GeneXpert molecular testing for #tuberculosis is fast & accurate. Now we know it also reduces hospital & isolation stays, advancing the quadrupleaim: better health outcomes, better experiences for patients & health workers, and lower costs. Read more ja.ma/2RjYJnh

“Health is a human right, access to #TB Preventive Therapy (TPT) is a human right” TB HIV Care Harry Hausler IAS Conference on HIV Science (Inactive account) TBProof Treatment Action Group (TAG) #IAS2019

A Simple Regimen Can Prevent TB. Why Aren’t More People on It? nyti.ms/2m8432a

New in AIDS Journal: Our study finds that #tuberculosis incidence is high for all PLWH in Brazil, including those with high CD4 counts and negative TSTs receiving ART. We *must* scale-up TB preventive therapy for PLWH! journals.lww.com/aidsonline/Ful…

Hopkins CFAR HIV.gov Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Chris Beyrer IAS - the International AIDS Society Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins Medicine Hopkins Med News Johns Hopkins Epidemiology @JHSPH_HPM Hopkins Nursing JHU American Health While HIV impacts the health of populations worldwide, I’m particularly pleased that the Hopkins CFAR has been at the forefront of supporting #HIV research and programs in our own city of Baltimore. #EndingHIVEpidemic

The SPECIAL SESSION ON COVID-19 is now publicly available at special.croi.capitalreach.com. #CROI2020 #VirtualCROI #COVID19

“Right now, we’re in a sea of anecdotes, and a lot of non-professional, poorly-informed people are making recommendations that are swaying how the public and patients view this (drug)” -@rchaiss

Illinois 📣 Did you know you can vote early, starting today? Cast your ballot now!

4-month treatment for TB is now a reality!

. The Union congratulates Dr Nicole M Salazar-Austin on being awarded the Stephen Lawn TB-HIV Research Leadership Prize in recognition of commitment to conducting promising work on reducing the disease burden of TB and HIV/AIDS in Africa. Johns Hopkins Medicine London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Desmond Tutu Health Foundation

TB screening has been one of many casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic, but more important than ever. Very proud to have contributed reviews to WHO TB screening guideline update & rapid communication out now. Lelia Chaisson Jonathan Golub Mikashmi Kohli & many non-Twitter co-auths!

New preprint: Coauthors and I reviewed public #COVID19 data from U.S. cities and found that people experiencing homelessness had 30% higher case fatality rates than the general population, suggesting that they should be prioritized for vaccines. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

For #WorldTBDay2021, updated World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on screening for #TB are a critical response to the case detection gap. Unacceptable to miss millions of TB cases-great to have options, strategies, & evidence presented here from 🌍 collabs. Lelia Chaisson Jonathan Golub trtc.uw UW Global Health

New article out in @aap_peds! Using Children's HealthWatch data, we find that children are more likely to drop out of SNAP, WIC, and Medicaid around the time of a cost-driven move. publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art…