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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · Jun 23

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!

I said you’re LIVing my dream 🍕❤️‍🔥 @liviebelll.bsky.social · Jun 23

how?

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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · Jun 23

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 · May 3

We are paying attention to tuberculosis 👀 🐝
wtop.com/health-fitne...

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 · Apr 29

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 · Apr 11

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 · Apr 7

Open to metaphor suggestions from other #TBHillDay attendees 🫡

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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · Apr 7

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 · Apr 6

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 · Apr 2

Always has been

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Apr 2

cheese is woke now

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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · Apr 1

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 · Mar 24

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?

WHO @who.int · Mar 24

It's #WorldTBDay.

To ensure quick diagnosis and early treatment, WHO recommends the use of rapid molecular #tuberculosis (TB) tests as the initial diagnostic test for all persons with signs and symptoms of TB.

Learn more about TB 👉 bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB

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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · Mar 24

I hate TB so much I'm gonna...divorce it 😤

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · Mar 24

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 · Mar 24

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-...

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 · Mar 24

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 · Mar 24

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 · Mar 24

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 · Mar 24

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 · Mar 15

Spotted in line at @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social’s #EverythingIsTuberculosis book event in Indianapolis. I love nerdfighteria.

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TBFighters @tbfighters.org · Mar 15

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

Hannah @hennypennykenny.dftba.social · Mar 15

I wrote a review of @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social 's new book, Everything is Tuberculosis, which I loved very much and which comes out on Tuesday.

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A Review of Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

When Everything is Tuberculosis was officially announced last year, many TBFighters, myself included, had fun riffing on the book’s title…

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TBFighters @tbfighters.org · Mar 9

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...

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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · Mar 10

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 · Feb 7

Great thread. The UK and US have a lot in common here

Dan @itsdanielarthur.bsky.social · Feb 7

Attended an extremely insightful webinar from UCL-TB yesterday. TB in the UK is a familiar story of social deprivation and lack of access.

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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · Feb 4

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!

John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · Feb 4

Hi. No video from me today as I'm not feeling well. But two things: 1. @tbfighters.org have been doing an amazing job keeping folks updated on the aid freeze in the U.S., what it means, and what we can do. newsletter.tbfighters.org/p/update-on-...
They're doing a call-a-thon tonight! (1/2)

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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · Feb 3

Good thread and article for TBFighters to read!

Elianne Moene @elianne.dftba.social · Feb 3

The attempts by the Trump administration to stop foreign aid and close down USAID can make us feel hopeless, but I’m reminded of one of the most impactful papers I read for my Global Health degree on power in Global Health governance, written by Suerie Moon (1/5)

Power in global governance: an expanded typology from global health - Globalization and Health

The exercise of power permeates global governance processes, making power a critical concept for understanding, explaining, and influencing the intersection of global governance and health. This artic...

globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com

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