June 2025

Contents

Journal scan

• Risk of metabolic syndrome when starting ART with bictegravir vs dolutegravir

• Latest news on the US crisis and its impact on global health

Treatment access

• TAG challenges HIV vaccine cuts as Robert F. Kennedy fires entire CDC vaccine expert advisory panel

• Gates Foundation commits to providing lenacapavir as PrEP next year

Guidelines

• UK guidelines on doxyPEP to prevent syphilis and gonorrhoea vaccine to become available in England

Activism & advocacy

• APBI calls for greater participant diversity in industry studies