by Erica Lessem The world has recently called for zero new TB deaths, infections, and suffering, and that voice has been heard. Treatment Action Group (TAG), along with other activists, researchers, clinicians, implementers, policy makers, and foundation and government staff…
by Tim Horn Fact: If we’re going to make headway in preventing and treating non-AIDS-related health complications among people with HIV, which are very much on the rise and a serious risk to disease-free survival, we’re going to need the…
by Tracy Swan It is difficult not to be dazzled by cure rates of up to 100% from interferon-free hepatitis C virus (HCV) trials presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) meeting in November 2012…
The HIV community is bracing for impact as acrimonious federal budgetary battles rage on. by Coco Jervis The eleventh hour “fiscal cliff” deal reached by Congress and the Obama administration on New Year’s Eve leaves much to be desired. By…
The bold, aggressive new plan released by Hillary Clinton once again wildly surpasses in ambition what U.S. officials dare attempt in this country. This article was first published on December 1, 2012, in theAtlantic.com. by Mark Harrington On Thursday, outgoing…
A brilliant HIV treatment activist, Spencer Cox directed TAG’s Antiviral Project from 1994–1999. He died of AIDS on December 18, 2012. Peter Staley delivered this eulogy at his memorial gathering in New York City on January 20, 2013.
Grief Is a Sword: A Eulogy for Spencer Cox; A Global Plan to End AIDS Everywhere but at Home ; On the Edge: Uncertainty Grows over HIV Budgets; Data Deluge at AASLD; Beyond ARVs: Advocacy for Non-AIDS Disease Management; TB Zeroes Campaign Achieves Big Win; TAG Welcomes the FDA Approval of the First New Drug for TB in 40 Years; Help Support Inclusion of Pegylated Interferon on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List; Guide to Clinical Trials for People with Hepatitis C.
By Coco Jervis After months of political wrangling, in early July 2012, an agreement to reduce the price of the GeneXpert MTB/RIF rapid test for tuberculosis (TB) was reached between the manufacturer, Cepheid, and pooled purchasers UNITAID, the U.S. President's Emergency…
By Colleen Daniels Tuberculosis (TB), a 40,000-year-old disease, still devastates communities although it has been preventable—and curable—for decades. In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 8.8 million TB cases—1.4 million of them fatal—worldwide. TB is the leading cause of…
By Erica Lessem This summer, Treatment Action Group (TAG) and its partners in fighting tuberculosis (TB) issued a call for zero TB deaths, zero new TB infections, and zero suffering from TB. Yet the U.S., long a leader in TB…