TAGHIVscience
@taghivscience.bsky.social
Treatment Action Group's Basic Science, Vaccines & Cure Project, by Richard Jefferys. 🏳️⚧️
Primary Treatment Action Group account: https://bsky.app/profile/treatmentactiongroup.org
TAG website: https://www.treatmentactiongroup.org/
Primary Treatment Action Group account: https://bsky.app/profile/treatmentactiongroup.org
TAG website: https://www.treatmentactiongroup.org/
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A really useful thread on the latest, especially threatening stage in the Trump Administration's threat to vaccines.
Dr. Prasad send an email to CBER suggesting changes to the approval for respiratory vaccines based, apparently, on the conclusion of an unpublished investigation into VAERS report by unknown people. A few thoughts beyond what was already reported, based on the full email: 1/n
November 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A really useful thread on the latest, especially threatening stage in the Trump Administration's threat to vaccines.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Couldn’t agree more with my colleague @madhupai.bsky.social. And thanks for shout out to @defendpublichealth.bsky.social! @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @jonshaffer.bsky.social @mirandayaver.bsky.social
Scientists must learn to join larger pro-democracy and people's movements, coalitions. Our science training may not have prepared us for such work, but we can no longer sit in the safety of our labs and expect the world to get better
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
From doing science to saving science
Science and scientists are under assault. From denial of vaccines to climate change,
political leaders are increasingly sacrificing democracy as well as science on the
altar of populism and authoritar...
www.thelancet.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Couldn’t agree more with my colleague @madhupai.bsky.social. And thanks for shout out to @defendpublichealth.bsky.social! @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @jonshaffer.bsky.social @mirandayaver.bsky.social
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"It took only weeks for Trump to turn the US from a biomedical & global health leader to a pariah, shattering trust while shattering lives, all the while posing fundamental threats to a law-based international order grounded in human rights & democratic governance"
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
The Trump presidency: Cascading global shocks on global health
journals.plos.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"It took only weeks for Trump to turn the US from a biomedical & global health leader to a pariah, shattering trust while shattering lives, all the while posing fundamental threats to a law-based international order grounded in human rights & democratic governance"
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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I don’t think people outside of healthcare realize how much AAP is standing out as a moral backbone of medicine right now, especially in pediatrics. There is so much fear at institutions. Seeing an org directly and repeatedly targeted refuse to budge an inch is extraordinary.
AAP: ‘Stop wasting government resources to amplify false claims’ about vaccines, autism
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its website to include false claims linking vaccines and autism, prompting a swift rebuke from the AAP and other medical experts.
publications.aap.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I don’t think people outside of healthcare realize how much AAP is standing out as a moral backbone of medicine right now, especially in pediatrics. There is so much fear at institutions. Seeing an org directly and repeatedly targeted refuse to budge an inch is extraordinary.
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HAVE A LOOK | The National Health Laboratory Service has provided HIV, TB, syphilis and cholesterol data, which Spotlight and GroundUp obtained through the Promotion of Access to Information Act.
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/11/27/r...
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/11/27/r...
Release of useful health statistics: 2015 to 2025
The National Health Laboratory Service has provided HIV, TB, syphilis and cholesterol data, which Spotlight and GroundUp obtained through the Promotion of Access to Information Act.
www.spotlightnsp.co.za
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
HAVE A LOOK | The National Health Laboratory Service has provided HIV, TB, syphilis and cholesterol data, which Spotlight and GroundUp obtained through the Promotion of Access to Information Act.
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/11/27/r...
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/11/27/r...
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Thankful for my colleagues Dan Jernigan and @drdemetre.bsky.social; for the media and partners who continue to sound the alarm about public health; and most of all to those on the frontlines every day at CDC and in health departments. Our Lancet commentary re CDC: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
US CDC: a public health agency in critical condition
For almost 80 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been
the nation's immune system, detecting threats early, coordinating rapid responses,
and safeguarding population hea...
www.thelancet.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thankful for my colleagues Dan Jernigan and @drdemetre.bsky.social; for the media and partners who continue to sound the alarm about public health; and most of all to those on the frontlines every day at CDC and in health departments. Our Lancet commentary re CDC: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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In this online session for World AIDS Day, we’ll explore how artists responded to fear, loss, and injustice and how their work shaped public memory and protest. From Keith Haring to Gay Sweatshop, these are stories of expression, resistance, and care. @emilygarside.bsky.social
📆 Wed 3 December👇
📆 Wed 3 December👇
251203 World AIDS Day- Art as Activism | Bishopsgate Institute
As part of World AIDS Day, a session to examine the role art played in activism and memorialization in response to AIDS. Looking across visual arts, perfor
www.bishopsgate.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
In this online session for World AIDS Day, we’ll explore how artists responded to fear, loss, and injustice and how their work shaped public memory and protest. From Keith Haring to Gay Sweatshop, these are stories of expression, resistance, and care. @emilygarside.bsky.social
📆 Wed 3 December👇
📆 Wed 3 December👇
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We are #absolutely #thrilled to #present @cp-immunity.bsky.social - Deep profiling of human T cells defines compartmentalized clones and phenotypic trajectories across blood and tonsils: Immunity www.cell.com/immunity/ful...
Deep profiling of human T cells defines compartmentalized clones and phenotypic trajectories across blood and tonsils
Human T cell responses are often studied using blood, yet most T cells reside in tissues.
By comparing T cell receptor repertoires from millions of T cells from autologous
tonsils and blood, Sureshcha...
www.cell.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We are #absolutely #thrilled to #present @cp-immunity.bsky.social - Deep profiling of human T cells defines compartmentalized clones and phenotypic trajectories across blood and tonsils: Immunity www.cell.com/immunity/ful...
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“Behind every data point in this report are people – babies and children missed for HIV screening or early HIV diagnosis, young women cut off from prevention support, and communities suddenly left without services and care.” – Winnie Byanyima
#HIV
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/h...
#HIV
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/h...
HIV prevention sees the worst setback in decades, UN report warns
A UN report has warned that a significant setback in HIV prevention funding could cause new cases to skyrocket.
www.thepinknews.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“Behind every data point in this report are people – babies and children missed for HIV screening or early HIV diagnosis, young women cut off from prevention support, and communities suddenly left without services and care.” – Winnie Byanyima
#HIV
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/h...
#HIV
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/h...
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Massive deportation always required deporting ordinary immigrants, documented and undocumented, as, yes, immigrants commit less crime than citizens.
Too bad the media failed to report on the most important policy promise.
Central to Project 2025 and to the RNC.
Too bad the media failed to report on the most important policy promise.
Central to Project 2025 and to the RNC.
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Massive deportation always required deporting ordinary immigrants, documented and undocumented, as, yes, immigrants commit less crime than citizens.
Too bad the media failed to report on the most important policy promise.
Central to Project 2025 and to the RNC.
Too bad the media failed to report on the most important policy promise.
Central to Project 2025 and to the RNC.
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This week, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social' Whopper of the week--RFK Jr Strikes again, with AIDS denialism
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Has Plainly Stated His Belief in the Falsehoods of AIDS Denialism | Defend Public Health
In June 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told New York Magazine, "There are much better candidates than HIV for what causes AIDS." This is blatantly false, contradicted by mountains of data and real-world ...
www.defendpublichealth.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This week, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social' Whopper of the week--RFK Jr Strikes again, with AIDS denialism
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
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UNAIDS has released its 2025 World AIDS Day report, titled "Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response." Download it here ➡️ ow.ly/6qPt50Xy9z9
#WAD2025
#WAD2025
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
UNAIDS has released its 2025 World AIDS Day report, titled "Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response." Download it here ➡️ ow.ly/6qPt50Xy9z9
#WAD2025
#WAD2025
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Join PWN-Colorado for their upcoming World AIDS Day event this Saturday! Register here: www.mobilize.us/pwn-usa/event/871735 🔥 Our very own Barb Cardell will be providing a keynote address at the WAD event on Dec 1st hosted by the Center for Health and Hope in Dever
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Join PWN-Colorado for their upcoming World AIDS Day event this Saturday! Register here: www.mobilize.us/pwn-usa/event/871735 🔥 Our very own Barb Cardell will be providing a keynote address at the WAD event on Dec 1st hosted by the Center for Health and Hope in Dever
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🗓️ Monday, Dec 1, 2025 @ 9 a.m. ET 🗓️
Join us for a powerful #WorldAIDSDay webinar, "An HIV Doc and an Advocate Reflect on World AIDS Day"
Register here: tinyurl.com/ycxcnc7a
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Join us for a powerful #WorldAIDSDay webinar, "An HIV Doc and an Advocate Reflect on World AIDS Day"
Register here: tinyurl.com/ycxcnc7a
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November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🗓️ Monday, Dec 1, 2025 @ 9 a.m. ET 🗓️
Join us for a powerful #WorldAIDSDay webinar, "An HIV Doc and an Advocate Reflect on World AIDS Day"
Register here: tinyurl.com/ycxcnc7a
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Join us for a powerful #WorldAIDSDay webinar, "An HIV Doc and an Advocate Reflect on World AIDS Day"
Register here: tinyurl.com/ycxcnc7a
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A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.
NEWS: Medicaid Data Now Flows to ICE
Effective today, a new federal directive allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data, TPS ends for thousands of Burmese war refugees, plus Kristi Noem explainer video.
migrantinsider.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.
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Let's keep sharing these amazing stories about how vaccines have transformed our lives
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Let's keep sharing these amazing stories about how vaccines have transformed our lives
Evolution of the #HIV integration site landscape and inducible reservoir in early-treated people journals.plos.org/plospathogen... (open access)
Evolution of the HIV-1 integration site landscape and inducible reservoir in early-treated people
Author summary Despite ART, HIV persists in a small pool of infected cells. This reservoir is the main barrier to curing HIV. We studied how this reservoir changes over time in people who started trea...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Evolution of the #HIV integration site landscape and inducible reservoir in early-treated people journals.plos.org/plospathogen... (open access)
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OVERCOMING DISRUPTION | As World AIDS Day 2025 swings by, Professor Salim Abdool Karim reflects on the frantic days following the unprecedented US cuts to health aid and research funding, arguing that the deliberate disruptiveness was designed to be cruel.
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/11/26/s...
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/11/26/s...
Salim Abdool Karim | Transforming adversity into opportunity for the AIDS response
As World AIDS Day 2025 swings by, CAPRISA Director Professor Salim Abdool Karim reflects on the frantic days following this year’s unprecedented cuts to health aid and research funding from the US, ar...
www.spotlightnsp.co.za
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 AM
OVERCOMING DISRUPTION | As World AIDS Day 2025 swings by, Professor Salim Abdool Karim reflects on the frantic days following the unprecedented US cuts to health aid and research funding, arguing that the deliberate disruptiveness was designed to be cruel.
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/11/26/s...
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/11/26/s...
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We will keep fighting back, no matter what days on the calendar they try to erase, and no matter how they try to run from accountability.
Join us, this World AIDS Day is like no other: actionnetwork.org/events/dc-wo...
Join us, this World AIDS Day is like no other: actionnetwork.org/events/dc-wo...
World AIDS Day: National Day of Action in DC
World AIDS Day is a day to memorialize those we have lost to HIV/AIDS and recommit to our goals to ending the epidemic. We have not yet ended HIV/AIDS because we have not ended homelessness, a crisis ...
actionnetwork.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We will keep fighting back, no matter what days on the calendar they try to erase, and no matter how they try to run from accountability.
Join us, this World AIDS Day is like no other: actionnetwork.org/events/dc-wo...
Join us, this World AIDS Day is like no other: actionnetwork.org/events/dc-wo...
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>> have been pushed to use commemoration of #WorldAIDSDay to re-commit to fighting HIV, through usually high profile public national events
Now trump's administration is trying to run & hide from violence they have wrought by illegally slashing HIV programs worldwide >>
Now trump's administration is trying to run & hide from violence they have wrought by illegally slashing HIV programs worldwide >>
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
>> have been pushed to use commemoration of #WorldAIDSDay to re-commit to fighting HIV, through usually high profile public national events
Now trump's administration is trying to run & hide from violence they have wrought by illegally slashing HIV programs worldwide >>
Now trump's administration is trying to run & hide from violence they have wrought by illegally slashing HIV programs worldwide >>
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For those wondering 'why does erasure of a global AIDS commemoration matter?'
Each World AIDS Day since PEPFAR started, US govt officials across dozens of sub Saharan African countries & around the globe every Dec 1 >>
Each World AIDS Day since PEPFAR started, US govt officials across dozens of sub Saharan African countries & around the globe every Dec 1 >>
This seems to be something impacting USG sites outside the US. We need to track this closely.
Wow.
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
For those wondering 'why does erasure of a global AIDS commemoration matter?'
Each World AIDS Day since PEPFAR started, US govt officials across dozens of sub Saharan African countries & around the globe every Dec 1 >>
Each World AIDS Day since PEPFAR started, US govt officials across dozens of sub Saharan African countries & around the globe every Dec 1 >>
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There’s no nice way to say this: promoting anti-vax bullshit while kids are dying of vaccine preventable illnesses is tantamount to murder, and should be treated as such in the media and the courts.
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
There’s no nice way to say this: promoting anti-vax bullshit while kids are dying of vaccine preventable illnesses is tantamount to murder, and should be treated as such in the media and the courts.
This seems to be something impacting USG sites outside the US. We need to track this closely.
Wow.
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM