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March 2023
HIGHLIGHTS:
- World TB Day 2023
- END TB Now act reintroduced--How to help!
- Welcome to new Secretary and Chair-Elect
- Tuberculin skin test training video
August 2023
HIGHLIGHTS:
- StopTB USA's Dr. Jonathon Stillo publishes article on Romanian TB survivors
- ENDTB Act call to action information
- Updated Center for Disease Control (CDC) Skin Test Fact Sheet
- Details on American Thorasic Society (ATS) 2023 Scientific Symposium at the UN High Level Meeting on TB 2023
April 2023
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Taking Action for Senate and House Appropriations
- CDC TB Elimination Champs
- 2021 CDC State and City Tuberculosis Report
- Updated Think. Test. Treat TB Campaign Resources for Healthcare Providers
October 2023
HIGHLIGHTS:
- United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis
- Where the Sun Rarely Goes documentary details
- Update on StopTB USA Wire, mailing list upgrades
- Uniting for Ukraine Resources
May 2023
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Ask your Members of Congress to co-sponsor the End TB Now Act S288/H1776
- CDC Report on Increase in U.S. Cases
- Managing Tuberculosis Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Myths, misconceptions, and half-truths about TB
January 2023
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Call for Stop TB USA Chair-Elect and Secretary Nominations
- TB Elimination Alliance Announces 14 Mini-Grant Recipients
- CDC Releases Uniting for Ukraine Online Toolkit
- CDC Publishes 2021 Tuberculosis Surveillance report
November 2023
HIGHLIGHTS:
- ENDTB Now act update in light of Mike Johnson's election as House speaker.
- Four Corners TB/HIV and Southeastern TB Controllers Conferences overview
- IJTLD Journal launch information
- The ABC for a TB Activist: 1/4/6×24 Campaign and Supportive Diagnostics recording posted
February 2023
HIGHLIGHTS:
- The Union-NAR (North American Region) Meeting
- CDC U.S. TB Elimination Champs
- CDC Division of TB Elimination adds Spanish language resources
- Stop TB USA Media Training Workshop
December 2023
HIGHLIGHTS:
- World AIDS Day Commemoration
- CDC announces civil surgeons will begin using eMedical to help process citizen applications of Class B migrants
- CDC releases 2022 TB surveillance report
- Report of TB Elimination Alliance's virtual summit
September 2023
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Where the Sun Rarely Goes Documentary screening announced
- StopTB USA Wire, mailing list upgrades announced
- Updated Center for Disease Control (CDC) Skin Test Fact Sheet
- Survey on Improving Newcomer Health Guidance and Provider Trainings
July 2023
HIGHLIGHTS:
- NTCA (now the National TB Coalition of America) meeting recap
- Reintroduction of the ENDTB Act in both houses of Congress
- Launch of APHL online course "Understanding TB Laboratory Testing for Public Health Nurses"
- Recording: The ABC for a TB Activist: 1/4/6×24 Campaign and Supportive Diagnostics:
TB Wire 2023 Archive
June 2023
HIGHLIGHTS:
- CDC “Dear Colleague Letter” addressing reported drug shortage challenges for U.S. TB programs.
- National TB Conference in Atlanta, GA, being held in conjunction with the Association of Public Health Laboratories' (APHL) 13th National Conference on Laboratory Aspects of TB (June 12-15)
- Joint statement: WHO Director-General and the Civil Society Task Force on TB for the 2023 United Nations High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis
- A systematic review of the costs of diagnosis for multidrug-resistant/extensively drug-resistant TB in different settings