tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Thank 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! 050
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 23/06/2025As we know, Everything is Tuberculosis. This includes Game 7 of the NBA finals. Ask me how 110
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 03/05/2025We are paying attention to tuberculosis 👀 🐝 wtop.com/health-fitne...wtop.comAuthor John Green — and his fans — want you to pay attention to tuberculosis - WTOP NewsAuthor John Green wants people to know tuberculosis is both preventable and curable, but the infectious disease still claims 1.25 million lives every year. 052
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Personally I estimate that at #TBHillDay advocates spent at least one bajillion hours being really nice and cool 070
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 07/04/2025All 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 130
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialTofu @tbfightertofu.bsky.social · 06/04/2025TB 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 0112
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Cory Booker mentioning drug resistant TB twice during his record breaking marathon speech? Congrats senator you're a TBFighter now 0544
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 24/03/2025TBFighters 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? 0125
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialJohn Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Happy World TB Day. Grateful for all the work global TB Fighters pour into preventing this curable and preventable scourge. Together, we can end TB. 161230121
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialTB Community Coordination Hub @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social · 24/03/2025To 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-...context.newsUSAID cuts have disastrous consequences for global push to end TB | ContextThe 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 014
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialAlissa Rothchild @alissarothchild.bsky.social · 24/03/2025It'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. 065
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialResults Canada @resultscanada.bsky.social · 24/03/2025This #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. 131
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialsarasuliman.bsky.social @sarasuliman.bsky.social · 24/03/2025It'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 0205
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialTBFighters @tbfighters.org · 24/03/2025Today 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! 127461
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialmartha-s.bsky.social @martha-s.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Spotted in line at @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social’s #EverythingIsTuberculosis book event in Indianapolis. I love nerdfighteria. 551925
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialTBFighters @tbfighters.org · 15/03/2025Check 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 0234
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialTBFighters @tbfighters.org · 09/03/2025The 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... 13814
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 10/03/2025On 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 030
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialTofu @tbfightertofu.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Great thread. The UK and US have a lot in common here 032
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025We 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! 021
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Good thread and article for TBFighters to read! 020
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialCarole Mitnick @cdmitpih.bsky.social · 30/01/2025This 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 ⬇️.nejm.orgOral Regimens for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis | NEJMQuick Take Video Summary from The New England Journal of Medicine — Oral Regimens for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis 0104
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialShalom 💜 @shalom.dftba.social · 25/01/2025Like 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... 055
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialTBFighters @tbfighters.org · 25/01/2025We 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-... 23613
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialDoctors 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 111839
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025You 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. 💪 0112
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialTofu @tbfightertofu.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Capping 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...youtube.comTBFighters Auld Lang SyneYouTube video by TBFighters 163
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Earnest 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. 💜 160
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialTBFighters @tbfighters.org · 03/12/2024Our 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/subscribenewsletter.tbfighters.orgTBFighters NewsletterSign up for the TBFighters newsletter! 0198
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialTofu @tbfightertofu.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Essential 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. 01711
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialAnthony Cannella, MD, MSc, FACP, FIDSA @apcmd.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Ha! I love this, Liz! #TBSky #NTM 2121
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialTBFighters @tbfighters.org · 23/11/2024Are 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...forms.gleTuBOOKulosis reading clubPlease fill out this form if you are interested in joining a book club focused on tuberculosis, starting in 2025! 02413
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Cool 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 1382
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Apologies 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... 080
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialTofu @tbfightertofu.bsky.social · 21/11/2024The 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 064
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024If google search had a Spotify-wrapped-style feature, one of my top trends would be searching "[thing] tuberculosis" Like this 0294
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialTofu @tbfightertofu.bsky.social · 18/11/2024The 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/ 196
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialDan @itsdanielarthur.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Unaffordable testing is exacerbating a range of health crises, including #mpox. It’s #Timefor5 on all Xpert tests! 0126
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialtb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 16/11/2024TB 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/ #TBSkytb33.orgJoin us to demand that Global Fund fixes its discriminatory disease split! - TB33CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION NOW! We know that the petition may not open in some countries. If yo 087
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialtb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I 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-... #TBSkystoptb.orgGlobal Fund Disease SplitTuberculosis 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 1128
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialDan @itsdanielarthur.bsky.social · 18/11/2024The 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 1188
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialShailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Last 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 0206
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Always finding ways to drop TBFighters.org into the conversation too 2293
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I 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-... #TBSkystoptb.orgGlobal Fund Disease SplitTuberculosis 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 1128
Reposted by @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.socialTofu @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...npr.orgTB reclaims title of deadliest infectious disease. That's an 'outrage' says WHODIslodged 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? 0105
tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · 13/11/2024#tuberculosis once again taking the top spot 1206