Myles Helfand

I'm no longer using this account -- please follow me at @myhelfy!

[Myles Helfand @MylesatTheBody]

If you're still following me here at @MylesatTheBody: Cut it out! Please follow me at @myhelfy instead; I'm no longer tweeting from this account. Well, except for this tweet saying I'm no longer tweeting. And any future tweets I tweet about how I'm not tweeting anymore

[Thomas van Linge @ThomasVLinge]

If you're gonna listen to any speech about #Ukraine 🇺🇦, let it be this one.

The Kenya ambassador to the UNSC perfectly explains how people across Africa understand Ukraine, and what the Kremlin's acts of aggression mean in our post-colonial world.

[Myles Helfand @MylesatTheBody]

(If you're wondering why I haven't been tweeting from #CROI2021 at all, it's because I am, only it's at @myhelfy, not here, because I don't tweet here anymore except for periodic tweets like this saying I don't tweet here anymore)

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

We've got yummy, digestible bites of #CROI2021 research to read at @BodyPROHIV -- quick summaries of several oral abstracts, with lots more to come. We've split these into four topical areas, though you can reach them all from our main coverage page: https://t.co/8DxC79jANd

[Myles Helfand @MylesatTheBody]

Hello HIV community frens. It's #CROI2021 and I'm tweeting a lot about it -- but not here, because I'm not using this account anymore! Follow me at @myhelfy instead for stuff like this: https://t.co/JGbmhbznAH

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

Latest data on "on-demand" (a.k.a. 2-1-1) PrEP, via @jmmolinaparis at #CROI2021: It's just as effective as daily PrEP, y'all! Slightly more gut side effects, but also slightly less risk of lab abnormalities (e.g., kidney-related stuff). Completely viable HIV prevention strategy

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

We're trying something new with our #CROI2021 coverage this year: bite-sized study summaries that we collect into a few topical buckets. Our first article, on HIV treatment and the care continuum, is now up, and we'll keep adding and updating all week! https://t.co/VEuP1cpe9x

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

Sophie Sembajwe of @IHSgov just shared data at #CROI2021 on HIV dx and mortality among American Indians + Alaska Natives in the U.S. Overall trends mirror the general pop, but AI/AN remain disproportionately affected -- and there's some huge variations by age and geographic area.

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

So good to see trans-focused data get a focus at #CROI2021. Cristina Rodriguez-Hart of @nycHealthy dove into viral suppression rates among trans PLWH on Medicaid -- and found that gender-affirming surgery often helped lead to improved suppression.

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

Here's @AadiaMd sharing data at #CROI2021 on how long it takes for PLWH to become virally suppressed in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Big improvements in recent years in all states, but still a ways to go, with localized pockets still in need of a lot of help.

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

Jun Li of @CDCgov just presented data at #CROI2021 on delayed treatment start among newly diagnosed U.S. PLWH. On balance, their data show, racial and geographic disparities have improved in recent years -- but not in cases of substance use.

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

If y'all missed fantabulous HIV advocate-journalist and long-term survivor Mark S. King's 60th birthday shindig, it's on the interwebs for permanent watching enjoyment. @FabulousSanchez was a super emcee. Javier Muñoz and Elton John sang!

[Myles Helfand @MylesatTheBody]

@myhelfy I'm also no longer checking mentions or DMs on this account with anything even remotely approaching regularity. So hit me up at @myhelfy if you wanna be sure I see your tweeterized words

[Myles Helfand @MylesatTheBody]

HELLO. If you see this, it probably means you're following me here. Which means you'll also want to follow me at @myhelfy! That's where I do 99.9% of my tweeting now, including assorted news and notes on HIV stuffs. I RT myself here sometimes, but with less and less frequency.

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

Hey, got plans tonight? Sure, we all don't! Incomprehensibly (for so many reasons, the most important being he barely even looks 48, damnit), @MyFabDisease is about to turn 60, and he's throwing an online bash at 7pm ET. I'll be there. Wanna come? https://t.co/3HaPTqGfNL

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

"I am astonished that we are so much closer to a cure for COVID-19 than we are for HIV," writes @juanmichaelii. "I don’t think that it is a government-funded conspiracy; I think the reason is that we’ve grown comfortable with HIV being around." https://t.co/x4KD2f1fRx

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

A COVID vaccine is just the beginning, @kenyonfarrow writes on @BodyPROHIV. "We’ve got to do the ongoing work to transform the role of public health—make it visible and relatable to people—and Black public health practitioners have to play a leading role." https://t.co/3QcveFmrly

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

This is also a yummy time to re-up on my article from earlier this year on how life expectancy for many groups of people living with HIV in the U.S. now matches that of the general public: https://t.co/knjdUHiSu8

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

NYC's leather daddy HIV czar, @DrDemetre, is headed to the CDC -- and advocates nationwide are thrilled (by @TimMurphyNYC) https://t.co/nrqHbYdIdj

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

We featured @DrDemetre on @BodyPROHIV a few years ago in a special video project we did highlighting his deeply empathetic approach to patient care -- specifically in how he explains and discusses PrEP as an HIV prevention option: https://t.co/RtXTz9ClRQ

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

This is tremendous. @DrDemetre is widely respected in the HIV community, among advocates and care providers alike; he's been at the leading edge of efforts among health departments and policymakers for messaging to match the science on issues like U=U and PrEP dosing.

[Myles Helfand @MylesatTheBody]

This is all this account is now, btw. An empty shell, regurgitating HIV-related tweets that I'm now putting out at @myhelfy. Unfollow me here, follow me there! It'll be a hoot.

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

Peopleses, if you're at all interested in informative and insightful sex-positive journalism, I recommend reading basically anything @GigiEngle writes. Her latest for @TheBodyDotCom is about why we're so into taboo sex. https://t.co/xnRyvIpzFy