS2025:

i-base.info/htb/51874

Promising early results mean that an easily-accessible #PrEPpill might even challenge six-monthly injections globally.

#HIVsky #IDsky #HIVprevention #PrEPaccess #EndAIDS2030 #Merck

Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: Earlier access to long-acting injectable ART could save thousands of lives. 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 two shades of rusty orange, dark sage green, yellow, dark magenta, mint green, crimson, brown, light blue, teal, dark blue, orange, mustard, red, and white.

What happens when people with detectable viral load switch to long-acting #InjectableART?

i-base.info/htb/52279

Positive results from two studies published in @cidjournal.bsky.social‬: 92% of 81 people struggling with #adherence to oral #HIVtreatment quickly became #undetectable.

#HIV #HIVsky

@idsainfo.bsky.social @hivma.bsky.social @dndi.org @ukcab.bsky.social @bhiva.bsky.social @eacsociety.bsky.social @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social @tristanjbarber.bsky.social

Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: Earlier access to long-acting injectable ART could save thousands of lives. 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 two shades of rusty orange, dark sage green, yellow, dark magenta, mint green, crimson, brown, light blue, teal, dark blue, orange, mustard, red, and white.

What happens when people with detectable viral load switch to long-acting #InjectableART?

i-base.info/htb/52279

Positive results from two studies published in @cidjournal.bsky.social‬: 92% of 81 people struggling with #adherence to oral #HIVtreatment quickly became #undetectable.

#HIV #HIVsky

i-Base graphic for IAS 2025. The main text reads: WHO guidelines update. Focus on improving standards of care for key populations. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. In the bottom left it says: HTB news, subscribe by email. In the bottom right is a white box, containing the words: IAS 2025. 13th to 17th July. Above this is a spiral next to the red AIDS ribbon. There are horizontal strips of the IAS 2025 signature graphics at the top and bottom of the image. They are made up of squares, each containing its own unique pattern based on traditional Rwandan art. The colours used in the image are red, black, white and grey.

Major updates to @who.int #guidelines will help improve #HIV care. They cover:

- injectable #lenacapavir as #PrEP
- supporting the right to breastfeed
- #HIVprevention for infants
- use of CD4 testing for #AHD
- integration of care
- peer support

And more… i-base.info/htb/52185

#HIVsky #IDsky

i-Base graphic for IAS 2025. The main text reads: WHO guidelines update. Focus on improving standards of care for key populations. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. In the bottom left it says: HTB news, subscribe by email. In the bottom right is a white box, containing the words: IAS 2025. 13th to 17th July. Above this is a spiral next to the red AIDS ribbon. There are horizontal strips of the IAS 2025 signature graphics at the top and bottom of the image. They are made up of squares, each containing its own unique pattern based on traditional Rwandan art. The colours used in the image are red, black, white and grey.

Major updates to @who.int #guidelines will help improve #HIV care. They cover:

- injectable #lenacapavir as #PrEP
- supporting the right to breastfeed
- #HIVprevention for infants
- use of CD4 testing for #AHD
- integration of care
- peer support

And more… i-base.info/htb/52185

#HIVsky #IDsky

i-Base graphic for IAS 2025. The main text reads: Is reduced dosing of ART safe? Two studies report conflicting results. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. In the bottom left it says: HTB news, subscribe by email. In the bottom right is a white box, containing the words: IAS 2025. 13th to 17th July. Above this is a spiral next to the red AIDS ribbon. There are horizontal strips of the IAS 2025 signature graphics at the top and bottom of the image. They are made up of squares, each containing its own unique pattern based on traditional Rwandan art. The colours used in the image are red, black, white and grey.

#IAS2025: Reduced #ARVs dosing could be a crisis response to #HIVmeds stock-outs. French #guidelines already include this option for some adults.

But the African BREATHER Plus study reported that daily dosing was significantly better in adolescents:

i-base.info/htb/51845

#HIVsky #IDsky #HIV

"IAS 2025: Switching to injectable CAB/RPV-LA with detectable viral load" via @hiv-i-base.bsky.social

i-base.info/htb/52049

Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: IAS welcomes PEPFAR cuts reversal but says “we must stay vigilant”. 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 two shades of dark purple, bright yellow, dark blue, bubblegum pink, cyan, lime green, orange, mustard, teal, red and white.

Signal that sliver of PEPFAR might be saved:

i-base.info/htb/51838

@iasociety.bsky.social‬ says restoring the funding would give hope to people living with #HIV, however much of #PEPFAR infrastructure to deliver HIV care has already been dismantled.

#HIVsky #GlobalAid #HIVtreatment #HIVprevention

i-Base graphic for IAS 2025. The main text reads: “We will not be erased.” Activists call for stronger responses to Trump and support for trans rights, gay men and sex workers. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. In the bottom left it says: HTB news, subscribe by email. In the bottom right is a white box, containing the words: IAS 2025. 13th to 17th July. Above this is a spiral next to the red AIDS ribbon. There are horizontal strips of the IAS 2025 signature graphics at the top and bottom of the image. They are made up of squares, each containing its own unique pattern based on traditional Rwandan art. The colours used in the image are red, black, white and grey.

#IAS2025: “We will not be erased”

Activists staged protest to call out their govts’ inaction over #GlobalAid cuts.

And say some #HIVresearch orgs have removed ’transgender’ and #KeyPopulations to get funding. Full transcript of speeches here:

i-base.info/htb/51797

#HIV @iasociety.bsky.social

Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: IAS welcomes PEPFAR cuts reversal but says “we must stay vigilant”. 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 two shades of dark purple, bright yellow, dark blue, bubblegum pink, cyan, lime green, orange, mustard, teal, red and white.

Signal that sliver of PEPFAR might be saved:

i-base.info/htb/51838

@iasociety.bsky.social‬ says restoring the funding would give hope to people living with #HIV, however much of #PEPFAR infrastructure to deliver HIV care has already been dismantled.

#HIVsky #GlobalAid #HIVtreatment #HIVprevention

We will be live-streaming Monday’s Rally of Support for the Bethesda Declaration Signers, after the Signers meet with the NIH Director. Tune in thru our Instagram on Monday, 4:30-6pm EST:
www.instagram.com/savehealthre...

i-Base graphic for IAS 2025. The main text reads: “We will not be erased.” Activists call for stronger responses to Trump and support for trans rights, gay men and sex workers. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. In the bottom left it says: HTB news, subscribe by email. In the bottom right is a white box, containing the words: IAS 2025. 13th to 17th July. Above this is a spiral next to the red AIDS ribbon. There are horizontal strips of the IAS 2025 signature graphics at the top and bottom of the image. They are made up of squares, each containing its own unique pattern based on traditional Rwandan art. The colours used in the image are red, black, white and grey.

#IAS2025: “We will not be erased”

Activists staged protest to call out their govts’ inaction over #GlobalAid cuts.

And say some #HIVresearch orgs have removed ’transgender’ and #KeyPopulations to get funding. Full transcript of speeches here:

i-base.info/htb/51797

#HIV @iasociety.bsky.social

Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: Gilead’s lenacapavir access. A start, but further access and price transparency needed. 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 two shades of turquoise, grey-plum, dark azure, vivid crimson, dark purple, yellow, orange, dark blue, mustard, teal, red, royal blue, lilac and white.

The #GlobalFund plans for #lenacapavir #PrEP in selected countries:

i-base.info/htb/51697

But #HealthGAP calls for transparency on pricing: “ #Gilead’s lenacapavir-LA price secrecy violates our basic rights and will undermine #GlobalAccess.”

#HIVsky #HIV #HIVprevention #LongActingPrEP #PrEPaccess

Just to clarify that 2:7 dosing is recommended for people who are the receiving partner during vaginal/frontal sex rather than just everybody with a vagina. I.e. it depends on the kind of sex you’re having.

Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: Gilead’s lenacapavir access. A start, but further access and price transparency needed. 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 two shades of turquoise, grey-plum, dark azure, vivid crimson, dark purple, yellow, orange, dark blue, mustard, teal, red, royal blue, lilac and white.

The #GlobalFund plans for #lenacapavir #PrEP in selected countries:

i-base.info/htb/51697

But #HealthGAP calls for transparency on pricing: “ #Gilead’s lenacapavir-LA price secrecy violates our basic rights and will undermine #GlobalAccess.”

#HIVsky #HIV #HIVprevention #LongActingPrEP #PrEPaccess

i-Base graphic for IAS 2025. The main text reads: HIV funding crisis has devastating effects in the Global South. The most marginalised suffer most. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. In the bottom left it says: HTB news, subscribe by email. In the bottom right is a white box, containing the words: IAS 2025. 13th to 17th July. Above this is a spiral next to the red AIDS ribbon. There are horizontal strips of the IAS 2025 signature graphics at the top and bottom of the image. They are made up of squares, each containing its own unique pattern based on traditional Rwandan art. The colours used in the image are red, black, white and grey.

#IAS2025: #HIVcare is political: early focus on the funding crisis:

i-base.info/htb/51747

Opening press conference shows the devastating effects the cancellation of #GlobalAid has had and will have on the #GlobalSouth – especially in #KeyPopulations.

#HIVsky #IDsky #ResearchSky #HIV#PEPFAR #USAID

@iasociety.bsky.social @aidsconference.bsky.social

i-Base graphic for IAS 2025. The main text reads: HIV funding crisis has devastating effects in the Global South. The most marginalised suffer most. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. In the bottom left it says: HTB news, subscribe by email. In the bottom right is a white box, containing the words: IAS 2025. 13th to 17th July. Above this is a spiral next to the red AIDS ribbon. There are horizontal strips of the IAS 2025 signature graphics at the top and bottom of the image. They are made up of squares, each containing its own unique pattern based on traditional Rwandan art. The colours used in the image are red, black, white and grey.

#IAS2025: #HIVcare is political: early focus on the funding crisis:

i-base.info/htb/51747

Opening press conference shows the devastating effects the cancellation of #GlobalAid has had and will have on the #GlobalSouth – especially in #KeyPopulations.

#HIVsky #IDsky #ResearchSky #HIV#PEPFAR #USAID

Yesterday we realized how tall a mountain 206 coffins makes.

At State Department HQ, we brought one for each of the 100,000 adults & children on #HIV treatment who will die if @secmarcorubio.bsky.social is allowed to continue to decimate PEPFAR. (📸 @jimwatson_afp & @currentnoise.bsky.social) 🧵 1/x

i-Base rectangular graphic in red, white, black and grey. Main text reads, IAS 2025. Kigali, Rwanda, and online. To the left of this is a spiral based on patterns described below and the red AIDS ribbon. The i-Base website address, i hyphen base dot info, is in the top left corner. In the bottom right corner, text reads, HTB news. Subscribe by email. There are horizontal strips of the IAS 2025 signature graphics at the top and bottom of the image. They are made up of squares, each containing its own unique pattern based on traditional Rwandan art.

i-Base reports from #IAS2025. Check back at this link for daily reports from the conference, follow updates here or subscribe by email:

i-base.info/htb/51480

#HIV #HIVsky #ResearchSky #HIVscience #HIVresearch #HIVtreatment #HIVprevention #ResearchMatters #Kigali #Rwanda @iasociety.bsky.social

Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: AIDS quilts at Tate Modern – and why they are so relevant today. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. At the bottom it says, HTB news, 2025. A photo on the right, by Marco V. Pereira, shows two long rows of many AIDS quilts, laid out in the Tate Gallery’s Turbine Hall. It’s taken from high up, at a distance, and the sunshine that lights the quilts is dappled by shadows. Many people are looking at the quilts. The colours used in the image are purple, light green, light blue, turquoise, dark blue, white, mustard and hot pink.

#AIDSquilts at the #Tate – reflection and also anger:

i-base.info/htb/51627

This review of the exhibition contemplates personal and generational loss and puts this vast living artwork into the context of both historical and current #HIVactivism.

Photo by Marco V. Pereira.

#HIVsky #AIDSMemoryUK

These new UK #PrEP guidelines are absolutely fascinating! #HIVPrevention #hivsky #stisky #medsky #PrEPisforeverybody

Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: new UK 2025 guidelines for HIV PrEP, out now. PrEP is now easier to take. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. At the bottom it says, HTB news. Special report. There is a simple graphic of two PrEP pills, which are blue. On the right is the cover of the new i-Base booklet, ‘UK guide to PrEP’, which is orange and lilac. Underneath the title, text reads: July 2025. 12th edition. The background colours used in the image are light blue, hot pink, teal, light green, and white. The text colours are teal, dark purple, white and light blue.

SPECIAL REPORT

Why the new UK #HIV #PrEP #guidelines are so exciting:

i-base.info/htb/51432

This major update is based on 150 new studies that give new insights into how PrEP works. This means new, easier dosing options for women & trans & non-binary people.
#HIVsky #GUMsky #STIsky #HIVprevention