Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. What's happened since? A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.

Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3

"The projected cost of production at scale is <$100 per person-year. Gilead's new VL for #lenacapavir prevention and treatment undermines access. MICs with fast-growing HIV epidemics have been excluded; 23% of new HIV infections occur in these countries." academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

Investing in maternal and newborn health is an investment in the future, not a cost. It supports: 💙 Lifelong health 💙 Healthy societies 💙 #HopefulFutures 💙 Prosperity and stability Improving the health of women and babies means collaborating and investing in #HealthForAll

Our original “Cheat Sheets for Tuberculosis Activists” are so popular we split one of them into two separate pieces. Download the “TB Treatment Regimen Cheat Sheet” and the “TB Preventive Treatment (TPT) Regimen Cheat Sheet” now. www.treatmentactiongroup.org/publication/...

AmplifyChange is accepting proposals for an IT support services supplier over 3 years. We seek a proactive partner who can drive innovation, keep AmplifyChange agile, and lead on necessary changes. Click here to read more: https://f.mtr.cool/xfdzoiwjbs

Every year TAG works collaboratively to co-organize and co-sponsor a community #HIV cure research workshop ahead of the CROI scientific meeting. Slides and recordings from the 2025 event – kindly hosted by @sfaidsfound.bsky.social – are now available. www.treatmentactiongroup.org/webinar/2025...

Now more than ever, we must step up action and protect #HealthForAll. Recent funding cuts are hitting global health hard—let’s take action before it’s too late! 🧵

Vivid Coffee is helping get us through this week w/their Treatment Action Group Blend. For every bag of this ethically sourced coffee, Vivid will donate $5 to support our mission. Support TAG while fueling your response to enact some good trouble. Thank you Vivid! vividcoffee.com/shop/tag

www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas... Sure wished we had HHS focused on increasing vaccination coverage to control this outbreak instead of saying it is “normal” and pushing bogus strategies.

We are entering a dangerous phase of the H5N1 outbreak. With spring migration underway, the virus will spread faster, threatening wildlife, livestock, and humans. Migratory birds will carry the D1.1 (D701N) variant worldwide, raising the risk of mammal outbreaks.

#CROI2025 is winding to a close. @EmoryUniversity finished strong with 12 posters. Congrats to all who presented this week, esp. Emory's CROI New Investigator Scholarship Awardees - Tehillah Chinunga, Kamaria Dansby, Jairo Fonseca, Felipe Ten-Caten, Ashvini Vaidya, & Simon Yang!

JUST IN: Heavily Mutated SARS-CoV-2 BA.3 Variant Detected in South Africa with 57 Spike Mutations.

📢 New study on causes of maternal death: Severe bleeding (haemorrhage) and hypertensive disorders like preeclampsia are the leading causes of maternal deaths, together claiming around 130,000 lives worldwide in 2020. bit.ly/43AzEvM

Everjoice Win (EJ) is gone, and I feel empty. Rest easy, my sister. Condolences for women rights activist EJ pour in–https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200039330/condolences-for-women-rights-activist-ej-pour-in

#USAID Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid. We will never forget this cruelty. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...

"Together with SMART4TB, the BETTER project had published a clinical field guide for how to treat people living with TB who had “expanded drug resistance” – meaning they had TB which is resistant to some of the new TB drugs like BDQ, CFZ, DLM, LZD, and Pa." www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/03/04/m...

Did you know? 1 in 8 people worldwide are living with obesity. #Obesity can lead to serious health conditions like type 2 diabetes, hypertension & cardiovascular diseases. Learn how to prevent obesity 🔗 bit.ly/3SAcdeE #WorldObesityDay

Obstetric violence—defined as mistreatment & abuse during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care—is an under-recognized form of GBV that disproportionately affects pregnant children & teenage mothers in Zimbabwe. healthtimes.co.zw/2025/03/03/o...

BREAKING: Measles Case Confirmed in Traveler at Kansai International Airport, Japan Exposure Risk Alert Issued.

BREAKING: Uganda Confirms Second Ebola Death as Young Child Succumbs to Virus Amid Ongoing Outbreak.

"Our published model-based results represent a conservative, lower bound of just how much policy decisions put lives at risk. Even in South Africa, our outcomes project just the tip of the iceberg — we did not, for example, capture moms, children, and babies." www.statnews.com/2025/03/01/p...

BREAKING: New restrictions prohibit CDC from publishing with WHO on disease research.

By way of comparison, Mbeki's well know AIDS denialism was shown to have caused at least 300,000 deaths. This is more.

Influenza vaccines need periodic updates to remain effective due to the constant evolving nature of #influenza viruses. 🔗 bit.ly/3Xmt4VM

BREAKING: Novel Alphacoronavirus Jumps from Rats to Human in South Korea Infant Infected.

🚨 Drastic cuts to global health funding are leaving millions without essential HIV services. Young people, key populations, and marginalized communities are being abandoned. Millions are at risk. Act now, save lives! Learn more: 🔗 bit.ly/41CDnrD #ZeroDiscrimination

WHO will announce #influenza virus vaccine composition today Tune into our 1) information session at 10h CET, livestreamed on YouTube channel and 2) the press conference at 13:45h CET, livestreamed on social media channels - X, LinkedIn and YouTube ⬇️ www.who.int/news-room/ev...

What started as a grassroots initiative by a WHO staff member has grown into a global movement for health. Learn more about the #1Dollar1World campaign and get involved. People have the power 👏 🔗 bit.ly/3QyEuC3

Govt is now appealing the judges TRO in #USAID case, claiming they are worried about waste and fraud. This is utter nonsense. These folks have found 0 fraud so far. What they have been doing is lying about what aid money does and getting rid of the Inspector General. What’s going on, exactly? Well…

TAG stands in solidarity with activists at the U.S. Capitol fighting to save PEPFAR. Our statement: www.treatmentactiongroup.org/statement/an...

IAVI announces first vaccinations in TB vaccine clinical trial: We are grateful to the trial funders: Open Philanthropy, the Gates Foundation, and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research through the KfW Development Bank www.iavi.org/press-releas...

We applaud the opening of a phase IIb trial of TB vaccine MTBVAC in South Africa, Kenya, and Tanzania, run by IAVI and funded by Gates Foundation, Open Philanthropy + the German government. We desperately need a broadly effective vaccine to end TB! www.iavi.org/press-releas...

"No USAID or State obligations remain in a suspended or paused state. In total, nearly 5800 USAID awards were terminated, and more than 500 USAID awards were retained. The total ceiling value of the retained awards is approximately $57 billion.” - Defendants’ Statement in Joint Status Report

“What we are demanding of Congress is that they stop behaving like doormats in the face of this attack on humanitarian assistance that truly is highly effective and life-saving.” Asia Russell, HealthGap www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In the Sept 7, 1946 issue of JAMA an article describing 1,000 cases of various infections treated with streptomycin, an antibiotic discovered in 1943 by Albert Schatz, a student at Rutgers. It was the first broad-spectrum antibiotic and was used to treat TB, plague, cholera, and other infections.

Last night, South African #PEPFAR projects funded via #USAID got termination letters saying #MarcoRubio & #Marocco have determined their projects are 'not aligned with Agency priorities' & 'continuing this program is not in the national interest'. People are going to die because of this.

TAG ED @markhar77.bsky.social spoke to @posaware.bsky.social about the administration's unprecedented + widespread attack on HIV research. As longtime activists, we urge the scientific community to fight back and defend this vital work! Read the article: www.positivelyaware.com/articles/lay...

"The cut to 0.3% is a devastating betrayal of the most marginalised at their greatest time of need. It is essential that the UK and others send a clear message that they will not turn away. This will be heard as an abandonment of all those most in need.” actionforglobalhealth.org.uk/aid-budgets-...

BREAKING: 2-Year-Old Kid Dies of H5N1 Bird Flu in Cambodia.

"SANAC's civil society forum reported that 9.000 people in Mpumalanga, Limpopo, and Gauteng have lost access to needle exchange and opioid substitution therapy, risking HIV, HCV, and overdoses. While some public clinics remain operational, most lack these services." www.iol.co.za/business-rep...

Across the world HIV programs serving gay folks are being shut down. Not just paused, terminated with zero notice. Because the Trump administration has decided “life-saving” aid does not include those lives.

“Now more than ever, the Netherlands should be championing women’s rights and the rights of marginalised groups, which are constantly under threat.” rutgers.international/news/netherl...

Trump, Musk and Vought are a death cult. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

“The World Bank has said little so far. It could offer countries hit hard by the U.S. cutoff innovative financing such as debt-for-health-care swaps to give nations struggling under heavy debt burdens some fiscal freedom to make up lost health care funding.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/h...