Doctor Steve Taylor
@docstevetaylor.bsky.social
Doctor & Research Lead Birmingham Heartlands HIV Service, Hon Reader University of #Birmingham,
Medical Director & co-founder Saving Lives Charity, Father of #dachshunds, supporter of #AVFC
#HIVSky #HepatitisSky #IDSky #STISky #NHS-sky #PKSky #MedSky
Medical Director & co-founder Saving Lives Charity, Father of #dachshunds, supporter of #AVFC
#HIVSky #HepatitisSky #IDSky #STISky #NHS-sky #PKSky #MedSky
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If I’m leaving Twitter, I’m taking some of my favourite memories with me! Here is is Marcella one of the bravest women I know. It’s her first appearance on the BBC, more than 30 years after her diagnosis #HIVSky #PositivePeople
#uequalsu #stigma #optOutTesting @savinglives.bsky.social
#uequalsu #stigma #optOutTesting @savinglives.bsky.social
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
#IDsky #HIVsky
September 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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
#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
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
September 4, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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
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
#IDSky #HepSky
September 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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
#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
September 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#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
September 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In #Amsterdam for the #clinicalPK workshop of #HIV #Hepatitis drugs. Fantastic start to the day with the Liverpool DDI course #IDSky #HIVsky
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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
- 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
April 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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
- 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
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
April 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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
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”
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”
April 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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”
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”
Reposted by Doctor Steve Taylor
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
April 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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
Reposted by Doctor Steve Taylor
Vaccines save lives. Pass it on.
It’s #WorldImmunizationWeek
Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the last 50 years. That’s 6 lives every minute.
A reminder of what is #HumanlyPossible. Science saves lives.
#VaccinesWork
bit.ly/wiw2025
Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the last 50 years. That’s 6 lives every minute.
A reminder of what is #HumanlyPossible. Science saves lives.
#VaccinesWork
bit.ly/wiw2025
April 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Vaccines save lives. Pass it on.
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...
@profygilleece.bsky.social
@profchloeorkin.bsky.social @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social
@drrageshri.bsky.social
@savinglives.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Women offered jabs in HIV prevention trial
Project leaders are looking for participants in Birmingham, Manchester, London and Brighton.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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...
@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 #PrEP Prevention Trial www.savinglivesuk.com/call-for-wom...
@savinglives.bsky.social
@drlaurajwaters.bsky.social @drrageshri.bsky.social Please amplify
@savinglives.bsky.social
@drlaurajwaters.bsky.social @drrageshri.bsky.social Please amplify
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.....
www.savinglivesuk.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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
@savinglives.bsky.social
@drlaurajwaters.bsky.social @drrageshri.bsky.social Please amplify
Reposted by Doctor Steve Taylor
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
April 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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
April 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Reposted by Doctor Steve Taylor
The “first they came for” signs keep coming true and people are not learning from it
“They said explicitly they were not going after scientists,” said an NIH researcher...“[These] scientists work on membrane proteins...Why is this a target?"
Same energy as the people who voted for the current administation b/c they were OK w/ other groups being targeted, just not themselves.
Same energy as the people who voted for the current administation b/c they were OK w/ other groups being targeted, just not themselves.
Five NIH institute directors and numerous lab heads ousted in unprecedented shake-up
Directors of five NIH institutes have been placed on administrative leave or offered new assignments
www.statnews.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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
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
March 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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
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
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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
@uclglobalhealth.bsky.social @cnwlnhs.bsky.social @thelovetankcic.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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
@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
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
These have been heartbreaking & terrifying weeks since Trump returned to office, particularly the silence & adherence of major institutions.
This is our response - we believe everyone should be speaking up now. As AIDS activists have taught us, Silence=Death
@germhuntermd.bsky.social
This is our response - we believe everyone should be speaking up now. As AIDS activists have taught us, Silence=Death
@germhuntermd.bsky.social
Silence=Death Redux: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, and the Imperative to Resist
The second Trump administration has released a torrent of executive policies hostile to public health, science, and marginalized populations. We outline th
academic.oup.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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
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...
#IDSKY #HIVSky
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Really Rapid Review: CROI 2025 San Francisco
Wow, that was an interesting conference — in ways both good and bad. The good part was the content, as the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) is our leading HIV research co...
blogs.jwatch.org
March 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
As always a really usefull Really Rapid Review from #CROI2025 from @paulsaxmd.bsky.social 🙏🏽
#IDSKY #HIVSky
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
#IDSKY #HIVSky
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
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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.
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.
Over the weekend, cancellation letters began arriving — abruptly terminating billions of rands in US-funded HIV and TB research at South African universities. Major programs like CAPRISA and Wits Clinical Trials Unit hit. 70% of SA’s HIV/TB grants come from the US NIH [email protected]
[BREAKING] Trump ends SA’s HIV and TB research grants - Bhekisisa
Cancellation letters, which end millions of rands of South African universities’ US-government funded HIV and TB research grants with immediate effect, started to roll in over the weekend. Fears are r...
bhekisisa.org
March 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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.
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.
Reposted by Doctor Steve Taylor
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...
#HepSky #LiverSky #MedSky #NoHep
@who.int @altcdc.altgov.info @ecdc.europa.eu
forms.gle/XUKQd4Z7W1Ef...
'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...
forms.gle
March 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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...
#HepSky #LiverSky #MedSky #NoHep
@who.int @altcdc.altgov.info @ecdc.europa.eu
forms.gle/XUKQd4Z7W1Ef...
Thank you @pippa-matt.bsky.social 👍
A thread to share some highlights from our team & colleagues who are at the #globalhepatitissummit #GHS2025 focusing on diagnosis, prevention & treatment of #HBV.
#LiverSky #HepSky #MedSky #EpiSky #NoHep #hepatitis #GlobalHealth #AcademicSky
@ahri-news.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
🌍🧪 1/n
#LiverSky #HepSky #MedSky #EpiSky #NoHep #hepatitis #GlobalHealth #AcademicSky
@ahri-news.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
🌍🧪 1/n
March 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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
Saving Lives “One Blood Test at a Time”
For the EDs going live next week good luck 🤞🏼
#MedSky #IDSky #HIVSky #HepSky #NoHep
NEWS: #Birmingham expands opt-out #HIV & #Hepatitis testing to all emergency departments.
The scheme, aiming to get the UK to zero new HIV diagnoses by 2030, is part of the @ftcbirmingham.bsky.social initiative.
Similar schemes across the UK have already found over 7,300 new cases.
More here...
The scheme, aiming to get the UK to zero new HIV diagnoses by 2030, is part of the @ftcbirmingham.bsky.social initiative.
Similar schemes across the UK have already found over 7,300 new cases.
More here...
Birmingham rolls out opt-out HIV & Hepatitis testing in emergency depts
All patients aged 16 or more who have bloods taken at the emergency departments in Birmingham will be also be tested for HIV, Hep B, and Hep C as part of an opt-out testing scheme.
www.savinglivesuk.com
March 22, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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
Saving Lives “One Blood Test at a Time”
For the EDs going live next week good luck 🤞🏼
#MedSky #IDSky #HIVSky #HepSky #NoHep