I am a teacher and a parent to young children. I can only do my job safely if those who can be vaccinated are vaccinated. Schools are a public good. If we're going to use them, we must also do what we can t keep them safe for everyone else to use.

“tuberculosis is not a relic of medical history. It remains the leading infectious cause of death worldwide” www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

The pacing of childhood vaccines is based on the times when vaccines will work best with a child’s immune system. To learn more about receiving multiple vaccines in one doctor’s visit, visit our website or have a conversation with your pediatrician. www.aap.org/en/news-room...

With measles cases rising, it’s crucial to ensure kids are up to date on their MMR shots. Pediatricians are always ready to talk with parents about the MMR vaccine if they have any questions. www.healthychildren.org/english/safe...

Because the RSV shot works differently than traditional vaccines, parents have several options when it comes to RSV protection. Pregnant mothers or their newborn can receive the immunization, offering flexibility in how families choose to help their infants build resistance from severe illness.

“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website

For decades, scientists have studied the potential causes of autism, and have repeatedly found no credible link between childhood vaccines and autism. Read our full fact-check:  www.aap.org/en/news-room...

Has anybody noticed the CDC's update to the "Vaccines and Autism" page today? It's both predictable and shattering. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...

The #TBHillDay 2026 application has been open for less than a week, and already ONE HUNDRED people have signed up! Now's your chance to join @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social and a couple hundred of your closest #Tuberculosis fighting friends in Washington DC to fight worldsuck! tbfighters.org/hill-...

Redistricting Q&A Does Prop 4 amend the Utah Constitution or create a "super-law"? No. The Utah Supreme Court forbids the Legislature to repeal or amend initiatives or limit our rights unless they have a strong governmental reason, but they can amend it. 1/5

The situation with Utah redistricting is more complicated than the headlines make it look. The Utah State Supreme Court determined in their decision that the intent of the inclusion of initiative in our state constitution was to allow citizens to reform our government and check our legislators. 1/3

“tuberculosis is both a form and expression of injustice” @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I am an infectious disease Dr and I would gladly find something else to do with my life if we were able to eliminate all infections through vaccination and public health measures.That's how strongly I feel about infection prevention & the positive impact of vaccines. I am ok with being out of a job.

You don't have to travel the globe to find economic injustice, "it is wherever we are." Luckily, so are the tools to fight injustice! Join us Monday, Oct 27 for our next TB Ed Talk with @pih.org's Carole Mitnick about post-TB lung disease: tbfighters.org/tb-ed-talks #EconomicJustice #LungDisease

#BoycottSpotify as long as they co-operate with the undesignated terror organisation ICE There are enough alternatives: - YouTube Music - Soundcloud - Deezer - Bandcamp - Tidal

www.youtube.com/howtovoteine... Visit vote.org to learn how to register and where to vote.

May this peace hold.

There are over 2,200 peaceful protests planned for October 18. Ensuring all of those events and organizers have the training, support, and resources they need is a massive undertaking. Please pitch in if you can to help make No Kings Day historic!

NEW: No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way. That's what Ezra Klein said. We can condemn this heinous assassination but also recognize that with his 2020 election denialism and extremist rhetoric, Kirk built his movement with falsehoods and in a wrong and divisive manner.

Autism is not just one thing but rather a constellation of traits that often occur together and can be used to identify a group of people who may benefit from similar types of support."

Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported. Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad. We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.

I was cleaning out a particularly yucky bathroom drain today, and what should I yank out of there but the state of our democracy. Don't worry. I wiped it up and threw the towel into the trash, just to be sure. I didn't want that gunk in my laundry.

There are many times in Mountains Beyond Mountains that we see well-meaning medical professionals ignore the things that are important to their patients. Why is it important for medical professionals and other “outsiders” to honor the importance people assign to their own lives? #TBReaders

US #TBHillDay was legitimately one of the best things I’ve ever done. It was fun meeting so many other members of the TB Haters Club, and very inspiring seeing the difference a bunch of ordinary folks can make together, especially when trained by experts! I highly recommend this to any Canadian!

Esther Day is a #Nerdfighter holiday that reminds us to tell the important people in our lives that we love them. Learn more about Esther and her legacy at TSWGO.org We want to shout out some people we love who are fighting world suck: @pih.org @pihcanada.org @wearetb.bsky.social 🧵

And over 700 calls from TBFighters advocacy sessions! Some of which used the tool and were counted there, and some of which didn’t. Thank you to everyone who contacted your Senators and/or Representatives in any manner. You contributed to the reduction of the cuts from $9.4B to $9B!

Sitting here with an advance copy of this and it is hard to imagine a more timely book! I think this book from @akpress.org/edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social will save lives, and I encourage you all to preorder and nudge your local library about it. #BookSky www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...

Activism is like a choir. Together we can hold a note much longer than any single person because when someone needs a break, the others keep singing. It's ok to take a break and focus on self care when you need it! We'll still be here, singing our collective song to #EndTB

the Trevor Project will continue to support the mental health of LGBTQ plus youth in crisis. [up to age 25] Such youth can go to www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/ to reach a trained counselor. Other ways to reach them – Call 1-866-488-7386 –Text "start" to 678-678 www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Congress Rules Food Stamps Can Only Be Used On Rutabagas theonion.com/congres...

Absolutely incredible conversation with @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social just happened on the @tbfighters.org YouTube channel. I highly recommend checking out the recording! www.youtube.com/live/6JIINQi...

Time to call your Representatives. Even with the amendment, these rescissions will have life-threatening implications if passed. Find your Representative and tell them to vote NO on rescissions, then tell 3 friends/family to do the same: www.congress.gov/members

The Senate passed the rescissions package last night, which means it's back to the House for another vote (likely today.) PEPFAR has been saved, but millions of dollars in global health and public media support are still at risk! Have you called today? act.pih.org/global-h...

Call your legislators! They're voting about global health funding this week.

Due Process violated. 200 people sent to prison for the rest of their lives without trial. Asylum revoked for legal immigrants from war zones. Illegal impoundment of Congressionally appropriated funds Violating court orders Bipartisan Global Health programs cancelled. 11,000 infant deaths

Join tomorrow's LIVE town hall discussion to break down the rescissions package in the US Senate! We'll learn more about how this vote affects PEPFAR, public radio, and public broadcasting plus how we can fight back. Register now! act.pih.org/defend-f...

I've been thinking, maybe it really is a small world after all.

USAID prevented nearly 5 million deaths from TB in the last twenty years, according to analysis published in the Lancet. If these cuts remain, they estimate 14 million preventable deaths over the next five years: www.nbcnews.com/heal... Tell your senator to fight these cuts: act.pih.org/global-h...

More @tbfighters.org in the news! www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

The senate is voting soon on a bill that would cut funding for millions around the world with tuberculosis. Call them right now to urge them to vote NO on the rescissions bill of 2025 using @PIH.org's call too: act.pih.org/global-h...

Exactly so!

Let freedom ring from every mountainside, and if America is to become a great nation, this must become true... On that day... We'll be able to join hands and sing... Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, I am free at last! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz-i...

"Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free..." Langston Hughes #July4th

Just watched it and can confirm. I understand much better now why #tuberculosis is so hard to kill, why it’s so amazing we can cure it, and therefore why it’s so frustrating that we choose to keep that cure from where the disease is:

Somebody tell Mike Lee and Donald Trump about this amazing document. I think maybe they missed it in US Government class. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Nz... #NoKings #HandsOff @50501movement.bsky.social

So true....

The 17 recently dismissed members of ACIP have written a letter do JAMA expressing their concerns about the abrupt dismissal and replacement 2 days later of 8 individuals. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

NEW: ‘I no longer have confidence’: A senior physician and medical epidemiologist at @CDCgov who oversaw respiratory virus surveillance has resigned and raised concerns about the future of vaccine policy. My latest. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Heartbreaking story on the impacts that cuts to USAID have had and will continue to have if the work and its funding do not resume. Neither #HIV nor #TB should be a death sentence in a world in which the first is treatable (and recently curable!) and the second has been curable for decades.

Your representatives are waiting on YOUR call! 📱 There are two advocacy sessions almost every day this week! Find the one that fits your schedule best: tbfighter.link/calendar