Science can change lives. But only with public trust. New research by @moreincommonuk.bsky.social finds Britain broadly trusts science – but we can’t take that for granted. Find out more in our new report ⤵️ wellcome.org/insights/rep...

🚀 New resource: the Start4All Pooled Sputum Testing Toolkit ("Poolkit!"). 🔗 lstmed.ac.uk/start4all/to... A practical, WHO‑aligned guide to pooled TB testing — developed with eight partners across seven high TB burden countries and funded by Unitaid. Launched yesterday at #ASLM! #Start4All #EndTB

A new pooled TB testing toolkit will help healthcare providers to reach the ‘missed millions’ who go undiagnosed with the disease each year. Read more: lstmed.ac.uk/news/new-poo... @tomwingfield.bsky.social

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🧪🌍 Join us this 16 April 2026 | 16:00 EAT for ASLM LabCoP Extended ECHO Session! 🔬 Explore pooled sputum testing for TB 📊 Insights from #Start4All 7-country study 💡 Boost efficiency & access to TB diagnosis! 👩🏽‍⚕️👨🏾‍⚕️ For labs, TB programs & global health pros! 🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/j/83062155922

In our latest paper in @plosmedicine.org, we explore trade-offs in diagnostic algorithm, coverage, and duration of community screening for #TB, highlighting the importance of symptom-agnostic approaches and the need for strategies to sustain impact when screening ends. plos.io/4tuD2SM

Are you an early career researcher? 🌍 Get recognised at the Union World Conference on Lung Health 2026 📅 Submit by 13 April 🔗 https://theunion.org/early-career-researcher-award #EarlyCareerResearch #UnionConf2026

On April 16, join experts as they discuss a series of Cases in Global Social Medicine published in The Lancet. The cases centre real clinical cases from around the world that together form a practical social medicine toolkit. Register to attend ➡️ spkl.io/63323AF9xb

🚨Are you funded by the Foundation or the MRC (@ukri.org) & want to share your findings in ways that influence policy & practice? The latest round of our Changing Policy & Practice Awards is now open - including applications from researchers who already hold CPP funding! 👉 https://bit.ly/40ccYiN

Pleased to share our new paper on the metagenomics of #noma, a devastating #NTD of children. Brilliant collaborative work with researchers at the University of Liverpool, Médecins Sans Frontières and the Noma Children’s Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria. journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...

Have you read our huge new #OpenAccess Series of papers on energy and health in LMICs yet? From the health burden of polluting household cooking fuels to equitable and reliable electricity access in health-care facilities, energy is a health intervention. www.thelancet.com/series-do/en...

A year after my last day with @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social my work on modelling the impact of increasing men's access to care and reducing excess risk of TB has gone live @commsmed.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s43...

New study led by @alexandra-richards.bsky.social. Reducing men’s TB risk and improving treatment access could have big impacts on #TB incidence and deaths for men, women, and children. www.nature.com/articles/s43... @kchorton.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social @lightontb.bsky.social

Postdoc opportunity in TB diagnostics + implementation science! Join @lstmnews.bsky.social on @unitaid.bsky.social funded #Start4All, co-led @stoptb.bsky.social 🌏 UK Bangladesh Cameroon Kenya Nigeria Viet Nam 🔬 Shape real-world TB diagnosis 📊 Influence global policy 👉 Apply: tinyurl.com/5ah2m693

It’s World TB Day and we are so grateful for the support We Are TB and Somos TB has received over the years from our partners in the fight against tuberculosis. We affirm our dedication and solidarity with people fighting this disease everywhere. Yes we can! #EndTB

Well done all teams - really important findings. Well done Dr Stacy Ross and team at Royal Liverpool amongst many others!

Today is World TB Day. Last month, we revealed how research from the LSTM-led Start4All project helped to shape new WHO guidelines on pooled TB testing. Read more: lstm.ac/4aOPaX6

LSTM’s Dr Tom Wingfield and Fatima Karmadwala delivered their talk, 'Fighting Poverty and Stigma to Defeat TB', to mark World TB Day. Last presented during last year's British Science Festival, the talk explored how TB continues to be a major global health challenge.

I've made a website for clinically relevant infection research: jackwgoodall.github.io/infection_up... It's in its early days but it has summaries of recent infection papers that caught my eye, an OpenAlex feed of recent infection papers from high impact journal and a resources section #IDSky

This #WorldTBday is a honour to be in Blantyre, Malawi, where we kicked off recruitment into the @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded ZAMSA-TB study. The team are developing new epidemiological methods to measure future vaccine effectiveness in the community.

Our first TBPod episode of 2026 is live! 🎧 Dr Peter MacPherson breaks down HIV–TB care, urban TB trends & diagnostic advances. Listen below! www.buzzsprout.com/851944/episo...

"Test Early. Cure early. End TB."✊ Our Banke team in action! #WorldTBDay2026 #YesWeCanEndTB

👇🎉 Out now!!

#WTBD talk today: Fatima and I will be talking about ending TB by fighting poverty and stigma. See you at 12.30pm GMT on link below!

🎙 New episode coming! Ahead of #WorldTBDay, I spoke with Fatima Karmadwala, a survivor of multidrug-resistant TB, for the LSTM In Conversation podcast. Her powerful story highlights why person-centred care is vital to ending TB. 📅 Out 23 March 🎧 Apple Podcasts • Spotify #EndTB #TB #GlobalHealth

🌍 TB is preventable and curable — yet still one of the world’s leading infectious killers. For #WorldTBDay, Fatima Karmadwala & I will be speaking on “Fighting poverty and stigma to defeat TB.” 🗓 23 March | ⏰ 12:30 GMT 📍 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 💻 Online: tinyurl.com/23ata5vt

Our @tomwingfield.bsky.social has spoken to @bmj.com about the worrying rise in TB cases across the UK. He explains what's behind the rise and what could be done to reverse the trend - including the expansion of screening for latent TB and in preventive therapy. www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Start4All, a research project led by LSTM that is seeking to find the ‘missed millions’ of people who go undiagnosed with TB each year, has informed new World Health Organization guidelines on TB testing. Read more: lstm.ac/4aOPaX6.

Medical and legal professionals in Iran are facing brutal persecution by the regime for helping anti-government protesters. 🩺 Doctors are being tracked by spies & have had their clinics attacked while treating severe gunshot wounds. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m... #IranMassacre #Iran

Ethionamide has been used to treat tuberculosis for decades, but dose-dependent toxic effects have limited its use. In a new trial, alpibectir enabled the ethionamide dose to be reduced by two thirds. Full trial results: nej.md/46PP9Rn #MedSky #IDSky

Measles is one of the most infectious diseases around. It can cause blindness and hearing loss – and can also be fatal. 📈 Why are cases now soaring and what can be done about it? We spoke to one of our experts in epidemiology to find out what this means for the UK, @tomwingfield.bsky.social.

New paper from ReBUILD - Research capacity strengthening in fragile & shock-prone settings: Insights from a research consortium Discusses our approach, analysing strategies and lessons learned www.rebuildconsortium.com/resources/re... @ighd.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social @herdintl.bsky.social

Today, on the #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience we celebrate all the brilliant minds breaking barriers and driving progress through dedication & leadership! Support.✊ Encourage.👏 Empower. 👊 The future of #Science needs women and girls!🧡 #womeninmaledominatedfields

Pleased to welcome Dr. Kenza Bennani & team from @who.int Nepal ! We shared insights from our TB programs and discussed how these can support evidence-informed policies and community health. Grateful for her commitment to catalytic support as we advance toward #EndTB goals together🙌

After surviving XDR-TB and an 18-month treatment, Mirriam is now sharing her powerful story with the world through the BBC, reminding us that recovery continues beyond treatment and post-TB care matters. #PostTBCare #posttb

Our reading period for STIGMATIZED: A Mongolian Girl's Journey from Stigma & Illness to Empowerment has begun! Follow along with author Handaa Enkh-Amgalan's experience of being diagnosed with TB at just age 15. Order STIGMATIZED now or request it at your local library: tbfighters.org/book-club

TB elimination depends on research and interventions that reflect community realities. We were pleased to welcome delegates from @theunion.org to @bnmtnepal.bsky.social ! Our discussions focused on strengthening collaboration and advancing evidence-informed approaches to TB prevention.

📢 Call for papers for the BTS Winter Meeting 2026 The Lancet Respiratory Medicine and Thorax will co-host a session at the @btsrespiratory.bsky.social Winter Meeting 🗓️ Please submit by 30th June The Lancet Respiratory Medicine: tinyurl.com/mrnhktyc Thorax: tinyurl.com/3ujn42ju

🔆 New funding award announcement! 🔆 We are backing seven exciting new collaborations between scientists in Africa and the UK to investigate the health impacts of climate change. 👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4pPW2J3

Did you catch last night's episode of Call the Midwife? A potential rabies outbreak had 1970s Poplar in a state of fear. Our Dr Tom Wingfield was an expert advisor for the episode, helping the programme makers understand more about the condition. Watch it here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis....

Scientists have developed an ‘early warning system’ that could predict insecticide resistance in malaria mosquitoes before it emerges in the field. Read more: lstm.ac/4q94Kmi

We're funding doctoral programmes to train the next generation of clinically-active academic leaders. This call continues our commitment to supporting healthcare professionals in research careers. Apply now: https://wellcome.org/research-funding/schemes/doctoral-programmes-healthcare-professionals

🫁 New #BBC article with Kerry Millington tackling the common misconception that #TB is a disease of the past in UK/US: more people are falling ill so who’s really at risk. 🔗 www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-bo... We also highlight the vital research of our @lstmnews.bsky.social TB Centre #EndTB 🌍💡

"Is TB really making a comeback? The short answer is that the disease never really went away." @tomwingfield.bsky.social and @kerrymillington.bsky.social have written an insightful piece for BBC Science Focus. www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-bo....

Poverty and TB symposium session starting in 10 mins at Union #WCLH2025. Stellar speakers on this vital topic and I am delighted to chair. Room B4A (bring a coat!).

Our framework that informed the @who.int TB & climate change policy brief out now in @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social, exploring the intersections and implications of climate change for the TB epidemic. Key message? TB should be considered a climate-sensitive disease www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Just had a brilliant week with the whole TB Module team here @lstmnews.bsky.social teaching on the #DTMH #TB module. A wonderful bunch of smart, curious, engaging and engaged students! What a privilege and good luck with the rest of the course!

🌍 New @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social! Pooled sputum testing for TB: revisiting a cost-saving innovation 🚫 Let's bust pooling myths & misconceptions! 🔬 Pooling is efficient, accurate, cost-saving & improves equity of access! 📖 Read at doi.org/10.1016/S221... Thanks @unitaid.bsky.social for funding!

World leaders have expressed overwhelming support for the text of the first UN global political declaration on responding to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) & #MentalHealth in an integrated manner. Read more: bit.ly/484q2vS