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New research - Short-course prophylaxis with the Toronto HCV protocol for recipients of non-liver solid organ transplants from donors with hepatitis C viraemia: a retrospective, matched cohort study

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Short-course prophylaxis with the Toronto HCV protocol for recipients of non-liver solid organ transplants from donors with hepatitis C viraemia: a retrospective, matched cohort study
The Toronto HCV protocol prevented or rapidly cleared HCV infection in D+R– recipients of non-liver solid organ transplants, with no difference in overall survival versus matched D−R− controls. This s...
www.thelancet.com
September 30, 2026 at 9:04 AM
pippa-matt.bsky.social

Hepatitis B Companion talk the best way to open UK #HBV meeting…
tackling #stigma, providing #PeerSupport, developing #education, improving retention in care & #treatment access.
www.hepbcompanion.org
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#LiverSky #HepSky
@worldhepalliance.bsky.social
@hepctrust.bsky.social
Supa Chantschool
5 moments that could define everything Experience from Hep B companion. Hep B companion slide
September 21, 2026 at 10:08 AM
kenkoonwong.bsky.social
#hepsky #hepatitissky
December 18, 2024 at 12:42 PM
springer.springernature.com
The global burden of #ALD is growing and compounded by frequent late-stage diagnosis and undertreatment.

Get the latest insights into patient risk and identification, treatment and management, and the arrival of #MetALD.

Register now: bit.ly/3Jmukor. #HepSky #MedSky
Keynote webinar | Spotlight on addressing alcohol-associated liver disease
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
themoorelab.bsky.social
Every word of this outstanding editorial.

Bravo @pippa-matt.bsky.social @suwang88.bsky.social

And @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social

#LivSky #HepSky
lancetgastrohep.bsky.social The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social · Feb 6
New Correspondence - Wang et al - Pathogens don’t respect politicians: US federal disruption poses a new threat to global public health

https://buff.ly/4hsVANG

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@suwang88.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
stevenmathern.bsky.social
lifting weights helps #MASLD ?:

'Resistance training, as a modality of physical exercise, has been recognized as a fundamental pillar in the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease'

#medsky #hepsky #liversky

journals.lww.com/eurojgh/full...
The impact of resistance training in patients diagnosed... : European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
tic and clinical markers in individuals with MASLD. This study aimed to compile the available evidence on the impact of resistance training on hepatic and clinical parameters in individuals diagnosed ...
journals.lww.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:56 PM
amergastroassn.bsky.social
Happy Holidays, #AGAGastroSquad! 🎉 As the holidays approach, we wish you joy, health, and prosperity. Let’s make 2025 a year of health and wellness! 🤩

#GIsky #GastroSky #GIhepsky #LiverSky #HepSky
December 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM
mariondelphin.bsky.social
'We must now defend the principles of shared humanity by challenging the destruction of key roles, resources, skills, and collaborations in science and public health infrastructure. '
#HepSky
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Pathogens don't respect politicians: US federal disruption poses a new threat to global public health
We are facing a new threat to global health.
www.thelancet.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
transplantrockstar.bsky.social
Transplant Fitness
At ORD
Made it from C4 to F5 in ten minutes. With backpack and roller bag
Boo yah
#TransplantFitness
#LiverTransplant #HepSky
April 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
pippa-matt.bsky.social
Here is a link to our poster presenting use of #PrEP for #HIV #prevention & #HBV #treatment, presented at #BHIVABASHH26.
Aiming for holistic, equitable care.
#MedSky #HepSky #IDSky #NoHep #PublicHealth
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@cnwl.nhs.uk @uclh.bsky.social @uclhresearch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
May 11, 2026 at 7:55 PM
pippa-matt.bsky.social
#MASLD and #HBV overlap tackled in this article - lots of questions remaining in how to assess and treat this emerging dual threat to global #liver health 🧪
#MedSKy #LiverSky #HepSky #hepatitis
hepatologyforum.org/article/257
MASLD and viral hepatitis overlap: An emerging dual burden in chronic liver disease — Hepatology Forum
Hepatology Forum is an open access journal publishing clinical and translational research in hepatology and liver diseases.
hepatologyforum.org
March 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
pippa-matt.bsky.social
It’s a crucial moment to say this again, loudly:
#vaccines cause adults.
Let’s keep causing adults.

🧪 #HBV #NoHep #vaccineswork #MedSky #HepSky #IDSky #PublicHealth @who.int
@gavi.org @altcdc.altgov.info @worldhepalliance.bsky.social
Picture of mug with big text Vaccines cause adults’
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
pippa-matt.bsky.social
All opportunities to develop and share robust evidence to help us enhance progress towards #elimination of viral #hepatitis should be welcomed! Note special issue of #BMCInfectiousDiseases planned for 2026.
#HepSky #MedSky #GastroSky #IDSky 🧪
isaacthomshawa.bsky.social Dr Isaac Thom Shawa @isaacthomshawa.bsky.social · Oct 21
CALL FOR PAPERS

BMC Infectious Diseases – Special Collection
Hepatitis Virus Infections and Treatment

Guest Editors: Dr Sofia Bartlett & Dr Isaac Thom Shawa

Now accepting submissions.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 June 2026
🔗 Submit here: www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...
Call for papers - Hepatitis virus infections and treatment
www.biomedcentral.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:23 AM
pippa-matt.bsky.social
And let’s not forget timely birth dose #vaccine for #HBV… a simple intervention in the first 24 hours of life to protect against long term #infection and therefore prevent #liver #cancer. It’s hard to imagine a more effective #PublicHealth intervention.
#LiverSky #HepSky
Keep going @gavi.org! 💪🧪💉🌍
October 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
pippa-matt.bsky.social
For all who love #vaccines, the quest to eliminate #hepatitis viruses (A-E), #publichealth, #science, #research and #EvidenceBasedMedicine, please watch this to lighten the load and cheer yourself up 🤣🧪
#MedSky #HepSky
enirenberg.bsky.social Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · Sep 27
I really appreciate how Dr. Glaucomflecken has become all of medicine and public health's emotional support ophthalmologist.

I sat through 16 hours of ACIP meetings last week. If I do not laugh, I will cry.
The ACIP Panel
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
youtu.be
September 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
pippa-matt.bsky.social
Scientific, public health & lived experience rationale for expanding #hepatitis B treatment.
Webinar hosted by @ice-hbv.bsky.social & #HepatitisBFoundation.
Details in flyer 👇
#HBV #HepSky #LiverSky #MedSky 🧪💊🌍
@suwang88.bsky.social
@lancetgastrohep.bsky.social
www.hepb.org
Flyer for webinar on hepatitis B treatment, scheduled for Oct 23 205 4pm EDT.
September 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
pippa-matt.bsky.social
Shout out for #COLDA meeting launching in #Ghana.
Starting with discussions on #hepatitis #HBV guidelines & implementation for #Africa

Anyone else here on @bsky.app?

Hosted by #SOLDA Society on Liver Disease in Africa www.solda-society.org
#NoHep #CDCAfrica #LiverSky #MedSky #HepSky @who.int
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Screenshot showing call to the meeting "COLDA 2025: a global gathering on liver disease" Photo of delegates arriving at COLDA meeting in Accra, Ghana
September 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
pippa-matt.bsky.social
International #HBV meeting this morning in #Berlin hosted by @ice-hbv.bsky.social ...targeting the #liver reservoir by gene editing, technologies working for #DNA & #RNA.
Great to see investment in new antiviral therapeutics emerging, aiming for #hepatitis B #cure.
#NoHep #LiverSky #HepSky #MedSky 🧪
Photo of sunrise over the canal in Berlin Slide to show the HBV reservoirs in the liver - the main obstacle for achieving HBV functional cure (HBV cccDNA and HBV DNA integrations). Slide credit Maura Dandri.
September 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
pippa-matt.bsky.social
Funding cuts threaten UK leadership on global health research.

Fewer resources ➡️ damage to partnerships ➡️ loss of scientific output ➡️ reduced influence ➡️ fewer resources...etc 🧪

#MedSky #HepSky #EpiSky #AcademicSky #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth
sciencebusiness.net/news/cuts-th...
Cuts threaten UK leadership on global health research, MPs told
Global health advocates and experts have warned that UK government cuts to overseas aid could threaten the country’s scientific leadership and collaborations.In March, the Labour government announced ...
sciencebusiness.net
September 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
pippa-matt.bsky.social
‘Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to BlueSky’
#MedSky #HepSky #LiverSky #SciSky #PublicHealth
let’s try to rebuild (and keep improving)
🧪 🦋💪

arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…
arstechnica.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
pippa-matt.bsky.social
Research, clinical care and public health interventions for #HBV have always lagged behind #HIV. We wrote this article recognising there may be overlooked consequences for babies and children exposed to #hepatitis B, even if they don’t develop chronic #infection.
#LiverSky #HepSky #MedSky #NoHep
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August 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
pippa-matt.bsky.social
I work in #hepatitis #research… from lab to clinic to public health to policy (and back to lab). We are UK based but with amazing team members & partners in South Africa, Uganda, Kenya.
Really hope we can get BlueSky to work as well as Twitter used to.
🦋🧪🌍🦠🧬🩺
#NoHep #HepSky #MedSky
@crick.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
pippa-matt.bsky.social
Learn about #hepatitis #HBV for #WorldHepatitisDay - a quick tour of history, biology, medicine, interventions and research… and voices of people with lived experience.
#LiverSky #HepSky #MedSky #PublicHealth #EpiSky #NoHep @crick.ac.uk
July 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
pippa-matt.bsky.social
Raising awareness for #WorldHepatitisDay - a neglected public health crisis. We have the tools to make real progress. Let’s reach everyone who needs information & access to services.
#NoHep #LiverSky #HepSky #MedSky #EpiSky @crick.ac.uk @ahri-news.bsky.social @cnwl.nhs.uk @uclnews.bsky.social 🧪
July 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
pippa-matt.bsky.social
For #WorldHepatitisDay, twin papers explore perspectives on #HBV #treatment expansion:

🦠 Scientific & medical:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

👨‍👨‍👦 Patient & public health:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@ice-hbv.bsky.social @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social
#HepSky #MedSky #LiverSky
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authors.elsevier.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM