Activism Archives – Treatment Action Group

This Year, Our Board Saw Firsthand What We Are Up Against

December 29, 2025
Jason Kirk

This year revealed how far this administration is willing to go in undermining public health. The White House refused to recognize World AIDS Day. Global and domestic HIV, TB, and HCV programs were directly threatened, and many were terminated. Senior CDC leaders resigned rather than carry out political firings or oversee the degradation of national vaccine guidance. And in August, a vigilante encouraged by political rhetoric fired nearly 500 rounds into the CDC campus in Atlanta and killed a police officer. The President has still not publicly acknowledged the attack.

TAGLine 2025: A Year of Action

December 18, 2025
Jason Kirk

TAGLine 2025 documents a year of action as Treatment Action Group defended science, confronted attacks on public health, and fought to protect communities impacted by HIV, TB, and HCV.

TAG Condemns the ACIP Decision to Remove Birth Vaccination for Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) from Federal Guidelines, Calls for Senate Oversight Hearings and the Immediate Resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

December 8, 2025
Dorrit Walsh

On Friday, RFK Jr’s vaccine denialist-dominated Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to no longer recommend immediate post-partum / birth vaccination of babies with hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine.

Debt and Its Impacts on TB and HIV Investment

November 18, 2025
Dorrit Walsh

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’s Recommendations to NIAID on the Future of the HIV Clinical Trials Networks

October 8, 2025
Dorrit Walsh

In March 2025, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) began soliciting comments on the future of the four Division of AIDS (DAIDS)-sponsored HIV clinical research networks: ACTG, IMPAACT, HPTN, and HVTN.

TAG to Honor Gloria Reuben, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, and Richard Lynn at the 2025 Research in Action Awards

October 7, 2025
Dorrit Walsh

TAG’s annual Research in Action Awards is our most anticipated night of the year.

TAG and ANEA Coalition Condemn Proposed $2 Billion in Cuts to HIV Funding

September 25, 2025
Dorrit Walsh

Treatment Action Group and ANEA Coalition strongly condemn the House Labor, Health and Human Services proposed $2 billion in federal cuts to domestic HIV programs, including plans that would dismantle the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention and slash $535 million from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.

Joint Statement: Activists Demand $40-a-Year Generic Price for Breakthrough HIV Prevention Drug Be Made Available to All Low- and Middle Income Countries

September 24, 2025
Dorrit Walsh

A global coalition reacted to two deals announced today to make long acting lenacapavir (LEN-LA), a 6 monthly HIV PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) injection that provides virtually 100% protection against HIV infection, at $40 per person per year in 2027.

TAG’s Comments for the September 2025 Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (Docket No. CDC-2025-0454)

September 14, 2025
Dorrit Walsh

TAG letter urging the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to maintain the recommendation of a universal hepatitis B virus (HBV) birth dose vaccine in the United States.

Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation

September 4, 2025
Dorrit Walsh

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.