Paul Adamson MD MPH

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ID doc and researcher. Asst Professor at UCLA. Interests in HIV, sexually transmitted infections, global health, & AMR. 🇲🇽|🇺🇸 He/him. Views are mine.

Students standing with the speaker in front of the slide presentation.
Picture of people at conference
Graphic showing Neisseria gonorrhoea genome and pena gene with flanking region
Issue 1: demand for ultra sensitivity. Do we need a fast, cheap, easy PERFECT test? If someone with a vagina needs to be tested using urine, would you do it? Even if it could miss 10-20% of infections?
Data showing selection of T pallidum genes for target development
Presentation slide: Conclusion: the reason guidelines advise NG/CT (but not NM/SA) screening in MSM is based on values not evidence This is causing harm -AMR -Microbiome damage Drop STI exceptionalism Use Wilson's criteria to determine if screening is advisable Current evidence doesn't support screening MSM for NG/CT/MG/SA/NM Andermann Bull WHO 2008
Panel of speakers at the STI & HIV 2025 conference.
Graphs showing positivity of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae among different anatomic sites by symptom status. Higher prevalence of both infections for rectal and urethral sites among those that reported symptoms, compared to those without symptoms. For urethral infections, positivity was 0.9% for NG among those without symptoms, compared to 17% among those with symptoms; the prevalence of CT was 3% for those without symptoms, compared to 13% for those with symptoms.
When it comes to false claims that the MMR vaccines have been proven to cause autism, that vitamin A can prevent measles infections, or that getting the measles vaccine is more dangerous than becoming infected with measles, less than 5% of adults say they think these claims are “definitely true,” and much larger shares say they are “definitely false.” However, at least half of adults are uncertain about whether these claims are true or false, falling in the “malleable middle” and saying each claim is either “probably true” or “probably false.” While at least half of adults express some level of uncertainty, partisans differ in the shares who say each of these false claims is definitely or probably true, with Republicans and independents at least twice as likely as Democrats to believe or lean towards believing each false claim about measles. One-third of Republicans (35%) and a quarter (26%) of independents say it is “definitely” or “probably true” that the MMR vaccines have been proven to cause autism, compared to one in ten Democrats; three in ten Republicans (29%) and independents (28%) say it is “definitely” or “probably true” that vitamin A can prevent measles infections compared to 14% of Democrats; and one in five Republicans (20%) and independents (21%) believe or lean toward believing that the measles vaccine is more dangerous than measles infections compared to about one in ten (11%) Democrats.
TERMINATED GRANT TALLY Under President Donald Trump, the US National Institutes of Health has cancelled roughly 770 active research grants as of 7 April. Nearly 29% of the grants terminated were for research that mentioned HIV/AIDS, and about one-quarter of the grants terminated were related to the health of transgender people. Other topic areas that the Trump team has deemed no longer in the interests of the agency are COVID-19 and the effects of climate change on health. Proportion of grants terminated (%)* HIV/AIDS related 28.7 % Trans health related 24.3 % COVID-19 related 17.1 % Climate related 3.5 % *Percentages are calculated by searching NIH grant titles and abstracts for key terms such as 'transgender', 'gender diversity', 'climate' and 'SARS-CoV-2' Percentages do not sum to 100% because these topic do not cover all grants cancelled and because there is some overlap between them. onature
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION • The identified case is a non-Los Angeles County resident who traveled to LAX on February 19, 2025. • The person arrived on: Korean Air Flight KAL11/KE11 Tom Bradley International Terminal B • Individuals who were at Terminal B from approximately 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. may be at risk of developing measles from 7 to 21 days from the exposure date. Exposed individuals who have been free of symptoms for more than 21 days (March 11th) are no longer at risk.