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Doctor Steve Taylor

@docstevetaylor.bsky.social
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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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Saving Lives UK @savinglives.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Saving Lives are thrilled to read this #WorldAIDSDay that opt-out testing in Emergency Departments will continue to be funded for years to come. Our Medical Director, @docstevetaylor.bsky.social along with our CEO @danhartland.bsky.social, spoke to BBC News earlier: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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HIV testing in Midlands A&Es 'quite literally saving lives'
Hundreds of otherwise unidentified HIV and hepatitis cases are being diagnosed via A&E blood tests.
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #IDSky #HIVSky #WorldAidsDay
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Testing at A&Es part of plan to end new HIV cases in England by 2030
Labour announces prevention programme as well as efforts to re-engage people who have fallen out of medical care
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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 · 04/09/2025
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
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
#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 · 03/09/2025
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 · 24/04/2025
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 · 24/04/2025
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
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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 · 23/04/2025
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 · 24/04/2025
Vaccines save lives. Pass it on.
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
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...
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Women offered jabs in HIV prevention trial
Project leaders are looking for participants in Birmingham, Manchester, London and Brighton.
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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
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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.....
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/04/2025
Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC
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CNN @cnn.com · 06/04/2025
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 · 05/04/2025
@avfccalifornia.bsky.social Greetings Live from #Villapark ! Com’on #Villa #AVFC
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The “first they came for” signs keep coming true and people are not learning from it
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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 · 27/03/2025
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 · 25/03/2025
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
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
As always a really usefull Really Rapid Review from #CROI2025 from @paulsaxmd.bsky.social 🙏🏽 #IDSKY #HIVSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
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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 · 22/03/2025
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.
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Philippa Matthews @pippa-matt.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
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...
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'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 · 22/03/2025
Thank you @pippa-matt.bsky.social 👍
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
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
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Congratulations @tristanjbarber.bsky.social very well deserved 👏👏👍👍🤕
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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 20/03/2025
Very thorough summary of the depressing status of #PublicHealth in the US. Dark days ahead. #PedSky #MedSky #IDSky www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Public Health Appointees Don’t Believe in a Public (Gift Article)
Trump’s appointees don’t believe in the concept of a public in the first place.
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Baylink Lab @baylinklab.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
We have a better setup now, but this was an early ‘success’ video of capturing bacterial chemotaxis in action!🦠💨Shows something important—bacteria are strong swimmers! Despite the flow, Salmonella head straight for the nutrients. Makes sense, gut has a ton of flow! 🧪 #Microbiology #Microsky #idsky
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
UK no longer deems clade 1 mpox 'high consequence' Officials said the virus still poses a health threat, with some patients experiencing more severe symptoms. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m... Photo: NIAID/Flickr cc
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Outgoing head of heralded U.S. global #HIV/AIDS program urges Trump to reverse cuts | #Science | #IDsky #HIVsky #publicHealthsky #medsky www.science.org/content/arti...
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Outgoing head of heralded U.S. global HIV/AIDS program urges Trump to reverse cuts
John Nkengasong, who had helmed PEPFAR since 2022, says “history will remember we showed humanity”
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
. #IDSky, #HIVSky , #hepatitisSky #HepSky Today we launched Emergency Department #Hepatitis & #HIV Opt-Out testing in #Birminham Have a look and pass it on, it works+ www.itv.com/news/central... @sebpoule.bsky.social @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social @drericding.bsky.social @docdelrio.bsky.social
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
All followers of #IDsky #HIVsky #PublicHealthSky Definitely give this a watch and pass it on, it’s watch it’s brilliant #CROi2025
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Please sign this & spread the word Open Letter on the Dismantling of US Global #AIDS Programs as doctors, researchers, scientists, & public health experts www.bit.ly/PEPFARLetter @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social @sebpoule.bsky.social @bhiva.bsky.social @paulsaxmd.bsky.social #idsky #HIVsky
 Please sign this and spread the word 

Open Letter on the Dismantling of US Global AIDS Programs as doctors, researchers, scientists, and public health experts
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aidsmap @aidsmap.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
aidsmap's first summary bulletin of news from #CROI2025 is out now. CROI 2025: US funding freeze threatens two decades' progress in HIV, 13 March 2025 www.aidsmap.com/bulletin/conference…
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
#CROI2025 A Tour de force on integrase PK-PD and resistance by Professor Saye Khoo. 👏🙌🏽 CAB resistance is a Low a Incidence High Consequence scenario Tracer studies indicate variable placement of IM injections Does compartmental penetration matter (probably not) #IDSky #HIVSky
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
What a week #CROI2025 , Good #Science , Good #Friends and to top it off #AstonVilla are through to the Quarter finals of the #ChampionsLeague Thank you to @avfccalifornia.bsky.social for making me so welcome #UTV #AVFC
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
. @astonvillaofficial.bsky.social I’m in #Sanfrancisco and heading to the Kazar pub Apparently it’s the home of the Californian #AstonVilla supporters club? To watch #AVFC in the #championsleague #UTV
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
#CROI2025 And as if by Magic! Drug levels do matter if you use the right cutoff! A very elegant study of PK among CAB PReP people with incident infections compared with matched controls #IDsky #HIVsky @sebpoule.bsky.social @paulsaxmd.bsky.social @profchloeorkin.bsky.social
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
#CROI2025 Fantastic overview on the pathogenesis of long #COVID by @rutgerwalls.bsky.social 👏👏 Definitely, one to watch on catch up We must #StandUpForScience #IDsky #CovidSky
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
#CROI2025 A really good synopsis of the #LAPTOP trial by author G Behrens Definitive evidence on the effectiveness of using 2nd Gen Integrase inhibitors in late presenters with CD4 <100 & very high VL >500, Spoiler alert “they work!” Faster suppression, less side effects, same IRIS #IDSky
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
#CROI2025 Can we afford to use NAT testing for people taking CAB for #PrEP? How many people will we miss? “To detect 1 additional person not picked up by standard rapid tests. You would need to test 5305 people with NAT at a cost of $46K-$450K ! 😱 #idsky #HIVsky @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
#CROI2025 The eternal problem of what to do with my patient with persistent low level vireamia? Some further evidence suggesting these viruses are defective and not replication competent. #IDsky #HIVsky
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Carina Marquez MD @carinamarquez.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
🔥Very exciting data presented at #CROI2025 and just published in the Lancet: PK data for once year IM Lenacapavir are higher than twice a year SC Len at 56week and support phase 3 study for PrEP. The public health impact of yearly LEN for prevention would be huge! #IDSky
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Asia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
All at #CROI2025 (and those who are not!!), join @docdelrio.bsky.social @chrisbeyrer.bsky.social and colleagues demanding #PEPFAR funding be fully restored. Sign onto the open letter today: bit.ly/PEPFARLetter Speak out (more), scientists: the foreign aid freeze has put millions of lives at risk 👇
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Liz Highleyman @lizhighleyman.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Dvora Joseph Davey: Urine tenofovir test could be used to monitor PrEP adherence. In South African study of pregnant & postpartum women, it's used primarily as a counseling tool to help support adherence. #CROI2025
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Liz Highleyman @lizhighleyman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Two new cases of HIV remission after stem cell transplant for cancer reported at #CROI2025. These have become so routine that they're posters instead of oral presentations. We know an HIV cure is possible -- now we need to use clues from these rare cases to develop widely applicable approaches.
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Fascinating poster at #CROI2025 (654) looking at “True Trough” levels of CAB RPV showing “low levels of CAB +/or RPV are associated with higher odds for a detectable HIV-1 RNA. QU would you measure CAB levels in a patient with low level viraemia? #IDSky #HIVSky #PKsky @paulsaxmd.bsky.social
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
#CROI2025 Generic #HPV vaccinations can be produced for as a little as $2.5 per day. 90% of children could be vaccinated using just 12days of of current global sales 😳. #IDsky #PublichealthSky #STIsky
#CROI2025 Generic #HPV vaccinations can be produced for as a little as $2.5 per day. 

90% of children could be vaccinated using 12days of of current global sales 😳
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