A promising TB vaccine is on the horizon with 16 candidates in development, 6 in phase III trials. They could prevent millions of cases in heavily impacted countries. #StateOfHealthNews #Tuberculosis #TBVaccine #GlobalHealth #HealthSystems #PublicHealth #VaccinesWork #HealthEquity 💉🌍

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Join the #WGNV ECR Network - Virtual Coffee Corner on 4 December 2025 to network, share experiences, and talk about #TBvaccine activities of interest.

📅 Date: Thur 4 Dec 2025
🕑 Time: 9:00 am EDT / 3:00pm CET | 4:00pm SAST | 7:30 pm IST
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Published in @plosglobalpublichealth.org, a new study demonstrates the successful use of AHP combined with BWS as a practical and transparent approach for prioritizing countries for #TBVaccine readiness research.

https://bit.ly/488jJa1

In the study, Owen Leddy and colleagues used human phagocytic cells to map TB peptides that activate CD4+ T cells, a key immune defense.

Guided by this, they designed mRNA immunogens that dramatically improved antigen presentation, offering a promising path toward an effective #TBvaccine.

#IDsky

South Africa is leading the global fight against TB with a vaccine preparedness workshop on July 24, 2025, at Radisson Blu Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg. #TBVaccine #VaccinePreparedness #SouthAfrica #GlobalHealth

@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social #TBVaccine

In 2023, 11 mln ppl got infected w/ #Tuberculosis, which for many, esp in poor nations, can be devastating;
In 23, TB killed 1.25 mln
@harvard.edu's researcher Dr Sarah Fortune was only 2 yrs away from creating a #TBvaccine;
Now, Putin's 🤡 #tRump has halted her funding🤦‍♂️
Prof @joeallenjoe.bsky.social

On the Path to a New TB Vaccine? | Newswise Researchers at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University have identified a novel population of immune cells that could serve as an alternative target for TB vaccines and immune-dire...

On the Path to a New TB Vaccine?
www.newswise.com/articles/on-...
#Tuberculosis #vaccine #infectiousdiesease #TBVaccine

Bill Gates to Start TB Vaccine Trials in Indonesia

Big news! 💉 Bill Gates is launching TB vaccine trials in Indonesia, bringing hope to millions battling this devastating disease. #TBvaccine #Indonesia #GlobalHealth #BillGates #MedicalBreakthrough

Learn about these new breakthroughs in the latest @TAG_team report on the #TBvaccine pipeline ➡️ www.treatmentactiongroup.org/wp-content/u...

#ChatGPT's response to our question involved the following reasons why to care about #TB in 2025:
📈High disease burden
🌐Global impact
🗺Cross-border health threats
🛡 #AMR and pandemic preparedness
🔀Intersectionality
🏥 #UHC
🔎Missing people
💸Cycle of poverty
💉Funding gaps and #TBvaccine challenges

Gene-edited TB vaccine shows promising results

Gene-edited #TBvaccine shows promising results www.enca.com/videos/gene-...

Every year, tuberculosis kills over a million people. Can a new vaccine turn the tide? For the last 100 years, we’ve only had one TB vaccine — and it leaves a lot to be desired.

#Tuberculosis kills over a million people each year. After a century with just one vaccine, could a new development turn the tide against this deadly disease? #TBVaccine #HealthInnovation www.vox.com/future-perfe...

First participants enrol in TB vaccine trial | Zululand Observer Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) in Mtubatuba making strides in new TB vaccine

Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) in Mtubatuba is advancing research on a new TB vaccine. #TBVaccine #AHRI #HealthResearch www.citizen.co.za/zululand-obs...

Huge TB vaccine trial starts in SA. It could deliver first new TB jab in over a century | News24 The first jabs in a much-anticipated clinical trial of an experimental tuberculosis (TB) vaccine have been administered at a clinical trial site at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

Most TB cases can be cured with a 4-6 month antibiotic treatment. However, TB rates are dropping slowly. An effective vaccine could speed up this decline. #Tuberculosis #TBvaccine #GlobalHealth www.news24.com/news24/south...

TB vaccine: WHO expert explains why it's taken 100 years for a scientific breakthrough, and why it's... In 2021 10.6 million people developed TB and 1.6 million died from the disease. Now, for the first time in 100 years, there are promising signs of a vaccine breakthrough.

#TBvaccine: #WHO expert explains why it's taken 100 years for a scientific breakthrough, and why it's such a big deal theconversation.com/tb-vaccine-w...