Mark Harrington @markhar77.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Treatment Action Group Comments on the Proposed Reorganization of the Division Of Clinical Research (DCR) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) www.treatmentactiongroup.org/statement/dc... 000
Reposted by Mark HarringtonTAGHIVscience @taghivscience.bsky.social · 23/09/2026He also stated that comments on the proposed NIAID Division of Clinical Research reorganization are still open - they are not: www.niaid.nih.gov/about/niaid-... "You are not authorized to access this page." 033
Reposted by Mark HarringtonMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/09/2026Today, alongside a nationwide coalition of cities, counties and the Public Rights Project, we are filing a lawsuit challenging the federal government's new public charge rule. 5448511243
Reposted by Mark HarringtonTori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 05/09/2026Perpetually amazed that I get to call these brilliant people changing the world my friendslink.springer.comInfections Post-inequalities: Realizing the End of Tuberculosis Through Equitable Economic Orders - DevelopmentThe twenty-first century has welcomed significant progress in the battle against deadly infectious diseases through investment programmes (e.g., the Global Fund) and new treatments (e.g., bedaquiline)... 083
Reposted by Mark HarringtonImmigrantsAreUS @immigrantsareus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Join the movement. Tell your representative to www.impeachvought.comimpeachvought.comImpeach VoughtWe are current and former federal workers from across the government. We have witnessed first-hand the harm Russell Vought has inflicted on American communities. We are urging Congress to act now to p... 12517
Reposted by Mark HarringtonJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026To comment on the proposed reorganization of NIAID: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... Deadline: Sep 18!federalregister.govNotice of Public Hearing: NIAID Proposed ReorganizationPursuant to the NIH Reform Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 281(d)(4)), notice is hereby given that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) w... 21917
Reposted by Mark HarringtonMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 29/08/2026👏🏽👏🏽 Thanks to vaccines, Australia is on track to become the first country to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035 news.uq.edu.au/2026-08-20-y...news.uq.edu.au20 years. Millions of lives saved. One revolutionary vaccineGardasil 20-year anniversary story. 184105482840
Reposted by Mark HarringtonMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Does America have the appetite and the ability to check the power of the tech companies, or will they increasingly operate without limits or boundaries, just like the East India Company before them? Fascinating piece by @willdalrymple.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World (Gift Article)A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech. 0239
Reposted by Mark HarringtonDefend Public Health @defendpublichealth.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Defend Public Health has launched an all-out, multipronged campaign to block proposed new OMB rule for federal grants, which threaten to politicize all federal funding, from medical research to grants for bridge repairs and disaster relief. Learn more 👇defendpublichealth.orgDefend Public Health Launches Multi-Pronged Campaign Against OMB Grant Rules | Defend Public HealthDefend Public Health has launched an all-out, multipronged campaign to block proposed new Office of Management and Budget rules for federal grants, which threaten to politicize all federal funding, fr... 01712
Mark Harrington @markhar77.bsky.social · 18/06/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...nytimes.comScores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional 000
Reposted by Mark HarringtonTAGHIVscience @taghivscience.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Applications still very welcome. 034
Reposted by Mark HarringtonMSF Access @msfaccess.org · 08/06/2026Read our statement sharing principles to follow for equitable access to medical tools for Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus: msfaccess.org/principles-e...msfaccess.orgPrinciples for equitable access to medical tools for Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virusMSF calls for following R&D Principles for equitable access to medical tools for Bundibugyo virus 012
Reposted by Mark HarringtonTAG - Treatment Action Group @treatmentactiongroup.org · 08/06/2026On Friday night, TAG stood alongside our partners at the @nycaidsmemorial.bsky.social for a candlelight vigil, rally, march, and die in. The event marked HIV/AIDS Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day and commemorates a solemn milestone: the 45th anniversary of the CDC’s first report on the epidemic. 094
Reposted by Mark HarringtonNina Schwalbe, MPH, PhD @nschwalbe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026People-powered campaigns only work when people power them. If you can, chip in today and help us keep the momentum going: vist.ly/56hkd 001
Reposted by Mark HarringtonColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 02/06/2026As if we didn't have enough cooking this week, @standupforscience.net launched SUFS Foundation website...so here's our response to the @nationalacademies.org "State of the Science" address by @irenesufs.bsky.social Per usual, we didn't mince words. www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...standupforscience.foundationWhen leaders are the first to capitulate and what they should do instead — Your Site TitleWritten By: Irene Ngun, Assistant Director of Policy and Advocacy 02810
Reposted by Mark HarringtonStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/06/2026Thank you all for attending our Emergency Science Meeting! To commemorate, we would love to share this wonderful piece by Mark Simmons (@toysdream.bsky.social) showcasing speakers and the topics present at the meeting. 23913
Reposted by Mark HarringtonAdam R Houston @healthlawadamh.bsky.social · 01/06/2026"Montreal public health sets up squad to curb spike in #tuberculosis cases - Sexually transmitted infections like gonorrhea are also up, according to a new report." montrealgazette.com/news/health/...montrealgazette.comMontreal public health sets up squad to curb spike in tuberculosis casesSexually transmitted infections like gonorrhea are also up, according to a new report. 052
Reposted by Mark HarringtonSheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 18/04/2026UNSUNG HERO: Iris Long was an unlikely AIDS activist. A married chemist from Queens, she barely knew any gay people. She joined ACT UP to use her expertise to fight for treatments. May her memory be a blessing. By Richard Sandomir, w/ a small assist from me. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...nytimes.comIris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 016467
Reposted by Mark HarringtonMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 18/05/2026In the richest city in the richest country in the history of the world, nobody should be going hungry. That's why we're opening five city-owned grocery stores, one in each borough, starting with The Bronx. Lower Prices. Good food. Publicly owned. Hunts Point next year. Every borough by 2029. 513761580
Reposted by Mark HarringtonPandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab @mcgillperl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Nina Schwalbe spent decades leading global health initiatives at Gavi, UNICEF, and USAID. Now she's running for U.S. Congress to bring a public health lens to the systems that failed us. 🎙️ Watch the full ep here: youtu.be/Qc3XVSmvYh0?... @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social 023
Reposted by Mark HarringtonMaggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Translation: Moderna's #mRNA vaccine prevented #flu about as well as standard #vaccines but seemed to prevent severe illness better. Plus mRNA vaccines are quicker and easier to make, of course. More people had sore arms and fevers after the shot. feeds.issuerdirect.com/news-release...feeds.issuerdirect.comNews ReleaseNews Release 053
Reposted by Mark Harringtonallen institute @alleninstitute.org · 01/05/2026Happy Birthday to Santiago Ramón y Cajal - the "father of modern neuroscience." 110735
Reposted by Mark HarringtonPostmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 01/05/2026pezzate.wordpress.com/2026/05/01/a...pezzate.wordpress.comAfrican Mystic Writing, from West Africa to Cuba & NYCThough his book Aerosol Kingdom was only published in 2002, Ivor Miller started documenting writing in the late ‘80s. Around that time, he started joining the dots that link NYC subway writing to a… 001
Reposted by Mark HarringtonMichael Rothberg @mrothberg.bsky.social · 01/05/2026The award-winning Palestinian poet and writer Mosab Abu Toha was castigated by the president of Le Moyne College for using the word "genocide" to describe the situation in Gaza. The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network responded with a letter on Mosab's behalf. www.ghscn.org/letters-and-...ghscn.orgGHSCN - Letters and StatementsApril 29, 2026 - Letter to Le Moyne College in support of Mosab Abu Toha 3418104
Reposted by Mark HarringtonMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Yet another reason to make HPV vaccination more widely available! HPV vaccination cuts cancer risk in men by about half, study suggests www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...cidrap.umn.eduHPV vaccination cuts cancer risk in men by about half, study suggests 28129
Reposted by Mark HarringtonJson Momoa @jotatx.eurosky.social · 12/04/2026a while ago, Bolsonaro was fearing for his imprisonment he sneaked into the Hungary Embassy near his home and spent a couple of days there hiding. so this has sweet taste to us in Brazil. 51823254
Reposted by Mark HarringtonMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 12/04/2026Explore a detailed timeline and map of accomplishments from our first 100 days: nyc.gov/100days 9882136
Reposted by Mark HarringtonAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Cotopaxi joined the Save the US Forest Service movement. 192782533
Reposted by Mark HarringtonPaul Sax @paulsaxmd.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Don't miss the two -- count 'em! -- free videos! Rabies, Tuberculosis, and Other Cheerful Spring Topics open.substack.com/pub/paulsaxm...open.substack.comRabies, Tuberculosis, and Other Cheerful Spring TopicsIncluding a video making its big premiere, plus a few other entertaining subjects of note. 031
Reposted by Mark HarringtonTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change. 12396262523
Reposted by Mark HarringtonTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” These are the words of the president of the United States, today. The president speaks genocide. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment. snyder.substack.com/p/the-presid...snyder.substack.comThe president speaks genocideThe words, the law, the future 12044761686
Reposted by Mark HarringtonBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 05/04/2026FWIW "Impeach The President" remains a banger youtu.be/wqbEsS5kFb8?...youtu.beThe Honey Drippers - Impeach The PresidentYouTube video by JBtheModManchester 923376
Reposted by Mark HarringtonGreg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 02/04/2026CIDRAP: The State of US Vaccine Policy — Apr 2, 2026 by Jess Steier and Izzy Brandstetter Figueroa @cidrap.bsky.social @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social bit.ly/4c70GOg 021
Reposted by Mark HarringtonMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 02/04/2026My editorial in @theunion.org journal is a celebration of books and authors who've made important contributions to our understanding of tuberculosis journals.theunion.org/content/ijtl... 0113
Reposted by Mark HarringtonHealth Justice Initiative @hji-sa.bsky.social · 26/03/2026📢JUST IN📢 This HUMAN RIGHTS month, we are excited to share Health Justice Initiative's (HJI) Turning 5 Report. Link: healthjusticeinitiative.org.za/2026/03/25/h... 034
Reposted by Mark HarringtonTAG - Treatment Action Group @treatmentactiongroup.org · 27/03/2026To mark #WorldTBDay, TAG joined "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" cast member Tamrin Goldberg for a panel on TB advocacy, exploring how pop culture storytelling shapes our understanding of tuberculosis today. 🧵(1/3) Thanks for hosting @rutgershealth.org @nychealthy.bsky.social! 165
Mark Harrington @markhar77.bsky.social · 21/03/2026This paper builds on D Byar et al.'s 1990 "Design Considerations for AIDS Trials" [lnkd.in/d7H57UWs] reflecting dialogue among statisticians + activists, and led to big changes in AIDS clinical trials, making research faster, more inclusive, and more humane. academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...academic.oup.comWhen are uncontrolled trials in TB scientifically and ethically justified: Borrowing wisdom from early AIDS clinical trialsAbstract. Tuberculosis treatment trials have used various comparison strategies. To inform trial design for novel tuberculosis regimens, we applied an exis 021
Reposted by Mark HarringtonMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19/03/2026Welcome home, Dylan. 152227336
Reposted by Mark HarringtonTAG - Treatment Action Group @treatmentactiongroup.org · 18/03/2026War is a public health crisis. TAG condemns the U.S. war in Iran. Billions are spent daily on weapons while health programs are cut. We're calling on Congress to reject military spending and invest in health care instead. We choose health. We choose research. 🔗 bit.ly/TAGwarStatem... 064
Reposted by Mark HarringtonNina Schwalbe, MPH, PhD @nschwalbe.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Withholding life-saving HIV/AIDS treatment in exchange for mining access is not diplomacy. It is coercion, and the consequences are measured in lives. 02416
Reposted by Mark HarringtonAsia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 18/03/2026come for the rapid fire global multi century anti-imperial struggle teach in stay for the Rodger Casement shout out 🇮🇪 🏳️🌈 1155
Reposted by Mark HarringtonMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026The United States is contemplating threatening to kill people with HIV in another country as leverage to get that country's minerals. We have become a sick nation, just as depraved and disgusting as its leader. 1252183317392
Reposted by Mark HarringtonAsia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Who gets protection? Incompetent, delicate snowflake DOGE thugs who are only now afraid of reputational damage. Because of their decisions, millions around the world had their food, medicine, clean water, education, +++ snatched from them with no justice, no recourse, nothing. 01310
Reposted by Mark HarringtonTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16/03/2026No Kings. March 28th. Make a plan for where you'll be and bring your family and friends. www.nokings.orgnokings.orgNo KingsAs the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ... 471892799
Reposted by Mark HarringtonMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/03/2026Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers. 18556481211951
Reposted by Mark HarringtonTAG - Treatment Action Group @treatmentactiongroup.org · 13/03/2026We’re hiring a Grant Officer at Treatment Action Group. Help support the grants and partnerships that sustain our work advancing HIV, TB, and HCV research, policy, and advocacy. Learn more and apply: www.treatmentactiongroup.org/about-us/wor... Please share! 011
Reposted by Mark HarringtonAsia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 11/03/2026it's never about money, it's about whom they think deserves to live; whether its kids shoved in US concentration camps or families who need food stamps or someone in South Sudan who needs cholera treatment, they simply don't care who dies in their wake; they must be stopped 001
Reposted by Mark HarringtonAsia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 11/03/2026A false claim used to justify their depraved actions was USAID 'waste' & 'abuse' which was an obvious lie. While DoD gorges on billions in king crab, Rubio refuses to release $977 million in already appropriated funding for life saving HIV treatment and prevention, see: -> bit.ly/PEPFARSlowDownbit.ly 101
Reposted by Mark HarringtonAsia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Sept 2025, Hegseth spent $93.4billion or $127million every hour on prime rib, lobster tail ++: openthebooks.substack.com/p/pentagon-s...; he knows if DoD doesn't exhaust the budget by fiscal year's end it will be harder 2 get more & the merchants of death are greedy. compare w/USAID. A thread>>openthebooks.substack.comPentagon Should Focus on Defense Priorities, not Lavish Dinners, After Historic $93.4B “Use-It-or-Lose-It” SeptemberDefense officials typically enter the end of each fiscal year with at least one goal in mind: spend the rest of the military’s budget by any means necessary. 101
