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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · 11d

www.cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis... #tbsky #tuberculosis #USAID #TBFighters

Experts warn loss of USAID endangers the fight against deadly TB

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · 15d

TB deaths up 5% in 6 months since USAID funds pulled from Napula, Mozambique: #USAID #TBsky #TBFighters #tuberculosis observador.pt/2025/09/24/t...

Tuberculose matou 71 pessoas na província moçambicana de Nampula em seis meses

As autoridades de saúde apontam a falta de financiamento como uma das causas do aumento da doença. Entre 2019 e 2024, do total de 108.242 casos notificados e tratados no país, 10.547 eram crianças.

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Catherine Berry (she/her) @catherineberry.bsky.social · 18d

#TBSky

ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 21d

The #MIGoodCare call is now open! Led by #ISGlobal for @ecdc.europa.eu, it seeks good practice models for testing, linkage and care of #HIV, #hepatitis, #TB and #STIs in migrant populations across Europe.

Submit here: 🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/hrbwuqmvkf

#MigrantHealth

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · Sep 11

TB deaths projected to rise due to aid cuts, State Dept cannot say current funding level.

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TB is the #1 killer among infectious diseases. A new study says its toll could mount

New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become permanent.

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · Sep 10

Come join us! Researcher TB (MD/PhD)
Dept of Clinical Sciences www.itg.be/en/jobs-and-... #TBfighters #tbsky #CAD #AMR #DRTB #tuberculosis #IDSky #EndTB

Researcher Tuberculosis

More than 500 staff members at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) contribute every day to improving the health of millions of people world...

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · Sep 4

RFK Jr fails to protect us, endangers future generations, & peddles falsehoods. We require competent leadership in this context of emerging & returning pathogens. He must resign or be fired.

IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · Sep 3

As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people.

Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi

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Fred Hutch Office of Community Outreach & Engagement @enddisparities.bsky.social · Aug 20

The @rwjf.org Rapid Response Research funding is available to applicants who have received federal funding for their health equity research, but have had it partially or fully rescinded due to federal administrative actions. Deadline is 10/1/25. Details in the link:
www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...

Rapid Response: Reinvesting in Racial and Indigenous Health Equity Research

The purpose of this call for proposals is to meet the current moment by supporting timely, actionable health equity research that has been interrupted by shifts in federal funding.

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 26

Advocacy tool: impact of TB funds cuts: How many TB deaths can we attribute to cuts by each donor govt? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The potential impact of reductions in international donor funding on tuberculosis in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study

We estimate substantial potential impacts on tuberculosis morbidity and mortality due to reductions in international donor funding. Expanded support from domestic and international donors is essential...

www.thelancet.com

Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 25

Lawyers harass & threaten award-winning climate Social Scientist J. Timmons Roberts. He eats polluters and dirty policy makers for lunch. Also: has receipts & a nerd army at the ready. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...

Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 22

Trump cuts result in waste of $10M in contraceptives paid for by U.S. working families. These commodities should be given to the ministries who ordered them, as mandated by Congress.

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Devan Jaganath, MD MPH @djaganath.bsky.social · Jul 21

We need new biomarkers to improve TB diagnosis in children. In the COMBO study, we performed a comprehensive plasma proteomic analysis across 4 countries and found several protein signatures that met the WHO target accuracy for a TB screening test: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#tbsky #idsky

Plasma proteomics for biomarker discovery in childhood tuberculosis - Nature Communications

In this work, through a comprehensive proteomics approach, the authors identified host plasma protein biosignatures that could distinguish tuberculosis (TB) disease in children.

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 7

NIH (possibly, quietly) restores grants to South African scientists amid holiday wknd www.science.org/content/arti...

NIH restores grants to South Africa scientists, adds funding option for other halted foreign projects

A policy tweak to the ban on foreign “subawards” should allow clinical trials worldwide to continue

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Katherine Horton @kchorton.bsky.social · Jul 4

In our latest personal view in @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social, we argue for the inclusion asymptomatic #tuberculosis in vaccine trial endpoints to potentially reduce the size, length, and cost of trials.

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@lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social @tb-lshtm.bsky.social

Figure 1. Estimated number of trial endpoints in the control group of a prevention-of-disease vaccine trial in a high disease-burden setting showing number of endpoints on the y-axis and time in months on the x-axis. For bacteriologically confirmed symptomatic tuberculosis disease endpoints only, we estimate 69 endpoints, and for combined bacteriologically confirmed asymptomatic and symptomatic tuberculosis disease endpoints, we estimate 151 endpoints. Scenario assumes symptomatic disease incidence before trial screening of 300/100 000 per year and following 10 000 individuals over 3 years. Prevalent symptomatic and asymptomatic tuberculosis disease are screened out in month 0 and are not trial endpoints. Active screening occurs every 6 months for both scenarios and participants self-presenting with symptoms suggestive of tuberculosis disease would also be investigated.

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 2

Elegant work by @UFBA @isglobal.org Evaluating the dose-response relationship b/w USAID intervestment & child and all-age survival in The Lancet - (spoiler: Trump cuts kill all ages, but esp. kids) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #tbsky #episky #

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis

USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

www.thelancet.com

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · Jun 21

Kristof brings receipts - expiring medicines, ambulances out of gas: The Waste Musk Created www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/o...

Opinion | The Waste Musk Created

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · Jun 18

Pedaling is protective: Active Travel Mode and Incident Dementia and Brain Structure #episky #bikes url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2835115?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=061825

Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · Jun 17

Abstract DEADLINE tomorrow! #tbsky #sshiftb #IDsky #vaccinesky #IAQ www.colloq2025.be

ITM Colloquium 2025 in Antwerp - Official Website

Save the date: 65th ITM Colloquium 'Innovations in Infectious Disease Research' taking place 4-6/11/25 in Antwerp, Belgium

www.colloq2025.be

Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · Jun 17

Judge Rules N.I.H. Grant Cuts Illegal and Orders Funds Restored www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06... #publichealth #tbsky

Judge Rules N.I.H. Grant Cuts Illegal and Orders Funds Restored

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · Jun 9

4 Pinocchio's for Rubio’s claim that it’s ‘a lie’ that people have died from US foreign-aid cuts

a cartoon character with a big nose is making a face with his hands .

ALT: a cartoon character with a big nose is making a face with his hands .

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AliciaDWright @aliciadwright.bsky.social · Jun 4

🩻🩺”Hart was a pioneer in using chest x-rays to detect #tuberculosis
At that point, no one was really screening for TB… if you were coughing up blood, you would get x-rays, but no one was getting ahead of the disease…Because of Hart, doctors were able to treat patients before they had complications”

Trailblazing Transgender Doctor Saved Countless Lives

After transitioning in 1917, Alan L. Hart helped alter medical history

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Global TB Program @globaltb.bsky.social · May 31

Today is #WorldNoTobaccoDay with the theme "Bright products, dark intentions." Smoking heightens the risk of #Tuberculosis. Reducing tobacco use is crucial for preventing TB and safeguarding health. #publichealth #tobacco #EndTB #TBSky

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · May 27

mPox, DRC, USAID, airborne ID, borders and global health security #tbsky #episky : www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295...

The Democratic Republic of Congo and global health security: The indispensable role of the United States of America

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is emerging from two wars claiming 6 million lives and relatively recent colonial rule. The resultant widespread poverty and geopolitical instability, along ...

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · May 15

Rebuild TB programs with less precarious financial & governance structures #tbsky www.itg.be/en/health-st...

International health threat response

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria should step up efforts

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · May 15

Assessed contributions to global health would preclude 1 *volatile* (donor) state having the capacity to destabilize it all. #tuberculosis #tbsky #TBfighters #EpiSky#PublicHealth dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Is global health security worth 0.01% of our gross domestic product?

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · May 8

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John Green - “Everything Is Tuberculosis” | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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