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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Thank you for asking! The Indiana Pacers are 20% owned by Steven Rales. Steven is also the cofounder and chairman of Danaher, which owns Cepheid. Cepheid makes GeneXpert rapid TB tests. Making rapid tests affordable and broadly accessible is a key part of the strategy to end TB!
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
As we know, Everything is Tuberculosis. This includes Game 7 of the NBA finals. Ask me how
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
We are paying attention to tuberculosis 👀 🐝 wtop.com/health-fitne...
wtop.com
Author John Green — and his fans — want you to pay attention to tuberculosis - WTOP News
Author John Green wants people to know tuberculosis is both preventable and curable, but the infectious disease still claims 1.25 million lives every year.
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Tofu @tbfightertofu.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
an edited cover of John Green's book Everything is Tuberculosis. The title now reads "Gold is tuberculosis." The central image is a stack of gold bars.
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Personally I estimate that at #TBHillDay advocates spent at least one bajillion hours being really nice and cool
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
All across the country today, TBFighters are getting on planes and trains and automobiles and heading towards the nation's capital. It's like a reverse infection. Or maybe we are the immune response...? Antibiotics? Still workshopping tbh
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Tofu @tbfightertofu.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Always has been
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Cory Booker mentioning drug resistant TB twice during his record breaking marathon speech? Congrats senator you're a TBFighter now
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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?
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Happy World TB Day. Grateful for all the work global TB Fighters pour into preventing this curable and preventable scourge. Together, we can end TB.
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TB Community Coordination Hub @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
To mark #WorldTBDay2025 our working group member Dr. Kazi has published this op-ed highlighting the disastrous consequences of USAID cuts on the global fight to #EndTB. World leaders must act now to #CommitInvestDeliver! #FundingCutsCostLives www.context.news/money-power-...
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USAID cuts have disastrous consequences for global push to end TB | Context
The theme for World Tuberculosis Day is Yes! We can end TB: But to do that in the wake of US aid cuts, we must invest and act now
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Alissa Rothchild @alissarothchild.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
It's #WorldTBDay. Let's remember that even before recent threats to #Tuberculosis funding, there was a funding gap for #TBdiagnosis, #TBtreatment, and #TBresearch. We must increase (not decrease) global health investments to fight this epidemic.
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Results Canada @resultscanada.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
This #WorldTBDay, we stand in solidarity with the millions who are affected or lose their lives because of tuberculosis every year. The effort to #EndTB is urgent. Global health budgets are being cut around the world and TB rates right here in Canada are rising.
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sarasuliman.bsky.social @sarasuliman.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
It's world TB day. The last two months have been a series of attacks on global health, infectious disease science and vulnerable populations. The damage will take decades to undo, and we are heading onto a steep global health disaster. We can't stay quiet. #tuberculosis #TB #WTBD2025
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TBFighters @tbfighters.org · 24/03/2025
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!
Happy World TB Day. Here are some things to celebrate: The price of bedaquiline dropped by over 50%! 75 million lives were saved in the past 25 years due to global efforts to end TB! The reccomended treatment length was reduced to 6 months! Yes, we can end TB!
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martha-s.bsky.social @martha-s.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Spotted in line at @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social’s #EverythingIsTuberculosis book event in Indianapolis. I love nerdfighteria.
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TBFighters @tbfighters.org · 15/03/2025
Check out this excellent review from longtime #Nerdfighter and TBFighter Hannah, who talks about why #EverythingIsTuberculosis isn't just Crash Course TB, it's about the treacherous things we believe about tuberculosis
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TBFighters @tbfighters.org · 09/03/2025
The Gilded Age may have ended in the 1900s but consumption, more commonly known as #Tuberculosis, didn’t end in the past. In fact, TB is still the deadliest infectious disease in the world, even though it’s curable! #IDSky More TB myths: www.muellerhealthfoundation.org/knowledge/de...
An infographic titled "Tuberculosis Myth" with a TBFighters hourglass logo in the upper right corner. 
"Myth: Tuberculosis is a disease of the past. Fact: Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's deadliest infectious disease. The CDC estimates that ~23% of the world's population was infected with TB in 2018. At least 1.25 million people died of TB in 2023, according to the World Health Organization."
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
On one hand, I desperately want people to understand that TB is not a disease of the past and take it seriously. On the other hand, I desperately need people to understand the Kansas TB outbreak is not the largest in the history of the US
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Tofu @tbfightertofu.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Great thread. The UK and US have a lot in common here
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
We have a time slot every day this week plus one on Monday where we will all do our calls together! It's nice to briefly go over the things we're calling about together and then have a space for camaraderie. Please join if you want!
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Good thread and article for TBFighters to read!
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Carole Mitnick @cdmitpih.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
This 6-year project, was successful only because of decades of foundational, respectful, global collaboration, funded by many, including USG. Continued engagement by USG in global collaborations is essential to progress in health that benefits US & everywhere. #TBSky. Short video on endTB trial ⬇️.
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Oral Regimens for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis | NEJM
Quick Take Video Summary from The New England Journal of Medicine — Oral Regimens for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis
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Shalom 💜 @shalom.dftba.social · 25/01/2025
Like phone calls and personalized emails, handwritten letters are a really powerful way to tell your Reps we need their help to #EndTB! Send them consistently in the lead-up to TB Hill Day to emphasize just how crucial funding is to end this inequity tbfighters.org/templates/hi...
Three letters with US flag stamps fanned out in front of a US Postal Service collection box
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TBFighters @tbfighters.org · 25/01/2025
We are blown away by the response to this post! There are #TBFighters from ALL FIFTY STATES who are committed to attending Hill Day — but many of them need financial help to make it there. Can you chip in to help make the biggest ever #Tuberculosis Hill Day happen? act.pih.org/tb-hill-day-...
Illustrated Capitol building with the TB Fighters hourglass behind it. Text above "All fifty states are committed to Hill Day. Donate to help volunteers get to the Hill!"
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 24/01/2025
#Tuberculosis: TB is one of the world’s biggest health crises affecting over 10 million people per year, including over 1 million children. And every three minutes, a child dies of TB. Learn how we are intervening: www.msf.org/tactic-tuber... #IDSky
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
You didn't hear it from me, but a little birdy told me we now have 50-state coverage, pending a few confirmations. See you all in April. 💪
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Tofu @tbfightertofu.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Capping off the @tbfighters.org holiday album, 12 TBFighters got together to tell #Danaher it's #TimeFor5, in 4 part harmony. Let's hope Danaher sees the light and drops all GeneXpert prices in 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdcN...
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TBFighters Auld Lang Syne
YouTube video by TBFighters
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Earnest post to end the year: I am constantly inspired by my fellow TBFighters and people everywhere doing the work to end this disease. I truly believe that in my lifetime we can end TB! Honored to be in this community and looking forward to what 2025 will bring. 💜
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Gazoonkas...
The "is this" butterfly meme. The man is labeled nerdfighters, the butterfly has a screenshot of "Breast Tuberculosis in Women: a Systematic Review", and the bottom says "Is this gazoonkas"
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TBFighters @tbfighters.org · 03/12/2024
Our newsletter just got a glow up! ✨ Check your inbox (incl the social and spam folders) to make sure you keep receiving our new and improved #TBFighters newsletter. If you'd like to start getting news about #Tuberculosis activism, now is a great time to sign up! newsletter.tbfighters.org/subscribe
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TBFighters Newsletter
Sign up for the TBFighters newsletter!
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Tofu @tbfightertofu.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Essential reading. Companies including #Gilead, #Otsuka, and #Danaher price gouge, evergreen, and use restrictive donation programs to score a profit at the expense of public health. We can end #HIV and #EndTB, but only if we hold these companies accountable.
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Anthony Cannella, MD, MSc, FACP, FIDSA @apcmd.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Ha! I love this, Liz! #TBSky #NTM
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Meme: blurry photo on the left of two fingers turning up a volume knob to 10. On the right, a blurry photo of a person with headphones on, one hand in the air, and an overwhelmed expression on their face
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TBFighters @tbfighters.org · 23/11/2024
Are you interested in joining a book club with a focus on #Tuberculosis? To create one we need your input! Please fill out this form to share your thoughts on the book club and let us know you'd like to be a part of it: forms.gle/vzKZSW2hTjoQ...
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TuBOOKulosis reading club
Please fill out this form if you are interested in joining a book club focused on tuberculosis, starting in 2025!
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Cool study about detecting TB in people with HIV using Urine Xpert tests...if they were affordable this is what conversations could be like www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #TBSky
Gossip girl meme. The top image is of Serena, and the text says "I might have tb". The bottom image is of Blair, and the text, which is made out of a scrambled Gossip Girl logo, reads "go piss girl"
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Apologies in advance to any TB scientists who see my next post...I hope you think it's funny but if you don't just know that I have a very deep respect for you and the work you do...
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Tofu @tbfightertofu.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The hits just keep coming! GeneXpert can detect TB and RIF resistance in urine in people with HIV. This could be a huge step to #EndTB, if #Danaher would make GeneXpert accessible by lowering the price of their tests to $5. It's #TimeFor5
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
If google search had a Spotify-wrapped-style feature, one of my top trends would be searching "[thing] tuberculosis" Like this
A screenshot of Google search on mobile. The search term is "adirondack chair tuberculosis"

Only the first result is shown. It reads:
"Smithsonian Magazine
www.smithsonianmag.com
How the Adirondack Chair Became the Feel-Good Recliner That Cures What ...
Aug 4, 2021 - Were it not for
tuberculosis, artist and furniture maker Daniel Mack writes, "It's unlikely that there would have been an Adirondack chair."
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Tofu @tbfightertofu.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The 2024 WHO Global TB Report was clear: TB care is massively underfunded. We need $22 billion a year to #EndTB, but we're only getting $5.7 billion. The #GlobalFund needs to be a leader and close the gap. TGF needs to treat TB as what it is - the deadliest infectious disease in the world. 1/
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Dan @itsdanielarthur.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Unaffordable testing is exacerbating a range of health crises, including #mpox. It’s #Timefor5 on all Xpert tests!
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
TB is the deadliest infectious disease in the world! It is an urgent threat! It's not appropriate for only 18% Global Fund to be allocated to TB. If you agree, sign the petition: tb33.org/petition/ #TBSky
tb33.org
Join us to demand that Global Fund fixes its discriminatory disease split! - TB33
CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION NOW! We know that the petition may not open in some countries. If yo
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I hope that when the Global Fund board meets this week, they take the calls from the community about the disease split seriously. Info from StopTB here: www.stoptb.org/advocate-to-... #TBSky
stoptb.org
Global Fund Disease Split
Tuberculosis is an airborne disease that is the biggest infectious disease killer in the world. In spite of being a threat to all of us, the TB response is severely underfunded. Year after year, the
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Dan @itsdanielarthur.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The Global Fund board meets this week - when discussing disease split I hope they take NGO and advocate concerns seriously, and increase the share of funding allocated to TB. More info from StopTB: www.stoptb.org/advocate-to-... 18% is simply not enough for the world’s deadliest disease. #TBSky
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Last day at the TB Union Conference, and as always, my biggest takeaway is learning from the experiences of TB champions who fought this battle firsthand and are now advocating for access for others. Salute to their heroism! 🙌🏽💪🏽 #TBUnion2024 #PeopleOverProfits #GlobalHealth #TBChampions
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Always finding ways to drop TBFighters.org into the conversation too
The meme where a guy is standing alone in a corner with a party hat on and a drink in his hand and other people are dancing in two identical couples, drawn in simple black lines in a plain white background. Text by the guy in the corner reads "they don't know TB is the deadliest infectious disease" and text by the people at the bottom dancing reads "yeah we do you literally won't stop talking about it"
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I hope that when the Global Fund board meets this week, they take the calls from the community about the disease split seriously. Info from StopTB here: www.stoptb.org/advocate-to-... #TBSky
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Global Fund Disease Split
Tuberculosis is an airborne disease that is the biggest infectious disease killer in the world. In spite of being a threat to all of us, the TB response is severely underfunded. Year after year, the
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Tofu @tbfightertofu.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
"Global funding for TB prevention and care decreased in 2023 from $6 billion... to $5.7 billion and remains far below the yearly target of $22 billion" Wealthy countries, especially the US, need to step up funding to end the world's deadliest infectious disease. #EndTB www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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TB reclaims title of deadliest infectious disease. That's an 'outrage' says WHO
DIslodged by COVID early in the pandemic, tuberculosis is once again the infectious disease that takes the most lives each year. And the number of cases set a new record. What's going on?
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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
#tuberculosis once again taking the top spot
Meme reading "when I'm in a DEADLIEST INFECTIOUS DISEASE competition and my opponent is TUBERCULOSIS" above a picture of Squidward looking scared and weird
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