One is called “Gold.” Another is called “Platinum”. But tuberculosis community advocates have other words for these tests, designed to detect latent tuberculosis, but marketed instead to detect active illness: worthless, unreliable, and ultimately, harmful. The Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the Global TB Community Advisory Board (TBCAB) sent letters to manufacturers of Quantiferon TB […]
HIV
Amid unprecedented challenges to routine healthcare access, trial results mark a first for a critically needed HIV prevention measure An investigational drug administered by injection every […]
Tuberculosis
In the six weeks before South Africa responded its first diagnoses of COVID-19 with the start of physical distancing measures, more than 47,000 people on average […]
Research & Development
What we have learned from HIV can guide responses to COVID-19 that are innovative, effective and inclusive, and can help end the pandemic faster The following […]
Policy
The following is a guest post by Kenneth G. Castro, MD, FIDSA Since its formation in 1948, WHO has relied heavily on the U.S. for collaborations […]