It’s shocking how few people know about the #Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas. Why? Because the CDC can’t issue notifications to alert healthcare workers about it. #PublicHealth
January 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It’s shocking how few people know about the #Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas. Why? Because the CDC can’t issue notifications to alert healthcare workers about it. #PublicHealth
#Tuberculosis is curable!
Tuberculosis is treated with antibiotics. To be effective, these medications need to be taken daily for 4–6 months.
⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Learn more bit.ly/3Vo428E #EndTB
Tuberculosis is treated with antibiotics. To be effective, these medications need to be taken daily for 4–6 months.
⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Learn more bit.ly/3Vo428E #EndTB
February 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#Tuberculosis is curable!
Tuberculosis is treated with antibiotics. To be effective, these medications need to be taken daily for 4–6 months.
⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Learn more bit.ly/3Vo428E #EndTB
Tuberculosis is treated with antibiotics. To be effective, these medications need to be taken daily for 4–6 months.
⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Learn more bit.ly/3Vo428E #EndTB
#Tuberculosis: We conducted the first within-trial cost-utility analysis of 6-month BPaL-based regimens (bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid) for rifampin-resistant #TB.
More about our findings below ⬇️ #IDSky #AidSky #MedSky
More about our findings below ⬇️ #IDSky #AidSky #MedSky
February 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#Tuberculosis: We conducted the first within-trial cost-utility analysis of 6-month BPaL-based regimens (bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid) for rifampin-resistant #TB.
More about our findings below ⬇️ #IDSky #AidSky #MedSky
More about our findings below ⬇️ #IDSky #AidSky #MedSky
#Tuberculosis - or TB - is caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mainly affects the lungs.
Common symptoms incl.:
❗️ Cough
❗️ Chest pains
❗️ Weight loss
❗️ Fever
❗️ Night sweats
Learn more about TB bit.ly/3Vo428E
#EndTB
Common symptoms incl.:
❗️ Cough
❗️ Chest pains
❗️ Weight loss
❗️ Fever
❗️ Night sweats
Learn more about TB bit.ly/3Vo428E
#EndTB
February 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
#Tuberculosis - or TB - is caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mainly affects the lungs.
Common symptoms incl.:
❗️ Cough
❗️ Chest pains
❗️ Weight loss
❗️ Fever
❗️ Night sweats
Learn more about TB bit.ly/3Vo428E
#EndTB
Common symptoms incl.:
❗️ Cough
❗️ Chest pains
❗️ Weight loss
❗️ Fever
❗️ Night sweats
Learn more about TB bit.ly/3Vo428E
#EndTB
Early reports to WHO from the 30 highest #tuberculosis (TB)-burden countries confirm that funding cuts from foreign aid, particularly from USAID, are already dismantling essential TB services.
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
March 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Early reports to WHO from the 30 highest #tuberculosis (TB)-burden countries confirm that funding cuts from foreign aid, particularly from USAID, are already dismantling essential TB services.
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
If you get in close contact with a #tuberculosis (TB) patient or belong to a high risk group:
✅ get tested for TB infection
✅ if prescribed TB preventive treatment, complete the full course.
Tuberculosis is curable and preventable.
✅ get tested for TB infection
✅ if prescribed TB preventive treatment, complete the full course.
Tuberculosis is curable and preventable.
February 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
If you get in close contact with a #tuberculosis (TB) patient or belong to a high risk group:
✅ get tested for TB infection
✅ if prescribed TB preventive treatment, complete the full course.
Tuberculosis is curable and preventable.
✅ get tested for TB infection
✅ if prescribed TB preventive treatment, complete the full course.
Tuberculosis is curable and preventable.
The World Health Organization warns of a #tuberculosis surge because of USAID cuts. Slashing tuberculosis aid endangers millions of lives abroad with consequences for the U.S., where TB cases have also been rising.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
World Health Organization warns of possible tuberculosis surge because of USAID cuts
Slashing tuberculosis aid could endanger millions of lives abroad, health authorities say, with potential consequences for the U.S., where TB cases have also been rising.
www.nbcnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The World Health Organization warns of a #tuberculosis surge because of USAID cuts. Slashing tuberculosis aid endangers millions of lives abroad with consequences for the U.S., where TB cases have also been rising.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Yes, #Tuberculosis (TB) is curable!
TB is treated with antibiotics taken daily for 4–6 months. ⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant TB.
Funding cuts & rising drug resistance put the most vulnerable at risk. Sustained support is crucial to #EndTB 👉 bit.ly/4ilkK1h #WorldTBDay
TB is treated with antibiotics taken daily for 4–6 months. ⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant TB.
Funding cuts & rising drug resistance put the most vulnerable at risk. Sustained support is crucial to #EndTB 👉 bit.ly/4ilkK1h #WorldTBDay
March 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Yes, #Tuberculosis (TB) is curable!
TB is treated with antibiotics taken daily for 4–6 months. ⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant TB.
Funding cuts & rising drug resistance put the most vulnerable at risk. Sustained support is crucial to #EndTB 👉 bit.ly/4ilkK1h #WorldTBDay
TB is treated with antibiotics taken daily for 4–6 months. ⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant TB.
Funding cuts & rising drug resistance put the most vulnerable at risk. Sustained support is crucial to #EndTB 👉 bit.ly/4ilkK1h #WorldTBDay
Today is #WorldTBDay.
#Tuberculosis - or TB - is caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mainly affects the lungs.
Common symptoms include
❗️ Cough
❗️ Chest pains
❗️ Weight loss
❗️ Fever
❗️ Night sweats
Learn more about TB 👉 bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB
#Tuberculosis - or TB - is caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mainly affects the lungs.
Common symptoms include
❗️ Cough
❗️ Chest pains
❗️ Weight loss
❗️ Fever
❗️ Night sweats
Learn more about TB 👉 bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB
March 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Today is #WorldTBDay.
#Tuberculosis - or TB - is caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mainly affects the lungs.
Common symptoms include
❗️ Cough
❗️ Chest pains
❗️ Weight loss
❗️ Fever
❗️ Night sweats
Learn more about TB 👉 bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB
#Tuberculosis - or TB - is caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mainly affects the lungs.
Common symptoms include
❗️ Cough
❗️ Chest pains
❗️ Weight loss
❗️ Fever
❗️ Night sweats
Learn more about TB 👉 bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB
It's #WorldTBDay.
To ensure quick diagnosis and early treatment, WHO recommends the use of rapid molecular #tuberculosis (TB) tests as the initial diagnostic test for all persons with signs and symptoms of TB.
Learn more about TB 👉 bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB
To ensure quick diagnosis and early treatment, WHO recommends the use of rapid molecular #tuberculosis (TB) tests as the initial diagnostic test for all persons with signs and symptoms of TB.
Learn more about TB 👉 bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB
March 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It's #WorldTBDay.
To ensure quick diagnosis and early treatment, WHO recommends the use of rapid molecular #tuberculosis (TB) tests as the initial diagnostic test for all persons with signs and symptoms of TB.
Learn more about TB 👉 bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB
To ensure quick diagnosis and early treatment, WHO recommends the use of rapid molecular #tuberculosis (TB) tests as the initial diagnostic test for all persons with signs and symptoms of TB.
Learn more about TB 👉 bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB
Severe resource shortages are threatening the global response to end #tuberculosis (TB). A quarter of the world’s population could be infected with TB and not even know it. Is there a cure? What is the treatment? How do we diagnose TB? Listen in to Dr Tereza Kasaeva on Science in 5. bit.ly/4kRdJXE
WHO's Science in 5 - Facing the TB crisis (Tuberculosis) - 21 March 2025
Episode #135 / March 21, 2025 / Tuberculosis - TB Severe resource shortages are threatening the global response to end tuberculosis. Is the world on the brink of a global TB crisis? A quarter of the world’s population could be infected with TB and not even know it. Is there a cure? What is the treatment? How do we diagnose TB? Listen in to Dr Tereza Kasaeva on Science in 5 today. Activez les sous-titres dans VOTRE langue ! ¡Activa los subtítulos en TU idioma! Активируйте субтитры на ВАШЕМ языке! قم بتفعيل الترجمة في لغتك! 激活自动翻译功能，使用您的语言字幕！ Aktivieren Sie Untertitel in IHRER Sprache! Washa manukuu katika lugha YAKO! अपनी भाषा में सबटाइटल सक्रिय करें! You can watch Science in 5 in your language by using the "Auto-translate" feature in YouTube: https://youtu.be/CHsrz1VV--g Activate the subtitles first and then choose your language! Go to bottom right of the video + Settings + Subtitles/CC + Auto-translate and then choose the language of your choice. Some other episodes were also published in these linguistic playlists: Spanish: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6hS8Moik7ktt7QccOeLSyI1agc6yRHjj French: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiIQJ9sPqPFxQyKvHIVxI-mbiTsAI6Six Portuguese: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6hS8Moik7kux2qXeA0jHCNyK4GVorTJM Thai: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9S6xGsoqIBXRQzSDOfFb13iPrbL8fgy1 Nepali: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv3LbY_wohnNmC0c5yAjlyYO-AsKynshD Maithili: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv3LbY_wohnOzLMPfIg4evuGnNUifuaXX Bahasa: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLekyghuTrqcaanPy2F-LiW368Emsg1A2J Tetum: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDj7fL7ecKij-CD-4DBTzPwg_tnFUOowt
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March 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Severe resource shortages are threatening the global response to end #tuberculosis (TB). A quarter of the world’s population could be infected with TB and not even know it. Is there a cure? What is the treatment? How do we diagnose TB? Listen in to Dr Tereza Kasaeva on Science in 5. bit.ly/4kRdJXE
#TBHillDay has been an incredible success with an impact we can only imagine! We're so thankful to everyone who joined us in DC or virtually to help us speak with over TWO HUNDRED congressional offices about #Tuberculosis funding!
Amid the heartbreak in so many directions, it was a wondrous balm to spend today on Capitol Hill with over 200 TB Fighters from every state in the U.S. Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who made it happen from @tbfighters.org to @partnersinhealth.bsky.social. Together, we are strong.
April 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
#TBHillDay has been an incredible success with an impact we can only imagine! We're so thankful to everyone who joined us in DC or virtually to help us speak with over TWO HUNDRED congressional offices about #Tuberculosis funding!
Good news! The Stop TB Partnership and the Global Fund are stepping up their collaboration to fight #tuberculosis! Collaboration is how we #EndTB, read more here: www.stoptb.org/news/global-...
Global Fund and Stop TB Step Up collaboration to fight Tuberculosis,
GENEVA - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) and the Stop TB Partnership yesterday signed a new collaboration framework with the aim of increasing momentum
www.stoptb.org
November 11, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Good news! The Stop TB Partnership and the Global Fund are stepping up their collaboration to fight #tuberculosis! Collaboration is how we #EndTB, read more here: www.stoptb.org/news/global-...
Toronto sees highest #tuberculosis cases in 20 years amid “alarming gaps” in medication access: Stop TB Canada report, by Omar Mosleh www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor... via @thestar.com
Toronto sees highest tuberculosis cases in 20 years amid “alarming gaps” in medication access
The report by Stop TB Canada says “people in Canada are not benefiting from the tremendous advancements in TB treatment over the past two decades, including the development of safer, shorter, and high...
www.thestar.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Toronto sees highest #tuberculosis cases in 20 years amid “alarming gaps” in medication access: Stop TB Canada report, by Omar Mosleh www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor... via @thestar.com
Some good news: A Phase 3 clinical trial of what could be the first new #tuberculosis vaccine in over 100 years has been able to enroll all needed participants months ahead of schedule. www.statnews.com/2025/04/28/m...
Major tuberculosis vaccine trial completes enrollment faster than expected
A closely watched clinical trial testing what could be the world’s first new tuberculosis vaccine in a century has hit its enrollment target, ahead of expectations.
www.statnews.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Some good news: A Phase 3 clinical trial of what could be the first new #tuberculosis vaccine in over 100 years has been able to enroll all needed participants months ahead of schedule. www.statnews.com/2025/04/28/m...
Do you hate #Tuberculosis? Love to read? Well, we do too! That's why we're launching the #TBReaders Book Club. Starting with "Everything Is TB" by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, we'll read a book together every two months on Discord, social media, and right here! Join in at tbfighters.org/book-club
March 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Do you hate #Tuberculosis? Love to read? Well, we do too! That's why we're launching the #TBReaders Book Club. Starting with "Everything Is TB" by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, we'll read a book together every two months on Discord, social media, and right here! Join in at tbfighters.org/book-club
This #WorldTBDay, Doctors Without Borders calls for urgent, sustained funding to end #Tuberculosis (TB) in children.
Every year, 1.25 million children get TB, but ONLY HALF are diagnosed and treated. Funding cuts are threatening vital care, putting children at even greater risk.
Every year, 1.25 million children get TB, but ONLY HALF are diagnosed and treated. Funding cuts are threatening vital care, putting children at even greater risk.
March 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This #WorldTBDay, Doctors Without Borders calls for urgent, sustained funding to end #Tuberculosis (TB) in children.
Every year, 1.25 million children get TB, but ONLY HALF are diagnosed and treated. Funding cuts are threatening vital care, putting children at even greater risk.
Every year, 1.25 million children get TB, but ONLY HALF are diagnosed and treated. Funding cuts are threatening vital care, putting children at even greater risk.
#Tuberculosis (TB) is preventable and curable.
Yet, it remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers, claiming 1.23 million lives in 2024.
The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 talks about the gains made so far and the challenges ahead due to severe funding cuts: bit.ly/4qT5ihk
Yet, it remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers, claiming 1.23 million lives in 2024.
The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 talks about the gains made so far and the challenges ahead due to severe funding cuts: bit.ly/4qT5ihk
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#Tuberculosis (TB) is preventable and curable.
Yet, it remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers, claiming 1.23 million lives in 2024.
The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 talks about the gains made so far and the challenges ahead due to severe funding cuts: bit.ly/4qT5ihk
Yet, it remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers, claiming 1.23 million lives in 2024.
The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 talks about the gains made so far and the challenges ahead due to severe funding cuts: bit.ly/4qT5ihk
#Tuberculosis : Thank you @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social for the support. #Blueksky users can learn more about our work around the world treating TB here: www.msf.org/tuberculosis #IDSky #MedSky #AidSky
In 2017, @msf.org identified a target price for bedaquiline that the world thought was absurdly, impossibly low. Just eight years later, we've achieved that goal, bc Johnson & Johnson (under a lot of pressure) abandoned their attempts at patent evergreening. So grateful to everyone in this fight.
February 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
#Tuberculosis : Thank you @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social for the support. #Blueksky users can learn more about our work around the world treating TB here: www.msf.org/tuberculosis #IDSky #MedSky #AidSky
Is making a difference in your community (& around the world) one of your New Year's resolutions? Join us virtually or in person for a #Tuberculosis Hill Day in April 2025! The deadline to commit is December 31: tbfighters.org/hill-day
December 30, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Is making a difference in your community (& around the world) one of your New Year's resolutions? Join us virtually or in person for a #Tuberculosis Hill Day in April 2025! The deadline to commit is December 31: tbfighters.org/hill-day
The Intervention – 1997 Michael P Moore
I painted this just a little over a year after surviving 4 separate life-threatening health crises! #Tuberculosis #Pneumocystis #CMV and a broken #PortaCath line and #Angioplasty! #Unkillable! #Art #Painting #Symbolism #Impressionism #Abstract #ArtSky
I painted this just a little over a year after surviving 4 separate life-threatening health crises! #Tuberculosis #Pneumocystis #CMV and a broken #PortaCath line and #Angioplasty! #Unkillable! #Art #Painting #Symbolism #Impressionism #Abstract #ArtSky
March 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Intervention – 1997 Michael P Moore
I painted this just a little over a year after surviving 4 separate life-threatening health crises! #Tuberculosis #Pneumocystis #CMV and a broken #PortaCath line and #Angioplasty! #Unkillable! #Art #Painting #Symbolism #Impressionism #Abstract #ArtSky
I painted this just a little over a year after surviving 4 separate life-threatening health crises! #Tuberculosis #Pneumocystis #CMV and a broken #PortaCath line and #Angioplasty! #Unkillable! #Art #Painting #Symbolism #Impressionism #Abstract #ArtSky
#Tuberculosis: TB is one of the world’s biggest health crises affecting over 10 million people per year, including over 1 million children.
And every three minutes, a child dies of TB.
Learn how we are intervening: www.msf.org/tactic-tuber... #IDSky
And every three minutes, a child dies of TB.
Learn how we are intervening: www.msf.org/tactic-tuber... #IDSky
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
#Tuberculosis: TB is one of the world’s biggest health crises affecting over 10 million people per year, including over 1 million children.
And every three minutes, a child dies of TB.
Learn how we are intervening: www.msf.org/tactic-tuber... #IDSky
And every three minutes, a child dies of TB.
Learn how we are intervening: www.msf.org/tactic-tuber... #IDSky
"Early reports to WHO from the 30 highest TB-burden countries confirm that funding withdrawals are already dismantling essential services, threatening the global fight against TB."
@who.int calling attention to impact of US funding cuts on #tuberculosis #IDsky 🧪
www.who.int/news/item/05...
@who.int calling attention to impact of US funding cuts on #tuberculosis #IDsky 🧪
www.who.int/news/item/05...
Funding cuts to tuberculosis programmes endanger millions of lives
In the past two decades, tuberculosis (TB) prevention, testing, and treatment services have saved more than 79 million lives—averting approximately 3.65 million deaths last year alone from the world’s...
www.who.int
March 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Early reports to WHO from the 30 highest TB-burden countries confirm that funding withdrawals are already dismantling essential services, threatening the global fight against TB."
@who.int calling attention to impact of US funding cuts on #tuberculosis #IDsky 🧪
www.who.int/news/item/05...
@who.int calling attention to impact of US funding cuts on #tuberculosis #IDsky 🧪
www.who.int/news/item/05...
#Philippines: Our teams are working on tackling the alarming #tuberculosis incidence rate in the country, which is the highest in Asia. This includes Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).
January 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#Philippines: Our teams are working on tackling the alarming #tuberculosis incidence rate in the country, which is the highest in Asia. This includes Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).