It's #WorldAIDSDay and I thought I would share my story in a thread. I was born with #HIV HIV in 1998, full blown AIDS by six weeks of age due to poor care. (my mom was an alcoholic & addicted to crack & was barely able to get by herself). At six weeks of age I was in a coma.

All right Ottawa - let’s do this! We’ve got 1 month to raise awareness & funding for @cmvcanada’s Walk, Wheel,or Wiggle for CMV! Please help any way u can - share info, donate, join Team CHEO Wigglers &/or come out to walk on June 1st! walkwheelwiggle.raiselysite.com/cheo-wigglers #www4cmv2024 CHEO Ottawa

Go Rob go!!! Best of luck to you on #RunWithRib2024 in my home province of Nouveau-Brunswick 💙🥳! Just watch out for the moose!!!

#AIDSCandlelightMemorial is the day we honour those who dedicated their lives to helping ppl living with & affected by #HIV, and to mobilize our communities in solidarity. Thank u everyone, and esp. #BruceHouse for its collaboration. A memorable event! #Ottawa

For the first time, this is what a Master’s degree looks like. Today, my daughter #RachelHandlin became the 1st person with #Downsyndrome to earn a graduate degree. In the world. Ever. Rachel says: “I won’t be the last.” CalArts BFA 2020. Pratt Institute MFA 2024. Legend.

Very sad news that a child in Ontario died of measles. Given our falling vaccination rates, there will be more. I have worked in low income countries where measles regularly kills unvaccinated children. We need to double up on our vaccine acceptance work. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Congrats Rob!! You are a beast! The work you & @cmvcanada do is just amazing - from #RunWithRob2024, to #WalkWheelWiggle, to the essential support network you’ve created for parents, to the advocacy to bring cCMV screening to all 🇨🇦 provinces/territories - BRAVO!!! 👏🏻 🙌🏼 🤩

On May 4th, I set out to run across the province of New Brunswick from the QC-NB border to the NB-NS border to raise awareness & funds to ensure that every baby born in New Brunswick (& Canada) is tested and screened for congenital cytomegalovirus. After an extremely successful

Am I reading with my baby too soon? (Spoiler alert: No. Never.) A parent recently reached out with this very question, noting that her infant often seems more focused on her during reading time than on the books themselves. Perhaps she was just introducing them too early?

7 more sleeps until #WalkWheelWiggle2024! Come out and join the CHEO Ottawa Wigglers next Saturday at the Central Experimental Farm as Ottawa raises awareness about congenital CMV! walkwheelwiggle.raiselysite.com/cheo-wigglers

Andrée was a kind and wonderful colleague and physician. So happy to see her legacy live on in this way. 💙

We came, we walked/wheeled/wiggled, and we conquered!!! Amazingly beautiful day for #WalkWheelWiggle2024 in Ottawa with Team CHEO Ottawa Wigglers walkwheelwiggle.raiselysite.com/cheo-wigglers !!! Thanks so much to everyone who participated to make it a success & came together as a CMV community! @cmvcanada

Amazing turnout - thanks to all these beautiful people!!

What a day yesterday was! We held the 2nd annual @cmvcanada Half Marathon, and it was an unbelievable experience. Over 70 runners joined us, including the Premier of Manitoba, Wab Kinew, who I was extremely lucky to run with again this year. After the race, he made it

Congratulations to Dr. Marina Klein on receiving $25M to lead the Pan-Canadian clinical trials network for HIV/AIDS and STBBI! Learn more: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53967.html Research Institute of the MUHC (The Institute) CIHR-III | IRSC-IMII

Thank you to Adam Castillejo 🇬🇧, Paul Edmonds 🇺🇸, and Marc Franke 🇩🇪 for sharing their personal #HIV cure stories and inspiring us all to continue working towards a globally accessible HIV cure. 🙏 #AIDS2024

Today, #AIDS2024 brings together health professionals across the globe to share the latest HIV science and evidence. We are working together to challenge HIV stigma and end the HIV epidemic. Canada's contributions are showcased at the Canada Pavilion: ow.ly/thgH50SH6lL

Great! But Darrell is 🇨🇦 not 🇺🇸!!!

👏 Desmond Tutu Health Foundation’s Linda-Gail Bekker 🇿🇦 receives a standing ovation after presenting full results from the PURPOSE 1 study. The results confirm #lenacapavir demonstrated 100% efficacy for #HIV prevention in cisgender women.

Great times and amazing new knowledge gained at the #ECCI European Congenital CMV Initiative meeting in Leiden Netherlands 🇳🇱- #CMVwarriors