Advocacy for TB Scientists
In this interactive November 2025 webinar, TAG and our partners highlighted some of the federal policies, executive orders, and funding cuts that have been impacting TB research since the beginning of 2025.
Debt and Its Impacts on TB and HIV Investment
Public financing and domestic resources for health are straining under debt burdens as countries struggle to build up domestic revenues in the face of weak tax systems and volatile markets.
TAG Profoundly Disappointed and Outraged at Lack of Healthcare Protections
Treatment Action Group (TAG) is profoundly disappointed and outraged at the lack of healthcare protections for people living with and affected by HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and hepatitis C (HCV) in the bill to end the US government shutdown.
Governments and Donors Must Step Forward to Fund Global, Equitable Access to New TB Vaccines in Development
Treatment Action Group (TAG) welcomes the report published today by the World Health Organization TB Vaccine Accelerator Council on how to finance global, equitable access to new TB vaccines.
Open Letter to Canadian PM Mark Carney and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand
TAG signed onto this letter sponsored by the HIV Legal Network to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney about the importance of strong investments in health and community systems as they reinforce global health security, which in turn keeps everyone safe.
Research in Action Awards 2025
Our Research in Action Awards took place on Monday, October 20, and the video is up now!
TB Representative Studies Rubric (TB RSR)
TAG and the Community Research Advisors Group (CRAG) are happy to introduce the TB Representative Studies Rubric (TB RSR), a new tool that community advisory boards (CABs) can use when designing and reviewing clinical trials protocols. The TB RSR is a 17-item questionnaire that assesses whether TB treatment trials include the types of people who get TB.
Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation
On Sept. 3 20+ organizations — including TAG — signed this Infectious Diseases Society of America’s (IDSA) joint statement calling for the resignation of Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The letter outlines the many ways Kennedy’s “agenda” is meant to undermine science and public health.
Treatment Action Group Statement on Suspension of TB Funding Over White House Gain-of-Function Fictions
Treatment Action Group (TAG) opposes in the strongest possible terms the suspension of at least 22 TB research awards by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) following a May 2025 White House executive order banning “gain-of-function” research.
An Activist’s Guide to Diagnostic Tools for Tuberculosis 2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for diagnosing TB have evolved along with available technologies and tools that are increasingly accurate, simple, and efficient at detecting TB and resistance to a wider range of TB drugs.