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The Trump Administration’s Foreign Aid Review: Status of PEPFAR kff.org/4a037a4/ HIV testing had been disrupted in 10 countries; there was a risk of ARV stocks outs in 8 & viral load testing stockouts in 13 countries. Oral PrEP medication stock-outs in in 4 countries.

Honoring Excellence, Announcing New Members: Academy 2025 Election | American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Congratulations to my good friend Fadlo Khuri ⁦American University of Beirut⁩ on his election. amacad.org/news/new-membe…

“I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others, but rather to use the resources available to help the needy, to fight hunger and to encourage…” vatican.va/content/france…

The expanding universe of GLP-1 medicines-with dozens of new molecular entities in the clinic, how will they differentiate beyond #weightloss #obesity #diabetes #heartdiseasen Nature Reviews Drug Discovery nature.com/articles/s4157…

Even if you are healthy and have no underlying diseases the Flu (as well as many other infectious diseases) can kill you. nytimes.com/2025/04/24/wel…

Unlike the churning economy of the last half of the Biden administration, Donald Trump now presides over the first US economic contraction since 2022 bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via Bloomberg

Midline Venous Catheter vs Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter for Intravenous Therapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial ⁦JAMA⁩ MVCs were associated with a ⬆️ percentage of patients with VC-related adverse events compared to PICCs. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Impact of an international HIV funding crisis on HIV infections and mortality LMICs: a modelling study The Lancet HIV thelancet.com/journals/lanhi… A 24% ⬇️ in aid plus ending PEPFAR could cause an additional 4·43–10·75 M new HIV inf & 0·77–2·93 M deaths between 2025 & 2030.

atlantanewsfirst.com/app/2025/05/02… 216 pediatric deaths reported by the ⁦CDC⁩ eclipse the 207 reported last year. It’s the most since the 2009-2010 H1N1 global flu pandemic.

The new reality for American academia | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…. Excellent editorial by Holden Thorp.

Characterization of Research Grant Terminations at the National Institutes of Health jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… “Between February 28, 2025, and April 8, 2025, 694 NIH grants were terminated across 24 of the 26 institutes and centers”

Check out my latest: Red teaming pandemics (link below) 1/2

Another excellent ⁦IAS–USA⁩ webinar where we discussed recent viral outbreaks with ⁦Peter Chin-Hong MD⁩ & Bonnie Maldonado.

nytimes.com/2025/05/14/hea… via @NYTimes “And despite the progress, drug fatalities remain high. According to the data, 80,391 people died from drug-related causes in 2024.”

Honored to have been invited by ⁦UCSF School of Medicine⁩ as the 2025Holly Smith Visiting Professor. medicine.ucsf.edu/about/faculty/…

Make America Less Credit Worthy nytimes.com/2025/05/16/bus… via @NYTimes

🚨Final call for the 8th Annual Barbara Vick Impact Awards! Join us TOMORROW (5/29) at 5:30PM at Emory Public Health for a reception & ceremony to celebrate 23 #HIV advocates, service & care providers & researchers in Atlanta. Barbara Vick will be there! RSVP: bit.ly/2025BarbiesRSVP

What an honor to have Barbara Vick join us in person for the ⁦Emory CFAR⁩ CLC Impact Awards night.

Before the ID salary talk, a quick protest: 3 recent vaccine-related moves — all alarming. Then in Part 2 of How ID Doctors Get Paid: - Infection control - Abx stewardship - Contracts for care - Telehealth - Travel clinics (+ dog video, of course.) blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-observa…

NIH funding policy deals new blow to HIV-related trial networks ⁦Science Magazine⁩ It’s a mess, it’s wrong and unnecessary. science.org/content/articl…