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Doctor Steve Taylor

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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

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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Nov 24

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

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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Sep 3

#AntiviralPK looking forward to a packed workshop, always a great meeting. I will try and post some highlights when possible #IDSky #HIVsky #Hepatitissky

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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Sep 3

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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HIV i-Base @hiv-i-base.bsky.social · Apr 24

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

Colourful i-Base image. The Rio Study Q&A. The heading in dark blue text on a light blue background reads: The RIO Study. Q and A is in large lettering, each a different bright colour on a coloured block. Main text, also in dark blue, reads: Read our Q&A for a breakdown of exciting results from this HIV cure-related study. White text on a small, tilted square graphic on the right, reads: HTB news. 2025. HIV treatment, prevention, access, and more. This block is made up of smaller blocks, coloured, dark blue, red, teal, orange and mustard. The logos for CROI and BHIVA are at the bottom of the image.

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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Apr 24

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

Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Apr 24

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”

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HIV Pharmacy Association @hivpa.bsky.social · Apr 23

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

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Apr 24

Vaccines save lives. Pass it on.

WHO @who.int · Apr 24

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

Every 10 seconds vaccination saves a life.
Immunization for all is Humanly Possible

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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Apr 18

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...

Women offered jabs in HIV prevention trial

Project leaders are looking for participants in Birmingham, Manchester, London and Brighton.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Apr 17

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

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

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Apr 5

Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

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CNN @cnn.com · Apr 5

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

People take part in a nationwide "Hands Off!" anti-Trump protest in New York City on April 5, 2025. | Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Apr 5

@avfccalifornia.bsky.social Greetings Live from #Villapark ! Com’on #Villa #AVFC

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Apr 2

The “first they came for” signs keep coming true and people are not learning from it

Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · Apr 2

“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.

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

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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Mar 29

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

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SPEAR @spearstudy.bsky.social · Mar 27

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

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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Mar 25

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

Eric Meyerowitz @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social · Mar 24

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

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

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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Mar 25

As always a really usefull Really Rapid Review from #CROI2025 from @paulsaxmd.bsky.social 🙏🏽

#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...

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Dr. Sumona Chaudhury @drsumona.bsky.social · Mar 22

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.

Infectious Diseases @infectiousdz.bsky.social · Mar 22

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...

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Philippa Matthews @pippa-matt.bsky.social · Mar 19

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...

'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...

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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Mar 22

Thank you @pippa-matt.bsky.social 👍

Philippa Matthews @pippa-matt.bsky.social · Mar 20

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

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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Mar 22

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 UK @savinglives.bsky.social · Mar 18

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...

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

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