Mark Harrington

Important recognition at the highest political level for the Dengue Alliance!

🤝 Our global partnership for better dengue treatments was mentioned in the joint statement issued by Brazil's President after his meeting with Malaysia's Prime Minister.

www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/ca...

Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Clofazimine in Women With Rifampicin-resistant Tuberculosis During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: Results From IMPAACT P1026s Clofazimine exposures in pregnant women with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis were higher in the third trimester versus postpartum but comparable to histo

Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Clofazimine in Women With Rifampicin-resistant #Tuberculosis During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: Results From IMPAACT P1026s academic.oup.com/jid/advance-... (open access)

Stand Up for Science March for Health and Science Flyer: 3:30 PM November 5th from American Public Health Association Rally

And then March to HHS Headquarters (Humphrey Building) after the APHA rally.

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Rally for the Public’s Health Join us on the National Mall on November 5th to rally for critical public health issues and initiatives.

APHA Rally: November 5th 2:30

National Mall, 7th Street, N.W. between Madison and Jefferson (near the Hirshhorn Museum)

www.apha.org/events-and-m...

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Collateral effects of COVID-19 pandemic control on the US infectious disease landscape Using data from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) disease surveillance systems, we sought to quantify the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the possibilit...

The collateral benefits of the Covid pandemic response was a marked decrease in airborne and aerosol-transmitted infections via masking and non-pharmaceutical interventions
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Jane Goodall, absolute queen of conservation, sitting happily next to a chimpanzee.

An inspiration for my entire life.
Thank you Jane, for your wisdom, your intelligence, your heart, and your sheer guts.

We'll try to carry on and make you proud.

💙 1934-2025

For the next 24 hours: saveaidsresearch.org

On September 3, 2025, 20+ organizations — including TAG — signed this IDSA joint statement calling for the resignation of Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The statement outlines the many ways Kennedy’s “agenda” is meant to undermine science and public health. www.treatmentactiongroup.org/statement/jo...

Hypocrisy, Thy Name is Jay Bhattacharya The Gold Standard at NIH is saying one thing and doing the opposite

Jay Bhattacharya, an icon of apolitical objectivity, is giving a talk at a conference for MAGA ideologues this week. I thought it worthwhile to dissent to his hypocrisy.

open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu
x.com/dr_demetre/s...

The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud. I am resigning because of the cowardice of a leader that cannot admit that HIS and his minions' words over decades created an environment where violence like this can occur. I reject his and his colleagues' thoughts and prayers, and advise they direct those to people that they have not actively harmed.

Demetre also calls out fascism

This is from Dr Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at CDC and resigned today.

He specifically blames RFK Jr, the COVID vaccination recs, and decisions forced down from HHS onto scientists.
Please read the whole thing. 🧪

Screenshot of the title/authors of the linked article, entitled "The Empty Medicine Cabinet: Urgent Action Needed to Resolve TB Drug Shortages in Europe"

Good piece underscoring how vital #tuberculosis drugs are in shortage, or absent from the market entirely, in Europe, and how this reflects "a significant failure of political prioritization".
www.ijidonline.com/article/S120... 💊🌐
Canada faces similar access issues for #TB drugs (see post below ⬇️).

Time for Canada to align with global innovations in treatment for tuberculosis KEY POINTS Despite serious disruptions to tuberculosis (TB) programs during the COVID-19 pandemic, including in Canada,[1][1] the past few years have also seen global advances in TB treatment. Novel d...

Canada faces similar access problems, with #EssentialMedicines for #tuberculosis in shortage, or not marketed in Canada at all.
See for instance our article www.cmaj.ca/content/195/...
and this recent report from @stoptbcanada.bsky.social www.stoptbcanada.com/news/access-...

Your support is helping change that.

Socios en Salud (as @pih.org is called in Peru) is training local health workers, expanding screening programs, and making sure no one is denied care because of where they live.

Interested in supporting the brave NIHers mentioned in RFK jr.’s hearing today?

Join 29k of us - Nobel Laureates, NIHers, doctors, scientists & concerned citizens- in signing our letter of support:
act.standupforscience.net/forms/add-na...

#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
#SaveNIH
#RFKjr

We’re on the verge of the deepest cuts to U.S. health care in history.

The Senate could vote this weekend on a bill that would rip coverage from nearly 11 million people and slash $1 trillion from Medicaid and other essential programs.

Take action now: act.pih.org/protect-medi...

I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.

ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.

RFK Jr. is the public enemy to american health - purging experts, gutting protections, & pushing conspiracy.

#StandUpForScience stands for American science, health, and life itself against the Trump regime.

Join the fight, join the #SummerFightForScience: zurl.co/JtXlu

#CutsCostLives
#RFKjr

A letter to the NIH Director noting the FACT that clinical trials have been halted.

Thanks, @amyaconroy.bsky.social

TAG to Honor Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, Pioneering Infectious Disease Leader, at the 2025 Research in Action Awards – Treatment Action Group Treatment Action Group (TAG) is proud to announce that Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA, will be honored at the 2025 Research in Action Awards (RIAA) for her groundbreaking contributions to i...

www.treatmentactiongroup.org/statement/ta...

‘We’re Just Becoming a Weapon of the State’ Jay Bhattacharya, the NIH director, has made a point of welcoming dissent. A letter from his officials will test that.

“Jay Bhattacharya, the NIH director, has made a point of welcoming dissent. A letter from from his officials will test that.”

💥Be careful what you wish for, Jay.

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration

Phones of different colors around the edge of the graphic. "TELL YOUR REPS TO VOTE NO ON THE RESCISSIONS PACKAGE! It would make the cuts to USAID and PEPFAR permanent!"

We need YOU to protect global health! The White House is formally trying to claw back funds allocated for life-saving programs including #PEPFAR and #Tuberculosis prevention. We have 45 days to tell our representatives this is unacceptable, call now! win.newmode.net/call...

Couldn’t they have fallen out before a couple hundred thousand poor people died?

South Africa's TB and HIV Research at Risk: A Call to Catalyze Urgent Action by Funders – Treatment Action Group Developed by TAG, Médecins Sans Frontières, and the South African Medical Research Council, this issue brief provides information about TB and HIV clinical trials and research programs impacted by U.S...

Amidst all the japes, it'd be great if someone could persuade the current occupant of the White House that restoring US funding to South Africa should be part of his Musk revenge plan.

An Ethical and Legal Crisis: Treatment Action Group (TAG) Statement on the Withholding of NIH Funding for HIV Clinical Research Networks
www.treatmentactiongroup.org/.../ethical-...

Our featured Limited Art Edition for May is 2021’s “Book Marks,” by Nancy Brooks Brody. The 3 versions of this take inspiration from Silence = Death coalition’s pink triangle — inverted to show disdain for the symbol designed to shame in 1933. Purchase: www.treatmentactiongroup.org/support-us/l....

Oh man, what a self-own. A govt lawyer brought up DEI in passing, Judge Young was Not Happy:

"If putting these words together, DEI, is somehow offensive... does that mean our policy is homogeneity, inequity, and exclusion?

Are you going to stand there and tell me that's now the policy of the NIH?"