Good news but years away. …There currently IS an FDA-cleared CLIA-waived highly accurate 30-minute gonorrhea/ chlamydia test available mybinxhealth.com/binx-io

Oscillibacter

U.S.C. Cut the Valedictorian’s Graduation Speech. Now, the Celebrities Are Out, Too. Bad look for U.S.C. #FreeTheSpeech nytimes.com/2024/04/19/us/…

Provider-Reported Barriers in Sexual Health Care Services for Women With Upstream Barriers: The Case of Syphilis an… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38301636/ Brenda Goodman National Coalition of STD Directors

The studies have very small sample sizes and very wide estimates of effect.

The findings could certainly appear by chance or bias.

That’s probably what makes most experts have low confidence in the findings.

A great time at #PM2024 presenting all things sexual health with the incomparable Joseph Cherabie MD, MSc 🏳️‍🌈 (He/They)! #StopHIVTogether #sexualhealthmatters

Doctors call to expand syphilis testing during pregnancy amid recent surge. Better late than never ⁦ACOG⁩ thehill.com/policy/healthc…

Yes, Robert F Kenneth has been an amazing environmentalist and should stay in that lane. Please.

It is truly amazing that for less than a dollar a week patients around the world can be treated for HIV/AIDS.
Also makes one wonder why in the United States we pay $2000-$3000 a month.

Providers: Join us tomorrow at #PM2024 for a presentation by our Together Clinical Ambassadors Anu Hazra and Joseph Cherabie MD, MSc 🏳️‍🌈 (He/They)!

They will review guidelines and best practices for providing inclusive #sexualhealth services.

Don’t miss this important session!

When it comes to addressing the Los Angeles homelessness crisis, money is not the issue, a lack of leadership is.

Merck fails to deliver cancer vaccines in Africa. 100,000s girls will be at risk for preventable cancers. Shame. nytimes.com/2024/04/18/hea…

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH drklausner Jeanne Marrazzo Millions of advocates ask your help to produce a cure or a vaccine for herpes simplex type 1 and 2. Living with this disease is not only a physical burden but it also terrible for patient’s mental health! Help us!

Excellent talk on STIs by Dr. Kim Workowski at ⁦IAS–USA⁩ Annual Update on HIV Management in Atlanta. When discussing syphilis Dx the most important point is at the bottom left of this slide: interpret syphilis serologies within the clinical context!

Do communities want DoxyPEP for cis-gender women? AVAC

Looking forward to 2023 data National Coalition of STD Directors CDC STD

A major takeaway coming out today's #DoxyPEP webinar 💥 Doxy-PEP should be a part of a comprehensive package of sexual health services. Check out this encompassing slide from Annie Luetkemeyer, courtesy of Stephanie Cohen.

EVENT: The Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Applied Studies (IDEAS) Initiative & the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health invite you to a seminar featuring Noah Kojima, MD, who currently serves as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the CDC's Influenza Division
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