#tuberculosis (TB) is airborne, preventable and curable. Yet every day TB claims thousands of lives and pushes people into poverty. At #APOPO, with the help of our #HeroRATs, we diagnose 48% more patients for partner clinics who then receive life-saving treatment. #SDG3 #EndTB

Wealth has a large impact on quality of care, or even if one gets care, as individuals like Dr. Robitzek saw in his personal and professional life. How does income impact a person’s experience with TB, both today and in the past? #TBReaders

If you’re interested in attending #TBHillDay 2026 (especially if you’re from WY, HI, AR, ID, KS, LA, ME, ND, OK, RI, or SD) you can learn more and apply here: tbfighters.org/hill-day/

Aid cuts are devastating health services in Africa The sudden dismantling of USAID has led to more death and disease www.economist.com/middle-east-...

We had such a great time at the US #TBHillDay in April we're taking it up north!🇨🇦 Join us for the #LeadOnTB Advocacy Day on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept 25, 2025: bit.ly/LeadOnTB

The impact of USAID cuts is slowly but surely visible in many countries where we work. For eg: In Gambella, Ethiopia, funding cuts led to the suspension of nutrition services in 4 out of 7 refugee camps, leaving around 80,000 children under the age of 5 at risk of life-threatening malnutrition.

TB is the # 1 infectious killer of humankind. We know how to control this disease, but have chosen not to. New books by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social & Handaa Enkh-Amgalan bring fresh advocacy communities.springernature.com/posts/tb-an-...

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...

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...

Undoing progress through sudden tuberculosis funding cuts - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

This is theft, plain and simple. They stole this from you. Every deletion, every erasure, every website that goes dark is a crime against the American public

When I ran the TB service in Leeds, my colleagues used to joke that I thought "Everything is Tuberculosis" Not quite true - but I did encourage them to think of it, as it is easy to miss. This brilliant book highlights how many in the world don't have access to the resources I had.

What do foreign aid cuts mean for TB care? The U.S. has led the fight against TB for decades. Cutting aid now risks millions of lives. TB is curable. The crisis is political. Dr. @cdmitpih.bsky.social and Dr. Jen Furin break it down in this video. Watch and help fill the gap: pih.org/fill-the-gap

When you have the ability to save lives and you withhold it until someone gives you a ridiculous amount of money, the resulting deaths are your choice. You are choosing to watch people die in the name of profit. #PeopleOverProfits, always.

Gilead has announced that lenacapavir, the game-changing HIV prevention drug just approved by the FDA will cost $28,218 USD per person per year. Researchers say a generic version could be made for just $25 per person a year. Capitalism kills.

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

Need help calling your representatives about the rescissions package? Join one of our advocacy sessions this week! These sessions are open to anyone as a space to get help contacting your representatives or get support doing other forms of advocacy. tbfighter.link/calendar

From a colleague. Keep calling! It’s working!!! “We’re hearing that because enough moderate Republicans in the House are telling Speaker Johnson they’re against PEPFAR cuts, the White House is going to amend the package. The pressure is working!!“

Would you spend $20 to save a human life? What about $20 to save thousands of lives? What if I told you that if you pay US taxes, you already *have* paid this $20, but Trump doesn’t want it to be spent saving lives? That’s exactly what’s happening with these rescissions: youtu.be/oJW2iES4oPw?...

Listen, I know people are upset that there won't be a #RepTV. But it's just because Taylor heard Reputation (Tuberculosis Version) and decided she couldn't top it. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Need help writing an op-ed? Calling your elected officials? Finding resources for your TB project? Come to our #TBFighters advocacy sessions to find community and get help with whatever you're working on! tbfighter.link/calendar

The Senate TB Dear Colleague letter has to be signed by TOMORROW! Check on your senators using the @resultsorg.bsky.social spreadsheet and call them TODAY to tell them it's time to sign! #TBSky docs.google.com/spreadsheets... tbfighters.org/templates/de...

#EITB is only the beginning of our global health education! Next, we'll be reading #PhantomPlague by @VidyaKrishnan.bsky.social, a global health reporter who works and lives in India. Phantom Plague remembers Shreya Tripathi's story, as well as the global systems that cost her life. #TBReaders

Did you miss our #TBReaders live Q&A with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social? Watch the stream anytime you want at www.youtube.com/watc...

It's today!!

It’s simply unethical to leave so many trial participants hanging by pausing ongoing trials. #TBSky #IDSky msfaccess.org/us-funding-c...

7/ Stay tuned for the last part of this series, which will examine how global debt affects Malawi's ability to fund its public health care system. Learn more: www.pih.org/article/fina...

There's still a week to ask your reps to sign onto the TB Dear Colleague letter in the House, and no Senate deadline yet! These bipartisan letters are an important way to get congresspeople to voice their support for TB and encourage others to do the same: tbfighters.org/templ...

It’s true! wtop.com/health-fitne...

Of course we need to be clever how to spend the limited resources, but never lost the perspective: patients are persons with dreams and should be the center of care! We have the tools, and we know what we need to address as a society (social determinants), so we should be the cure! #EndTB (4/4)

We are excited to announce that #TBReaders will be doing a live Q&A with Henry Reider and @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social on May 15th @ 12pm ET! This will be a fantastic opportunity to dive deeper into the themes and messages in #EverythingIsTuberculosis 1/4

Let's keep the #TBHillDay energy going! Join us in urging both the House and Senate to support the #Tuberculosis Dear Colleague Letter! Your rep's signature can make a big difference and help save lives. Contact them now! tbfighters.org/templ...

“I think probably most people weren’t aware of tuberculosis, but when they became aware of it, they became very angry, like I did.” notadoctor.news/2025/04/15/w...

It’s never a good time to cut funding #tuberculosis research, but this moment, when cases are rising right here in Massachusetts, when we’re so close to breakthroughs that could help us #EndTB faster, is a particularly bad time: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/15/m...

We know how to #EndTB. It's not a testing or treatment problem, we just need "a little f**king money." Around 250 people joined us at #TBHillDay to advocate for just that! This is only the beginning. We'll see you again next year, DC 🫡 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Couldn’t happen to a ‘nicer’ guy. how does 1 human have $31 billion to lose? 1.3 million deaths GLOBALLY could be prevented each year w/this amount of $. It could fund ALL TB R&D for 6 years, saving 10s of millions of lives across generations to come. #TBhillday #TBsky

TBFighters went to Danaher's door today with a simple message: it's #TimeFor5, to release their audit, and put #PeopleOverProfits. If 600 emails in one day aren't enough to make our voices heard, we'll just keep shouting louder! tbfighters.org/action

TB is rare in the US partly because of brilliant trans people. The US put xray machines on vans and drove around saying "xrays here, get yer free xrays", catching cases before people got sick. The guy who pioneered diagnosing TB with chest xrays? Alan Hart, who was a trans man. #EverythingIsTB

Think #Tuberculosis can’t happen where you live? Think again! Tuberculosis can infect anyone, regardless of location or socioeconomic status. #GlobalHealth www.muellerhealthfou...

In case you missed it, @tbfighters.org released a new website about USAID being dismantled and what you can do to stop it. Go check it out:

Testing. Treatment. Advocacy. We are proving that TB can be beaten, but it takes all of us to drive change 💪 Let’s fight for a world where no one dies from a preventable disease. Click here to learn more about TB by downloading our advocacy guide: act.pih.org/tb

Wasn’t there supposed to be some audit that supposedly happened to show how much they actually cost to make? Where’s the evidence, Danaher? It’s #TimeFor5

why did I just learn today that Hello Kitty is a TBFighter

it is false to suggest, as some recently have, that Everything Is TB is a pivot away from sensitive teens, as it centers around sensitive teen Henry Reider. The real pivot was The Anthropocene Reviewed, which centered around sensitive adult John Green

forget everything, when people ask me who the vlogbrothers are I'm telling them "you know, they're vertical video sensation Hank Green and touchstone for sensitive teens John Green" Gift link: wapo.st/4c6iyZ8

🫡 pretty nice tbfighting outfit if you ask me Congress needs to stop the cuts to NIH and fight for more TB research funding!

omg it's a banger gonna be singing this all night

This #WorldTBDay, Doctors Without Borders calls for urgent, sustained funding to end #Tuberculosis (TB) in children. Every year, 1.25 million children get TB, but ONLY HALF are diagnosed and treated. Funding cuts are threatening vital care, putting children at even greater risk.

TBFighters haven't forgotten that it's still #TimeFor5. Danaher needs to produce their long-overdue audit. Can you believe we have been waiting for two occurrences of #WorldTBDay now?