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

This RCPE symposium explores the intersections of pandemic recovery, humanitarian crises and health inequality. Ideal for professionals in Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Global Health, and more. Link to book: www.rcpe.ac.uk/events/infec... @tomboylesid.bsky.social @tomwingfield.bsky.social

💡 TB's impact doesn’t just end with treatment: nor should cost-effectiveness analysis. New @lstmnews.bsky.social led multi-country modelling study @plosglobalpublichealth.org shows excluding patient costs or post-TB impact underestimates intervention cost-effectivenes & benefit. tinyurl.com/arkhnwcp

So...what would happen to the global TB epidemic if we hypothetically "eliminated" undernutrition? In this preprint, we combined estimates from our new review (doi.org/10.1093/ije/...) with population-specific BMI distributions to find out...(doi.org/10.1101/2025...)

Finishing TB treatment isn’t the finish line. Our TB Champions are speaking out, showing why #PostTBCare needs urgent research. Their voices are the drivers of change. 💛 #EndTB #PostTB @posttbcare.bsky.social

Our next LSTM Inaugural Lecture will be delivered by Professor Euphemia Sibanda! Her talk will take place on Wednesday, October 22 (5-7pm, UK time) in Liverpool and online. Book now to secure your place! lstm.ac/EuphemiaLect....

📢 🙌 #TBcommunity @britsciassoc.bsky.social #BritishScienceFestival is in Liverpool! Fatima Karmadwala & I are thrilled to give #BSF2025 award lecture "Fighting poverty & stigma to defeat TB" Redmonds Building, LJMU, 12.30-1.30, Thurs 11 Sept Free tickets: tinyurl.com/4s5sxax8 See you there!!

#MentalHealth can’t wait. Countries are stepping up—revising policies, adopting rights-based frameworks, and strengthening emergency plans. Let’s invest in: ✅ Fair funding ✅ Protective laws ✅ Skilled workforce ✅ Community care No health without mental health. 🔗 bit.ly/3Vr2mtR

Fantastic, important work @kchorton.bsky.social and team. Thank you.

Abrupt funding cuts to international aid are disrupting essential tuberculosis (TB) services. Ending TB remains within reach—but only with adequate adaptation, investment, and will. New Comment ⤵️ tinyurl.com/2xccptr5

Brilliant study @mjsaunder.bsky.social and team. Well done!

#Famine in #Gaza already occurring, LSHTM experts warn Francesco Checchi & Marko Kerac say immediate opening of land borders for safe food deliveries vital as acute starvation risks disease, death, & long-term effects of #malnutrition. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

Fantastic news @bnmtnepal.bsky.social and very well done and deserved Bhola! I look forward to celebrating together!

The crisis in Sudan is a health catastrophe that the world cannot afford to ignore. Yet, the global response has been gravely inadequate. Our latest Editorial calls for sustained global commitment & attention to safeguard health in Sudan. Read this & more in our new issue: tinyurl.com/m9nutk5w

Dr Stephen Woolley was interviewed by the BBC about brucella canis, a rare bacterial infection that mostly affects dogs but can be transmitted to humans. Catch up on his interview in the documentary 'Rescue Roulette: Dogs from Abroad' here: lstm.ac/40GKhv5 (from 9:00)

#Hepatitis facts you should know: Hepatitis B 👉 Only 13% of people with hep B had been diagnosed 👉 Just 3% had received treatment at the end of 2022 Hepatitis C 👉 Only 36% had been diagnosed 👉 20% had received curative treatment We have the tools. Let’s use them 🔗bit.ly/hepatitis2025

New Editorial - World Hepatitis Day 2025: elimination at a critical juncture buff.ly/gcnJooI #WorldHepatitisDay #LiverSky #MedSky #IDSky #HepSky

On Monday, WHO’s staff residence in Deir al-Balah, #Gaza, was hit by projectiles and damaged by fire while our personnel and their families were inside. Male colleagues were detained, stripped to their underwear, handcuffed & blindfolded. 🔊 Hear what happened on the ground. #NotATarget

With full MMR vaccination rates declining across the UK and reports of cases of measles on the rise, how can doctors recognise and manage measles? GP Frances Dutton shares advice www.bmj.com/content/388/...

🧵 1/3 🚨 For the 1st time, a WHO GDG is reviewing pooling sputum for TB diagnosis. Our #Start4All team just submitted our multicountry data to inform it. 15K participants. 7 countries. One step closer to smarter, faster TB testing. 🧪🌍 #TB #GlobalHealth #Diagnostics www.lstmed.ac.uk/start4all

Our new study examines social contact patterns in urban, peri-urban, and rural communities and their implications for #TB interventions like household contact tracing, infection prevention, and cluster RCTs. #MedSky #EpiSky #IDsky #TBSky Read more in @plosglobalpublichealth.org

📊 Supporting data-driven TB response in Nigeria Vibol Iem from the LIGHT programme worked with NTBLCP & Zankli Research Center to analyze TB data through the lens of poverty, gender & education. Paving the way for equity-focused, gender-responsive action. #TBResearch #EndTB #HealthEquity #Nigeria

🎤 Key speaker announced: @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social will speak at #WCLH2025 - the world's leading #LungHealth event, 18-21 Nov in Copenhagen. The bestselling author & global health advocate brings his momentum from the UN to #UnionConf2025 🔗Register now: tinyurl.com/2vytnjek #TB #JohnGreen

Our work estimating the potential impacts of reductions in international donor funding for #TB is now out in @lancetgh.bsky.social: bit.ly/3TDl28T @raclark18.bsky.social @cfmcquaid.bsky.social @alexandra-richards.bsky.social @top-j.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @richardwhite321.bsky.social

📢in @lancetgh.bsky.social we show heavy catastrophic health expenditure burden in people with chronic respiratory disease symptoms,Meru #Kenya.🔍 Of 296 adults,26% had #CHE (health costs>10% household expenses),CHE more likely in females & if seeking care accompanied or at sub-county/county hosps.

Super stuff @petermacp.bsky.social @lightontb.bsky.social team!

And now, after 7 months of baking, the shiny @lancetgh.bsky.social manuscript has emerged! Very excited to share this as the culmination of a huge amount of work and fantastic/constructive peer review process. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧪🩺 #IDsky #icusky

Supporting the work the Global Fund does is essential to the fight to #EndTB , and all countries play a role! UK residents: email your MP about maintaining the UK's commitment to the Global Fund! And join RESULTS UK's email list for more ways to fight #Tuberculosis results.org.uk/news/...

The people of #Gaza are hungry, exhausted, and facing a growing health crisis. Displacement has stripped them of safety and dignity. Humanitarian aid must reach them — NOW. Watch and share.

🎉New preprint led by Greta Wood🚨 Among ~2000 adults with #TB in 🇿🇦 #multimorbidity was extremely common (86%) and strongly predictive of death at 15 months Need for screening and management. 🧪🛟🦠 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @tomwingfield.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social

Very happy to have this in hard copy. Thank you Kritika @tomwingfield.bsky.social and Maxine!

📣🎉NEW PAPER BMC PUBLIC HEALTH! People with TB in Mozambique navigate complex pathways to care (fig.) leading to severe socioeconomic consequences. Well done Dr Pedroso Nhassengo for leading this vital PhD research & look forward to addressing this through policy/practice change! tinyurl.com/hefyf8ju

“Ultimately, ending #tuberculosis is a political choice. The solutions are within our reach...” New Comment on tuberculosis in the European region by Dr Hans Kluge, Regional Director at @whoeurope.bsky.social ⤵️ bit.ly/4j73InZ

Congratulations to Dr Rosie Steege who has been awarded an @acmedsci Springboard grant for research on climate change, sexual and reproductive health in Bangladesh. The programme supports early-career researchers to develop solutions that improve health & wellbeing. lstm.ac/4llNrwR #Springboard25

TB anywhere is TB everywhere! Read our @lstmnews.bsky.social Centre for TB Research comment for #worldtbday in @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social on the challenges we are facing with a growing TB burden in England and how we can learn lessons from around the globe to combat this increase. #endtb

Experts from LSTM have published a piece in @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social on the concerning rise in TB rates in England. They call for a multi-faceted public health approach to tackle the rise, based on learnings from collaborations in low- and middle-income countries. Read more: lstm.ac/4kXIslW

Today is #WorldTBDay! With the recent setbacks in the fight against TB, it's easy to forget the progress we've made as well, so we're here to remind you: hard work in community with others creates change and empowers progress. Let's celebrate these wins!

Glad to contribute to @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social publications around World TB Day. TB anywhere is TB everywhere. #endtb

🌍 The LIGHT Consortium marks #WorldTBDay2025: "Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver" In this video you can learn how LIGHT is driving gender-responsive TB care, community engagement & making real-world impact—so no one is left behind. 🔗 Watch here: youtu.be/j7VtAjdAcxw?... #EndTB #WTBD2025