NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding. NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.

Feeling a lot like I did in early days of the pandemic these days. It is so clear what’s coming: The people that will die because of cuts in global health, because of cuts to research, because of the concerted anti-vaccine push. It’s clear what’s coming, but we will have to wait to count the dead.🧪

The Canadian equivalent of the NIH should consider funding a bunch of studies monitoring what happens with vaccine-preventable diseases in Canada and the US over the next decade. Because a real-world laboratory is being created.

We developed this portal for terminated NIH grants on global health with the hope that donors will search for those of interest to them. Please share this with people affected and let me know if you have input on the format or on how best to disseminate it. re-fund-global-health.vercel.app

All 4 of my NIH research grants are terminated. These were grants on MDR-TB treatment & strategies for supporting adolescents living w/ HIV. This is a massive waste of resources. I am heartbroken for my Harvard team, my partners in Peru, the next generation of scientists & our country. Shame.

The amazing group of faculty that I lead on our research core lost six NIH grants today, all in global health. Thousands of hours of work lost as well as funding for our foreign collaborators in LMICs.

At a time when some leaders are dismantling health equity work, I applaud the @who.int for this important report! World Report on Social Determinants of Health Equity, 2025 www.who.int/teams/social...

NIH continues to suspend funding to these schools — without telling them. Researchers have been submitting for renewals, which are approved by NIH program staff. But notices of award never go out. Columbia has internally been calling these awards "effectively cancelled", per email I've obtained.

The #NIH will no longer allow researchers working on its grants have sub-awards in other countries, a common practice that allows US scientists to investigate questions that cannot be studied in this country. @mmolteni.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/05/01/n...

Under pressure from the Trump administration, the National Science Foundation (NSF), a $9 billion agency funding scientific research that has made America great, has canceled over a thousand grants and slowed new funding. That's just the beginning and will get way worse unless Congress intervenes.

We are working to develop a searchable database of cancelled or suspended global health NIH grants, focusing on projects in LMICs. The idea is to make this information available to other potential funders who might want to help keep these projects alive. More to come as we progress.

📣📣 We are looking for an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the Department of Global and Public Health @mcgillspgh.bsky.social @healthsciences.mcgill.ca! mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

So honored to join @tbfighters.org, @partnersinhealth.bsky.social, @wearetb.bsky.social to rise up to #endtb. The ppl who represent us in Congress have the power to end the needless suffering & death due to TB. Keep asking them to do it!🙏💪💕

We are thrilled to welcome @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social and @cdmitpih.bsky.social to our #HGHISymposium2025 for a conversation on "How Can a 21st-Century Online Social Movement Advance Global Health Equity?" 📅 April 10th, 2025 🕕 12:40 – 1:25 PM 🔗 Details & register: bit.ly/2025HGHI-Symposium

Critical reporting from Stephanie Nolen on what the interruption of TB funding actually means for those living with the disease--and those caring for them. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/h...

Early TB detection just got a major boost in Peru! With new AI-powered X-ray machines & molecular biology devices, Peru’s Ministry of Health & Socios En Salud are strengthening frontline health services to find and treat TB faster. Read more: www.pih.org/article/peru...

As #MSF team starts planning for next few years of advocacy work on access to #tuberculosis testing and treatment, an important work would be to urge governments and philanthropists funding TB research to hold Big Pharma accountable for that funding by attaching access requirements. #TBSky

Speaking of commercial determinants of poor health, Nestle should win the top prize 🏆 Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk sold in poorer countries, but not in western countries www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

I'm doing final edits on Everything Is Tuberculosis, and I can't stop adding stuff. I spent 3 years on the book, but I am not done. I must mention the tongue swab tests. I must let you know about the new app made in Lesotho that aids in contact tracing. Also did you know about the Adirondack Chair.

Fantastic opportunity for scholars from Global South working at interface of science & justice #HPS

We are advertising for a Post-Doc Researcher to advance epidemiological methods for understanding #tuberculosis transmission. This is part of a major new Wellcome Discovery project, based at @uofglasgow.bsky.social MLW Malawi, ZAMBART Zambia, and University of Cape Town iddjobs.org/jobs/the-can...