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Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · 1d

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 1d

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- A complete childhood vaccine schedule exposes a baby to fewer than 150 antigens total.
- A common cold exposes them to thousands.
The immune system is built for parallel processing, not single-tasking. There is no such thing as “vaccine overload.”
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11773551/

Addressing parents' concerns: do multiple vaccines overwhelm or weaken the infant's immune system? - PubMed

Recent surveys found that an increasing number of parents are concerned that infants receive too many vaccines. Implicit in this concern is that the infant's immune system is inadequately developed to...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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ImageOut @imageoutroc.bsky.social · 2d

THIS THURSDAY: Join us on Thursday, October 9, 6:00-8:30pm at Boulder Coffee Cafe and Lounge to kick off the 2025 ImageOut LGBTQ+ Fall Film Festival, as we celebrate a curated selection of local Queer and Trans artists for our first ever Opening Night Salon, hosted by Anna Parade & Rachel Wiley!

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saveaidsresearch.bsky.social @saveaidsresearch.bsky.social · 8d

The fight to Save AIDS Research continues! Help us raise awareness by making a short video testimonial about why HIV research is crucial to you—both professionally and personally. Your voice is powerful! bit.ly/3ID30BW #saveAIDSresearch #HIV #HIVresearch

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Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · 8d

For the record, mpox is transmitted by rodents. Not monkeys.

In 2022, the name 'monkeypox' was nixed. Now the U.S. is reviving it

The World Health Organization retired the name "monkeypox" in favor of mpox — since the virus is spread by rodents and small mammals and there's a stigma factor. Why has the U.S. revived "monkeypox"?

www.npr.org

Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · 14d

A great start for equitable distribution!

Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 14d

Unprecedented!!! The new price lands exactly in the range researchers projected last year ($35–$46/year with 2M doses in demand). A huge win for CSOs & HIV communities who campaigned tirelessly for this 🎉🎉🎉 unitaid.org/news-blog/le...

Unitaid, CHAI, and Wits RHI enter into a landmark agreement with Dr. Reddy’s to make HIV prevention tool lenacapavir affordable in LMICs - Unitaid

unitaid.org

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Day Trips Around Rochester @daytrippingroc.bsky.social · 14d

This year's Roc the Riverway Weekend event will take place from Friday, September 26, through Sunday, September 28, 2025, coinciding with the Erie Canal's Bicentennial Celebration. Read more: daytrippingroc.substack.com/p/roc-the-ri...

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Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · 15d

Another case where HIV science crosses disciplines and borders for a win.

HIV Drug Shows Promise for Diabetes Vision Loss

An inexpensive HIV medication that costs as little as $20 per month could offer new hope for millions of people with diabetic eye disease, according to

scienceblog.com

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Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · 16d

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Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · 16d

When you start the week with a face palm.
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BREAKING NEWS: Censorship returns to the CDC. At least 22 websites are down.

The Trump administration's HHS is back to its old habits of targeting public health resources deemed too woke.

insidemedicine.substack.com

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Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · 19d

Much like the recently formed West Coast Health Alliance, this new coalition will cooperation on public health data analysis, emergency prep, lab services, vaccine recommendations and joint purchasing.

We're so proud of New York for protecting its citizens!

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20d

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions

Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue)

West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

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Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · 20d

New York State has the highest rate of folks over age 65 living with HIV in the US. Thanks to research, medication and supportive policies, HIV is no longer a terminal diagnosis.

Let's keep it that way.

Map showing the rate of people 65+ living with HIV per 100K in 2023 - New York has the highest rate by far. 42% of Americans living with HIV are age 55 or older. National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day 2025

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Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · 20d

"Long-term infections allow the virus to explore ways to infect cells more efficiently..."
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Man's COVID Infection Lasted 2 Years, Setting a New Record

An immunocompromised man endured ongoing acute COVID-19 for more than 750 days.

www.sciencealert.com

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saveaidsresearch.bsky.social @saveaidsresearch.bsky.social · 22d

Today is the day! Join us for 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research starting at 11 am ET. You can still register bit.ly/45U1keO and join us on YouTube bit.ly/45Qftts. See you there! #saveAIDSresearch #HIV #HIVresearch

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Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · 27d

We remember
#sept11

A photo of an American flag and a faded view of the 9/11 memorial, with the words "Perhaps, one day, we won't need tragedy to draw us together
or let tragedy pry us apart."

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saveaidsresearch.bsky.social @saveaidsresearch.bsky.social · 27d

24 Hours to Save AIDS Research is an all-day, online marathon that will include >70 speakers from around the world, enabling people from all time zones to access the programming in real time. Join us! Register bit.ly/45U1keO and join us on YouTube bit.ly/45Qftts. #HIV #saveAIDSresearch #HIVresearch

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Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · 28d

This new vaccine decreased mortality from chlamydia in wild koalas by 65 percent.

Also, TIL koalas can be infected by chlamydia (!).

Also again, hurrah for vaccines.

Koala chlamydia vaccine approved

Koala chlamydia vaccine approved A vaccine has been approved to protect Australia’s endangered koalas from infection and death caused by chlamydia. Developed by the University of the Suns

www.scimex.org

Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · 28d

We love meeting the community while tabling Rochester events -- partly because we meet awesome people with t-shirt messages like this

Rochester Victory Alliance staff and friends at our swag and info table in the ball park concourse.

This t-shirt reads, "Dear person behind me, You are worthy. You are loved. Your are awesome. You are enough. Don't forget that."

Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · 28d

Andrew, Dawn and Bill gave out 40lbs of Skittles to game-goers

Even Morrie Silver and friend like free candy

This doggo was dressed right in a rainbow kerchief, because it was Bark in the Park night, too.

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Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · 28d

Scenes from last night's Red Wings Pride Night⚾❤️
Thanks to all who took our Skittles giveaways, dropped by our table, and made for a delightful evening at the ball game. See you again next year!
#ROC

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Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · 29d

First pitch for tonight's Red Wings Pride Night game is at 6:05 pm.
AND it's *Half Pride Ticket Tuesday*!

Join us for a late-season game against the Buffalo Bisons -- Gonna be a PERFECT night for baseball!

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Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · Sep 4

Ooh, pretty!

Take a gander at more of Goodsell's molecular watercolors (not just HIV, though those resonate most with us!) at pdb101.rcsb.org/sci-art/good...

Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · Sep 2

We know. Students are already in school. Sunset's coming sooner. Temps are falling. Linear time exists. And yet...

We're just not ready.

Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · Sep 2

Man in a black shirt shakes a fortune telling 8 ball and recoils: you don't want to know.

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Rochester Victory Alliance @rocvictoryalliance.bsky.social · Aug 25

"Kick and kill" - a treatment that flushes out hidden HIV and hits them with bnAbs* - seems to have cured this African woman's HIV infection.

*broadly neutralizing antibodies

Whatever happened to ... the race to cure HIV? There's promising news

At the International AIDS Society meeting this year, a young woman from South Africa spoke. She is the first Black woman from Africa to be potentially cured of HIV.

www.npr.org