Sheila Davis

chart showing a reduction in TB deaths since 1980--from 1.8 million per year to just under 1.3 million per year.

When I was a kid, around 1,800,000 people died every year of tuberculosis. Now, around 1,250,000 do.

That's important progress. But at this current rate, it'll take a CENTURY to push TB deaths much below 500,000 per year. That's totally unacceptable for a curable, preventable disease.

06.01.2025 15:02 — 👍 1390    🔁 124    💬 14    📌 4

Lysenko, Mbeki, and RFK Jr.: Leaders who shun science will face predictably bad results Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick for health secretary, is known for his pseudoscientific and conspiratorial public comments and actions. Unfortunately, history provides some ...

Lysenko, Mbeki, and RFK Jr.: Leaders who shun science will face predictably bad results. thebulletin.org/2024/11/lyse...

19.12.2024 14:42 — 👍 34    🔁 14    💬 2    📌 0

The DRC ‘mystery illness’ shows why the U.S. can’t ‘pause’ infectious disease work We may have an answer to the “mystery illness” in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Here's what the story reveals about America’s global health commitments.

The DRC ‘mystery illness’ shows why the U.S. can’t ‘pause’ infectious disease work www.statnews.com/2024/12/19/d... via @statnews.com

20.12.2024 00:16 — 👍 40    🔁 19    💬 4    📌 1

Yes! TB Hunter is app made by Dr. Melino Ndayizigiye and the Partners In Health Lesotho team to find TB and MDRTB for Search, Treat , Prevent strategy. @partnersinhealth.bsky.social

24.11.2024 15:56 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

John Green’s crusade to make the world “suck less” Tuberculosis is still the world’s top killer. The author has a plan to fight back.

I really enjoyed this interview with @vox.com about why I continue to be broadly in favor of humans.

www.vox.com/future-perfe...

21.11.2024 16:54 — 👍 1454    🔁 120    💬 33    📌 17

Vaccines are life-saving.

16.11.2024 23:02 — 👍 256    🔁 91    💬 3    📌 2