Jason Gale
@jasongale.bsky.social
Dad x3 | Snr editor | Bloomberg News | Melbourne
• public health • medicine • emerging infectious diseases • antimicrobial resistance • science
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• public health • medicine • emerging infectious diseases • antimicrobial resistance • science
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Covid shots might do more than defend against coronaviruses — they could help fight cancer. New research in @nature.com shows mRNA vaccines may supercharge #immunotherapy.
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Cancer Patients Receiving Covid mRNA Shots Show Dramatically Longer Survival
The same Nobel-winning mRNA technology that helped curb the Covid-19 pandemic may be poised to transform cancer care.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Covid shots might do more than defend against coronaviruses — they could help fight cancer. New research in @nature.com shows mRNA vaccines may supercharge #immunotherapy.
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From Gaza to Haiti, millions of people are on the edge of starvation. A Dutch famine during WWII shows that even when the food returns, future generations face heightened risk of disease.
How Extreme Hunger in the Womb Fuels a Lifelong Risk of Disease
A wartime famine in the Netherlands showed starvation raises disease risk for generations. In Gaza, science suggests the toll won’t end when the food returns.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
From Gaza to Haiti, millions of people are on the edge of starvation. A Dutch famine during WWII shows that even when the food returns, future generations face heightened risk of disease.
Starvation changes more than the body — it can echo for generations. I spoke with Dr David Barker about this years ago, and his words feel painfully relevant again. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
How Extreme Hunger in the Womb Fuels a Lifelong Risk of Disease
A wartime famine in the Netherlands showed starvation raises disease risk for generations. In Gaza, science suggests the toll won’t end when the food returns.
www.bloomberg.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Starvation changes more than the body — it can echo for generations. I spoke with Dr David Barker about this years ago, and his words feel painfully relevant again. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Soon after Dr. Stanley Appel opened one of the first #ALS clinics in the US in 1982, he found the immune system held clues to the disease.
At 92, new Nature research proves him right.
“Mission not yet accomplished,” he said. “So I’m not retiring.”
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At 92, new Nature research proves him right.
“Mission not yet accomplished,” he said. “So I’m not retiring.”
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New ALS Research Vindicates a 92-Year-Old Trailblazer
Hi, it’s Jason in Melbourne. A study in Nature last week shows the immune system itself may be fueling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS — a discovery that validates the life’s work of one of the ...
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October 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Soon after Dr. Stanley Appel opened one of the first #ALS clinics in the US in 1982, he found the immune system held clues to the disease.
At 92, new Nature research proves him right.
“Mission not yet accomplished,” he said. “So I’m not retiring.”
gift🔗👇
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At 92, new Nature research proves him right.
“Mission not yet accomplished,” he said. “So I’m not retiring.”
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For decades, prostate cancer care has forced men into a cruel choice:
🪓 Remove the whole prostate, with life-altering side effects
🤷♂️ Or risk living with the disease
In London, surgeon Hashim Ahmed is betting on a 3rd way: focal therapy. My story with @ashleighfurlong.bsky.social
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🪓 Remove the whole prostate, with life-altering side effects
🤷♂️ Or risk living with the disease
In London, surgeon Hashim Ahmed is betting on a 3rd way: focal therapy. My story with @ashleighfurlong.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2rya36ds
The Fight to Fix Prostate Cancer Care
For decades, men with the disease faced a binary choice: live with the cancer, or live with the consequences of removing it. This doctor is pushing an alternative that he says is more precise, humane ...
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October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
For decades, prostate cancer care has forced men into a cruel choice:
🪓 Remove the whole prostate, with life-altering side effects
🤷♂️ Or risk living with the disease
In London, surgeon Hashim Ahmed is betting on a 3rd way: focal therapy. My story with @ashleighfurlong.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2rya36ds
🪓 Remove the whole prostate, with life-altering side effects
🤷♂️ Or risk living with the disease
In London, surgeon Hashim Ahmed is betting on a 3rd way: focal therapy. My story with @ashleighfurlong.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2rya36ds
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FREE LINK: Research has found that body’s own immune system may drive amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS — a breakthrough that could reshape treatment of the fatal disease. @jasongale.bsky.social has the story >
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ALS Breakthrough Shows Fatal Disease Is Driven by Immune Attack
Researchers have uncovered how the body’s own immune system may be driving the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS — a breakthrough that could reshape treatment of the fatal disease.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
FREE LINK: Research has found that body’s own immune system may drive amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS — a breakthrough that could reshape treatment of the fatal disease. @jasongale.bsky.social has the story >
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Trump told pregnant women to avoid Tylenol + “tough out” fevers.
Scientists including @mhornig.bsky.social say that’s misinformation — fever itself is more dangerous for moms + babies.
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Scientists including @mhornig.bsky.social say that’s misinformation — fever itself is more dangerous for moms + babies.
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Scientists Rebuke Trump’s Tylenol-Autism Claim, Stress Fever Is Bigger Danger in Pregnancy
President Donald Trump’s call for pregnant women to avoid Tylenol is drawing sharp criticism from researchers who say the advice ignores decades of evidence and could endanger mothers and babies.
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September 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Trump told pregnant women to avoid Tylenol + “tough out” fevers.
Scientists including @mhornig.bsky.social say that’s misinformation — fever itself is more dangerous for moms + babies.
Gift link to my latest for Bloomberg: tinyurl.com/4jt9rvne
Scientists including @mhornig.bsky.social say that’s misinformation — fever itself is more dangerous for moms + babies.
Gift link to my latest for Bloomberg: tinyurl.com/4jt9rvne
DR Congo has declared a new #Ebola outbreak: 28 suspected cases, 15 deaths. What’s different this time? US has pulled back from outbreak response, leaving fewer partners to help contain it. Experts warn that could cost lives. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Congo Declares Ebola Virus Outbreak as 15 Deaths Reported
The Democratic Republic of Congo declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in south-central Kasai province after 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health workers, were reported.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
DR Congo has declared a new #Ebola outbreak: 28 suspected cases, 15 deaths. What’s different this time? US has pulled back from outbreak response, leaving fewer partners to help contain it. Experts warn that could cost lives. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Hospitals are meant to heal — but they’re also massive polluters.
I wrote about Dr. Forbes McGain, an anesthesiologist in Melbourne, trying to break medicine’s addiction to single-use plastics and greenhouse gases.
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I wrote about Dr. Forbes McGain, an anesthesiologist in Melbourne, trying to break medicine’s addiction to single-use plastics and greenhouse gases.
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The Doctor Trying to Cure Medicine’s Addiction to Disposables
The global healthcare system is built on throwaway gowns, plastic and instruments. Forbes McGain is finding solutions to cut down on waste — and save money.
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September 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Hospitals are meant to heal — but they’re also massive polluters.
I wrote about Dr. Forbes McGain, an anesthesiologist in Melbourne, trying to break medicine’s addiction to single-use plastics and greenhouse gases.
Gift link here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I wrote about Dr. Forbes McGain, an anesthesiologist in Melbourne, trying to break medicine’s addiction to single-use plastics and greenhouse gases.
Gift link here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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“[Monarez] had two lines in the sand,” Besser said. “One was anything that was deemed illegal. And the second was anything that she felt flew in the face of science. And she says she was asked to do both of those.”
Principled leadership matters.
RFK Jr is unfit to serve as Secretary of HHS.
Principled leadership matters.
RFK Jr is unfit to serve as Secretary of HHS.
Special Report
Inside the CDC director’s ouster: Kennedy demanded acceptance of new vaccine policies; Susan Monarez refused
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Inside the CDC director’s ouster: Kennedy demanded acceptance of new vaccine policies; Susan Monarez refused
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Inside the CDC director's ouster: Kennedy demanded acceptance of new vaccine policies; Susan Monarez refused
Susan Monarez’s resistance to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s moves to assert control over vaccine guidance is at the center of her dismissal as CDC director
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August 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“[Monarez] had two lines in the sand,” Besser said. “One was anything that was deemed illegal. And the second was anything that she felt flew in the face of science. And she says she was asked to do both of those.”
Principled leadership matters.
RFK Jr is unfit to serve as Secretary of HHS.
Principled leadership matters.
RFK Jr is unfit to serve as Secretary of HHS.
CDC in crisis: Director Susan Monarez is being pushed out just weeks into the job. Her clash with RFK Jr. sparked resignations from Demetre Daskalakis, Debra Houry & Daniel Jernigan — leaders who steered the US thru Ebola, Zika, opioids & Covid.
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Turmoil at the CDC Shows How Politics Is Undermining Science
Hi, it’s Jason in Melbourne. The legacy of Covid isn’t just medical — it’s political, and it’s haunting public health. Before I explain...
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August 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
CDC in crisis: Director Susan Monarez is being pushed out just weeks into the job. Her clash with RFK Jr. sparked resignations from Demetre Daskalakis, Debra Houry & Daniel Jernigan — leaders who steered the US thru Ebola, Zika, opioids & Covid.
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I joined NEJM to discuss the role of the CDC and current threats to the public health infrastructure in the U.S. Please listen to the interview:
Interview with Tom Frieden on the role of the CDC and current threats to the U.S. public health infrastructure. | NEJM
Audio Interview from the New England Journal of Medicine — Interview with Tom Frieden on the role of the CDC and current threats to the U.S. public health infrastructure.
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August 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I joined NEJM to discuss the role of the CDC and current threats to the public health infrastructure in the U.S. Please listen to the interview:
A flesh-eating parasite that burrows into living tissue has shown up in the US for the first time in decades. My @business explainer on screwworms, why cattle ranchers are alarmed, and how USDA plans to stop them.
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What You Need to Know About the Flesh-Eating Screwworm in the US
The US has confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm in a person in Maryland, who had traveled from Guatemala and has received treatment for the infection, Reuters reported.
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August 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A flesh-eating parasite that burrows into living tissue has shown up in the US for the first time in decades. My @business explainer on screwworms, why cattle ranchers are alarmed, and how USDA plans to stop them.
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Among the many issues that this piece highlights is how the conspiracy theories surrounding COVID-19 origins have remained almost entirely focused on a handful of chat logs and email threads from five years ago while the science has been evolving and pointing more and more towards zoonosis.
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How conspiracy theories about COVID’s origins are hampering our ability to prevent the next pandemic
The COVID pandemic likely began when the virus jumped from animals to humans, and didn’t start in a lab. But false narratives continue to circulate.
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July 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Among the many issues that this piece highlights is how the conspiracy theories surrounding COVID-19 origins have remained almost entirely focused on a handful of chat logs and email threads from five years ago while the science has been evolving and pointing more and more towards zoonosis.
What if you could "see" disease before it shows up?
UK Biobank scanned 100,000 Brits to understand how illness really. Ashleigh Furlong & I look at what this massive project is uncovering—from brain changes after mild Covid to hidden heart risks & misdiagnosed diabetes.
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UK Biobank scanned 100,000 Brits to understand how illness really. Ashleigh Furlong & I look at what this massive project is uncovering—from brain changes after mild Covid to hidden heart risks & misdiagnosed diabetes.
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bit.ly/3IBHsoR
What Scientists Learned Scanning the Bodies of 100,000 Brits
A massive database of medical images is offering an unprecedented window into how diseases take hold years before symptoms appear.
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July 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
What if you could "see" disease before it shows up?
UK Biobank scanned 100,000 Brits to understand how illness really. Ashleigh Furlong & I look at what this massive project is uncovering—from brain changes after mild Covid to hidden heart risks & misdiagnosed diabetes.
Free link ⬇️
bit.ly/3IBHsoR
UK Biobank scanned 100,000 Brits to understand how illness really. Ashleigh Furlong & I look at what this massive project is uncovering—from brain changes after mild Covid to hidden heart risks & misdiagnosed diabetes.
Free link ⬇️
bit.ly/3IBHsoR
Excited (and relieved) to share that my book After Covid is in production with Johns Hopkins University Press — and up for pre-order.
It looks at the pandemic’s lasting health impacts, from chronic illness to strained systems and fading trust in science.
More here:
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It looks at the pandemic’s lasting health impacts, from chronic illness to strained systems and fading trust in science.
More here:
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
After Covid
The Health Impacts That Will Last Generations
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July 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Excited (and relieved) to share that my book After Covid is in production with Johns Hopkins University Press — and up for pre-order.
It looks at the pandemic’s lasting health impacts, from chronic illness to strained systems and fading trust in science.
More here:
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
It looks at the pandemic’s lasting health impacts, from chronic illness to strained systems and fading trust in science.
More here:
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Mono might just be the start.
EBV is being linked to MS, lupus, cancers, rheumatoid arthritis — and maybe even Long Covid.
Scientists are racing to stop it.
My latest for Bloomberg (free link):
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EBV is being linked to MS, lupus, cancers, rheumatoid arthritis — and maybe even Long Covid.
Scientists are racing to stop it.
My latest for Bloomberg (free link):
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The Silent Virus Behind Mono Is Now a Prime Suspect in Major Diseases
Epstein-Barr virus, which causes glandular fever, was once dismissed as a rite of passage. Scientists now link it to cancer and multiple sclerosis.
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June 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Mono might just be the start.
EBV is being linked to MS, lupus, cancers, rheumatoid arthritis — and maybe even Long Covid.
Scientists are racing to stop it.
My latest for Bloomberg (free link):
🧵 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
EBV is being linked to MS, lupus, cancers, rheumatoid arthritis — and maybe even Long Covid.
Scientists are racing to stop it.
My latest for Bloomberg (free link):
🧵 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Recent Australian election prompted me to wonder about the name of my electorate: Macnamara.
Turns out, it’s a tribute to Dame Annie Jean Macnamara (1899-1968), a Melbourne doc whose discovery of multiple polioviruses led to the development of the Salk vaccine.
Very impressive Aussie!
Turns out, it’s a tribute to Dame Annie Jean Macnamara (1899-1968), a Melbourne doc whose discovery of multiple polioviruses led to the development of the Salk vaccine.
Very impressive Aussie!
May 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Recent Australian election prompted me to wonder about the name of my electorate: Macnamara.
Turns out, it’s a tribute to Dame Annie Jean Macnamara (1899-1968), a Melbourne doc whose discovery of multiple polioviruses led to the development of the Salk vaccine.
Very impressive Aussie!
Turns out, it’s a tribute to Dame Annie Jean Macnamara (1899-1968), a Melbourne doc whose discovery of multiple polioviruses led to the development of the Salk vaccine.
Very impressive Aussie!
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New report from @independentsage.bsky.social
Everything you ever wanted to know about mRNA vaccines including how they work, debunking myths & their exciting future.
As misinfo about mRNA vax ramps up in US, this report is sorely needed!
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Everything you ever wanted to know about mRNA vaccines including how they work, debunking myths & their exciting future.
As misinfo about mRNA vax ramps up in US, this report is sorely needed!
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May 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
New report from @independentsage.bsky.social
Everything you ever wanted to know about mRNA vaccines including how they work, debunking myths & their exciting future.
As misinfo about mRNA vax ramps up in US, this report is sorely needed!
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Everything you ever wanted to know about mRNA vaccines including how they work, debunking myths & their exciting future.
As misinfo about mRNA vax ramps up in US, this report is sorely needed!
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New: Walmart heiress Christy Walton is backing a vaccine watchdog effort at @cidrap.bsky.social as measles surges and political pressure mounts on US health agencies. “This is a firebreak against political arson,” @helenp-h.bsky.social told me. Gift link to Bloomberg story ⬇
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US Vaccine Watchdog Effort Begins as Measles Surge Draws Alarm
The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota has quietly begun to steer a national initiative to safeguard the scientific foundations of US vaccine policy — a b...
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May 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
New: Walmart heiress Christy Walton is backing a vaccine watchdog effort at @cidrap.bsky.social as measles surges and political pressure mounts on US health agencies. “This is a firebreak against political arson,” @helenp-h.bsky.social told me. Gift link to Bloomberg story ⬇
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With some thoughts from me. Effectively, it's good for the individuals and for science in general if other countries can offer them a lifeline - I'm very supportive. But the size of the funding pie in countries like my own needs to grow to accommodate the new recruits.
Trump’s science cuts are triggering a global scramble to recruit US researchers. Countries are offering labs, grants and stability — and it’s working.
If this trend continues, the US risks losing a generation of innovation.
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#Science #Research #BrainDrain
If this trend continues, the US risks losing a generation of innovation.
Gift link to my story ⬇️
tinyurl.com/4mp8j33f
#Science #Research #BrainDrain
Global Race to Lure US Researchers Intensifies After Trump Cuts
A global race to recruit US scientists is heating up as President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to research funding and federal agencies trigger an exodus from the country’s research institutions.
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April 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
With some thoughts from me. Effectively, it's good for the individuals and for science in general if other countries can offer them a lifeline - I'm very supportive. But the size of the funding pie in countries like my own needs to grow to accommodate the new recruits.
Trump’s science cuts are triggering a global scramble to recruit US researchers. Countries are offering labs, grants and stability — and it’s working.
If this trend continues, the US risks losing a generation of innovation.
Gift link to my story ⬇️
tinyurl.com/4mp8j33f
#Science #Research #BrainDrain
If this trend continues, the US risks losing a generation of innovation.
Gift link to my story ⬇️
tinyurl.com/4mp8j33f
#Science #Research #BrainDrain
Global Race to Lure US Researchers Intensifies After Trump Cuts
A global race to recruit US scientists is heating up as President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to research funding and federal agencies trigger an exodus from the country’s research institutions.
tinyurl.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Trump’s science cuts are triggering a global scramble to recruit US researchers. Countries are offering labs, grants and stability — and it’s working.
If this trend continues, the US risks losing a generation of innovation.
Gift link to my story ⬇️
tinyurl.com/4mp8j33f
#Science #Research #BrainDrain
If this trend continues, the US risks losing a generation of innovation.
Gift link to my story ⬇️
tinyurl.com/4mp8j33f
#Science #Research #BrainDrain
A twice-yearly HIV prevention shot could be a gamechanger — but funding cuts are threatening to leave vulnerable women behind.
New with @janicekew for @business:
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#HIV #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #Lenacapavir #Pepfar
New with @janicekew for @business:
🔗 Free link tinyurl.com/4eedmmsp
#HIV #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #Lenacapavir #Pepfar
April 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
A twice-yearly HIV prevention shot could be a gamechanger — but funding cuts are threatening to leave vulnerable women behind.
New with @janicekew for @business:
🔗 Free link tinyurl.com/4eedmmsp
#HIV #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #Lenacapavir #Pepfar
New with @janicekew for @business:
🔗 Free link tinyurl.com/4eedmmsp
#HIV #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #Lenacapavir #Pepfar
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An injectable drug has been shown to prevent HIV with just two doses a year and could be a gamechanger in the fight against infection. Lenacapavir, which was tested on South African women in trials, is the most promising HIV-prevention tool in a generation.
A ‘Miracle’ HIV Drug May Not Reach the Women Who Need It Most
Lenacapavir could be a gamechanger in the fight against infection. But US funding cuts have thrown the rollout of the twice-yearly injection into doubt.
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April 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
An injectable drug has been shown to prevent HIV with just two doses a year and could be a gamechanger in the fight against infection. Lenacapavir, which was tested on South African women in trials, is the most promising HIV-prevention tool in a generation.
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“The world would be crazy not to take full advantage of a tool that allows us to bring forward the end of #AIDS.”
#PrEP #PEPFAR #Lenacapavir
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#PrEP #PEPFAR #Lenacapavir
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A ‘Miracle’ HIV Drug May Not Reach the Women Who Need It Most
Lenacapavir could be a gamechanger in the fight against infection. But US funding cuts have thrown the rollout of the twice-yearly injection into doubt.
www.bloomberg.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“The world would be crazy not to take full advantage of a tool that allows us to bring forward the end of #AIDS.”
#PrEP #PEPFAR #Lenacapavir
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#PrEP #PEPFAR #Lenacapavir
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