Syphilis case numbers continue to rise in Ireland! Syphilis can be asymptomatic but is easy to identify with a blood test - if left untreated it can have significant negative impacts on health. Find your local clinic sexualwellbeing.ie or home-test sh24.ie

Research shows about 9% of UK HIV-PrEP users have also used antibiotics for STI PEP or PrEP. This great new briefing from aidsmap summarises the latest research and thinking. aidsmap.com/about-hiv/usin…

Sharing is caring. And we were really happy for Los Angeles LGBT Center to adapt and use our LTNS programme to raise syphilis awareness in LA. Want to share too? Gis a prod.

Our piece from 56 Dean Street on my fav disease, #syphilis 🪱, now in STI_BMJ. Best mentor/supervisor award goes to Diarmuid Nugent 🙌🏽 #STI #IDTwitter 🚨 Treponema pallidum PCR testing for diagnosis of mucocutaneous ulcers suspicious for syphilis sti.bmj.com/content/early/…

Syphilis is on the rise again - glad contribute this piece The Economist econ.st/3FHlESv about some of the reasons why with Emma Harding-Esch

Great to see our buddies in Lancashire using the LTNS materials to promote Syphilis testing in their region. Go have a peep.

longtimenosyph.info @LTNSyph is an awareness campaign brought to you by The Love Tank PrEPster yorkshire mesmac @HIVScotland UK Health Security Agency Check out their site for syphilis info, stories and more! #Syphilisweek

Home testing for syphilis gains support in wake of COVID. nature.com/articles/d4158…

It’s been a while since we spotted one of these!

▶️ New Syphilis research alert! Research from Sean B. Rourke + colleagues on development of dual HIV/syphilis rapid point-of-care tests. Exciting developments. clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-…

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

If you think you have syphilis it’s important to get tested as soon as you can. Left untreated, syphilis can lead to very serious health complications. If you have been at risk call us on 01752 431124 to discuss testing. Its free and confidential.❤ Long Time No Syphilis The Eddystone Trust

Anyone remember the curtain of syphilis we created for Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest 2019? Like Syphilis, it’s making a comeback. The Love Tank

In collaboration with UK Health Security Agency our study on genomic epidemiology #Syphilis is now out The Lancet Microbe shorturl.at/jnvS1 We found evidence for separation of sub-lineages by HIV status & sexual orientation consistent with distinct sexual networks 1/n

Great piece from BBC Radio 4 by James Gallagher + Clare Salisbury featuring Will Nutland of The Love Tank talking about the increase in syphilis and our Long Time No Syphilis programme of work. I Reeves at @HomertonSHS adds amazing medical opinion. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Our on-going collaboration with Grindr Grindr for Equality and SHL.UK is bringing awareness of online STI testing to queer Londoners. If it’s time for a sexual health check-up and you’re in London, testing is available at shl.uk as well as NHS clinics.

Our Syphilis wall at the Love Hub as part of Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest has been getting lots of attention - here with Adam Zmith

We get lots of questions about why we prioritise multilingual translations in our work (including PrEPster and Long Time No Syphilis) and how we make it happen. This brilliant new book sets it all out! So proud to collaborate with Piero Toto and Trans_Int at Ldn Met on this!

For Metro I wrote about taking DoxyPEP, antimicrobial resistance and The Other Blue Pill metro.co.uk/2024/07/13/thi… For more info about DoxyPEP, visit Queer Health here - queerhealth.info/projects/doxyp… To listen to The Other Blue Pill, visit QueerAF here - wearequeeraf.com/theotherbluepi…

Got questions about DoxyPEP (using antibiotics to prevent bacterial STIs)? DoxyPEP's not yet formally available on the NHS but lots of people are talking about it. Find out the facts in our DoxyPEP guide - queerhealth.info/lbgt/doxypep