"Knees or trees, either way you're still lynchin' me..." Powerful all the way through. Thank you @AfricanaCarr. Thank you @NickCannon. I'm listening, humbly.

Important #HIV work by @SimonettiFR and team. Here's a post by Dr Simonetti on LinkedIn👇 #IDXposts ________________________________________ 🦀Time to celebrate🦀. Our study on #HIV non-suppressible viremia despite effective ART has been published in Nature Portfolio (Nat Comm). We studied ~50 PWH on ART with detectable viremia despite no drug resistance and optimal adherence to investigate the frequency of defective proviruses contributing to HIV in plasma. Three take home messages: ➡️NSV during long-term ART is most likely caused by 5'Leader defective virus released from infected clones, extending previous work from our group and others. ➡️We developed a digital PCR assay allowing to easily Capture 5'Leader Anomalies Without Sequencing (🦀CLAWS🦀). CLAWS is a "drop-off" dPCR assay that can distinguish intact from mutated or deleted Major Splicing Donor (MSD) sequences, where 5'Leader defects converge. ➡️We observed a progressive increase in 5'L-defective RNA in plasma from 1 month on ART (~1%) to long-term ART (~95%), suggesting differential selective pressure for 5'L-defective proviruses. You can find the paper here rdcu.be/fm8lU We hope this study will improve the care of people with HIV with detectable viremia on ART and provide a new tool to study HIV persistence. This was an incredible collaboration between Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Toronto, NIH, and Aarhus University. Thanks to the Hopkins CFAR, the Ontario HIV Treatment Network and the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust for funding this study.

A pleasant problem: last evening I was just going to read a few pages, because I had work to do, but it's really good. I'm looking forward to reading some more this evening (though I do have a presentation to prepare for tomorrow...). #feedyoursoul

Congenital syphilis is preventable & treatable. Learn more in this video created by Elise Butler, a graduate student in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. youtu.be/m9CQeOKvBOw?si=FSom… via @YouTube

ID in the News: @HopkinsMedicine News Release: @DrCindySears “Understanding how bacterial toxins work can open doors to new approaches for detection & therapy for associated diseases, including diarrhea, colorectal cancer & bloodstream infections.” t.jh.edu/kGqrc6

I've had a lot of questions about Hantavirus recently - and some alarmism in some places. It's been a while since I wore this hat - but let's chat! 💬 Top Line: Am I worried? No, not really. I don't see evidence this is something that will spread widely. 1/N

Congratulations to @ChidaNatasha, among the 2026 honorees of the Institute for Excellence in Education's Outstanding Educator Award! Dr. Chida is on faculty in the Division of Infectious Diseases, & Director of @HopkinsMedicine @OslerResidency Program medicine-matters.blogs.hopki…

30 years after their internship year on the Osler medical service, these wonderful doctors give their old ACS great joy! #OslerPride #JanewayGiants

The problem with some of our best ideas in infectious diseases? They’re also the most frustrating. Six love-hates in ID (and bonus @IDSAInfo podcast). Link in reply ...

Podcast Alert: Host @EileenScully9 welcomes Dr. Joel Blankson to review the case of 28-year-old man who is an elite controller. They discuss elite control characteristics, monitoring, treatment, patient education & shared ART decision-making.🎙️ viremic.org/episodes/case-21…

Me: I had PFTs today, and my FEV1 was 5.5 L (119% of predicted), my FEF25-75 was 5.7 L/s (184% pred). Daughter (resident physician): so you're officially a blowhard? Me: . . .

Congratulations to Dr. Christine Durand, recently elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation! Her work on solid organ transplantation has changed policy and the lives of patients. 😎

Celebrating the amazing @AndreaCoxMDPhD, SARS-Co-V-2, HIV, HBV, and HCV researcher and Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program, honored by @HopkinsMedicine with the Distinguished Medical Alumna Award!

Join us June 1-3 in Washington, DC, for Frontiers in Clinical Infectious Diseases! This CME course covers the latest developments in clinical research and practice for a variety of bacterial, viral, and fungal diseases. Learn More & Register: hopkinsmedicine.org/infectio…

ID in the News: Dr. Seun Falade's recent study "findings support policy reform and expanded resources to support HCV treatment integration into OTPs [opioid treatment programs] to advance progress towards HCV elimination” medscape.com/viewarticle/sit…

Thankful for Fiona's voice! @JHMed_ID #IDTwitter “This is definitely an escalation of this administration’s undermining of CDC science,” said Dr Fiona Havers, a former senior adviser on vaccine policy at the CDC. theguardian.com/us-news/2026…

She's a model physician-scientist leader! Wicked smart, insightful scholar, generous sponsor, and a great friend! Not to mention Editor-in-Chief of JID!

So pleased to announce the Sears-Thomas Scholars Research Awards—honoring the legacies of @DrCindySears, & David Thomas, M.D. Congratulations to the 8 awardees whose projects advance innovation, mentorship, and science at Johns Hopkins! Read More: bit.ly/4uWVWTS

Study in @jclinicalinvest (bit.ly/4bSQdFW) by @HopkinsMedicine @JHMed_ID & @JohnsHopkinsSPH shows in mice that intranasal therapeutic vaccine clears #TB bacteria, reduces lung inflammation & prevents relapse when combined w/ drug therapy. More at bit.ly/4bLGgeF.

Congratulations to Dr. Noreen Hynes, elected to the 2025 class of @aaas fellows! hopkinsmedicine.org/news/new…

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