Lauren MacKenzie, MD, MPH, PhD
@lmacid.bsky.social
👩🏻⚕️HIV & ID physician
🏥Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba
❤️Associate Medical Director, Manitoba HIV Program
💊Passionate about improving access to equitable testing and treatment for HIV and other STBBIs
🏥Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba
❤️Associate Medical Director, Manitoba HIV Program
💊Passionate about improving access to equitable testing and treatment for HIV and other STBBIs
Thank you to Iris Dyck @globalnews.ca.web.brid.gy for highlighting the HIV syndemic in Manitoba, our epidemiological research led by Dr. Zulma Rueda, and the work of the Manitoba HIV Program to support people living with HIV
globalnews.ca/news/1089671...
globalnews.ca/news/1089671...
Manitoba HIV diagnoses up 130%: HIV program - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca
New HIV diagnoses in Manitoba have increased 130 per cent in two years, according to data from the Manitoba HIV Program.
globalnews.ca
December 3, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Thank you to Iris Dyck @globalnews.ca.web.brid.gy for highlighting the HIV syndemic in Manitoba, our epidemiological research led by Dr. Zulma Rueda, and the work of the Manitoba HIV Program to support people living with HIV
globalnews.ca/news/1089671...
globalnews.ca/news/1089671...
📃MB HIV Program Update for World AIDS Day 2024
🏥The MB HIV Program provides specialized care, treatment and support to >2,300 people living with HIV across MB
📈The incidence of new HIV diagnoses has increased yearly since 1985, but a sharp increase in new diagnoses was seen over the last 3 years
🏥The MB HIV Program provides specialized care, treatment and support to >2,300 people living with HIV across MB
📈The incidence of new HIV diagnoses has increased yearly since 1985, but a sharp increase in new diagnoses was seen over the last 3 years
December 1, 2024 at 8:28 PM
📃MB HIV Program Update for World AIDS Day 2024
🏥The MB HIV Program provides specialized care, treatment and support to >2,300 people living with HIV across MB
📈The incidence of new HIV diagnoses has increased yearly since 1985, but a sharp increase in new diagnoses was seen over the last 3 years
🏥The MB HIV Program provides specialized care, treatment and support to >2,300 people living with HIV across MB
📈The incidence of new HIV diagnoses has increased yearly since 1985, but a sharp increase in new diagnoses was seen over the last 3 years
Reposted by Lauren MacKenzie, MD, MPH, PhD
Reposted by Lauren MacKenzie, MD, MPH, PhD
Because the below skeet went viral here, and people are arguing over it, I'm going to share some more info about it from a thread I did at the other place. I really need to just do an article about it but haven't done that yet. Until then, I hope readers find this thread useful. 🧵
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Because the below skeet went viral here, and people are arguing over it, I'm going to share some more info about it from a thread I did at the other place. I really need to just do an article about it but haven't done that yet. Until then, I hope readers find this thread useful. 🧵
🚨Published today, our paper:
📃”Gender and Intersecting Barriers and Facilitators to Access the
HIV Cascade of Care in Manitoba, Canada, Before and During
the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study”
🫶Led by Dr. Zulma Rueda & her incredible research team
mdpi-res.com/d_attachment...
📃”Gender and Intersecting Barriers and Facilitators to Access the
HIV Cascade of Care in Manitoba, Canada, Before and During
the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study”
🫶Led by Dr. Zulma Rueda & her incredible research team
mdpi-res.com/d_attachment...
November 25, 2024 at 4:33 PM
🚨Published today, our paper:
📃”Gender and Intersecting Barriers and Facilitators to Access the
HIV Cascade of Care in Manitoba, Canada, Before and During
the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study”
🫶Led by Dr. Zulma Rueda & her incredible research team
mdpi-res.com/d_attachment...
📃”Gender and Intersecting Barriers and Facilitators to Access the
HIV Cascade of Care in Manitoba, Canada, Before and During
the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study”
🫶Led by Dr. Zulma Rueda & her incredible research team
mdpi-res.com/d_attachment...
Reposted by Lauren MacKenzie, MD, MPH, PhD
🚨 Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections
BALANCE trial publication is here !
#IDsky #Medsky
@idjclub.bsky.social
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
BALANCE trial publication is here !
#IDsky #Medsky
@idjclub.bsky.social
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections | NEJM
Bloodstream infections are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Early, appropriate antibiotic therapy is important, but the duration of treatment is uncertain. In a multicenter, non...
www.nejm.org
November 20, 2024 at 3:10 PM