BIG NEWS: Johnson & Johnson just publicly confirmed it will not enforce its secondary bedaquiline patents in ANY of 134 low- and middle-income countries. That's HUGE. Full credit to Johnson & Johnson for this commitment. This is what we've been waiting for. jnj.com/johnson-johnso…

If you're in or around Cambridge, it would be great to see you on Wednesday evening (Nov 1) at 7PM at the Harvard Book Store. Let's make medicine a bit more just. With friend and role model Salmaan Keshavjee . harvard.com/event/luke_mes…

Remarkable RCT from Norway demonstrating that starting HCV treatment in the hospital with newly diagnosed HCV among PWIDs is superior to deferring therapy to outpatient care in achieving HCV cure. Results argue for broader use. Håvard Midgard SELIHEP doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…

Thanks to a lot of tech bros and economists getting Very Upset about degrowth, this article is now the number one trending publication at Nature. nature.com/articles/d4158…

New year, same curable disease needlessly killing 1.3 million people annually. Let's make 2024 the year we come together to fight TB. #PeopleOverProfits #TimeFor5 Danaher Corporation Cepheid

Mississippi officials have released dramatic bodycam footage of a shooting of an unarmed 11-year-old boy by a police officer.

THIS coffee's profits go to supporting lower #TB rates via PIH!! Sure wish other companies used that business model! 👀 Please Danaher Corporation put #PeopleOverProfits!! 🙏Save lives🙏 #XDRnext #TimeFor5 #YesWeCanEndTB good.store/pages/awesome-…

Crap. One liter of bottled water — contained an average of 240,000 plastic particles—90% were identified as nanoplastics and the rest were microplastics, according to a new study. cnn.com/2024/01/08/hea…

“They found that on average, a liter of bottled water contained some 240,000 detectable plastic fragments—10 to 100 times greater than previous estimates.” phys.org/news/2024-01-b…

Your periodic reminder that less ice at the Arctic is consistent with a weaker jet stream that allows cold air to drift down into the Great Plains. The frigid temps you're experiencing happen BECAUSE of a warming planet, not in spite of it.

Here's How to Honor Dr. King's Legacy—Guaranteed Basic Income newsweek.com/heres-how-hono…

36% of people who go to jail in a typical year have incomes under $10,000. 22% have a serious mental illness. Over 1/3 have a substance use disorder. Nearly 1/4 had no health insurance. We’re jailing our most vulnerable citizens:

My book, Indebted Mobilities (University of Chicago Press), is finally here! An ethnography of migration, debt, and global education within the post-9/11, neoliberal landscape. Thank you to everyone who helped make this book happen! More info at press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book… 🙏🏽!

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This one is my favorite. The effect is so simple and clear: these high prices are contributing to millions of stupid deaths each year, due undiagnosed TB, HIV, & other infections. Danaher Corporation, you can save lives by choosing five. #TimeFor5

With Medicare/Social Security trending, it’s time to announce my new article with I. Glenn Cohen Eli Adashi in JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine. We discuss criticism of Medicare Advantage—the privatized, corporatized version of Medicare (healthcare for people 65+). THREAD 🧵(1/9) link.springer.com/article/10.100…