Vaccines Archives – Page 2 of 2 – Treatment Action Group

Unique Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Black Communities

May 11, 2021
Dorrit Walsh

On Wednesday, May 19, 2021,Treatment Action Group (TAG), Black AIDS Institute, (BAI), and the COVID Prevention Trials Network (CoVPN) will convene a virtual news conference and roundtable discussion to disseminate findings from a soon-to-be published report: Breaking Barriers: Surveying Community Perspectives on COVID-19 Vaccine Research.

US FDA COVID Vaccine Authorization Important Step Toward Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic

December 11, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

Today’s decision by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to grant an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine is an important step toward bringing the COVID-19 pandemic under control in the United States.

Efficacy News from Second COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Underscores Need for Transparency and Cooperation Between Outgoing and Incoming US Administrations

November 16, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

AVAC and Treatment Action Group (TAG) welcome today’s announcement that preliminary data from the efficacy trial of Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine indicate high-level of protection against COVID-19.

Treatment Action Group and AVAC Statement on Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy Announcement

November 9, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

Treatment Action Group (TAG) and AVAC welcome today’s announcement that preliminary data from the efficacy trial of Pfizer/BioNTech’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine indicates a high level of protection against COVID-19. Our organizations urge caution, however, given the very limited information that is available only through a company press release.

Ensuring Universal Access to COVID-19 Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention

July 27, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

TAG and the Center for Economic and Social Rights produced this joint publication, as part of CESR’s COVID-19 “Recovering Rights” series of briefs.

AVAC and TAG Statement on Ethical Conduct of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Challenge Studies

May 7, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health emergency that may demand new, safe, and expedited ways of conducting ethical research to find the solutions we need, including a safe and effective vaccine.

Treatment Action Group Statement on BCG Vaccine and COVID-19

April 9, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

Treatment Action Group (TAG) cautions that widespread media reports that the baccille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine may be protective against COVID-19 need to be read with caution.

Treatment Action Group Statement on the HVTN 702 HIV Vaccine Trial Results

February 3, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

Treatment Action Group acknowledges with profound disappointment today’s announcement that the HIV Vaccine Trials Network HVTN 702 study did not demonstrate efficacy in preventing HIV acquisition.

TAGline Spring 2018

April 10, 2018
Chad Cipiti

Bend the Curves: Incremental change—activism that successfully defends or advances critical research or policy—can sometimes feel inconsequential, particularly when it is hard won, resource intensive, and intangible.

TAG Responds to the Release of the World Health Organization’s 2016 Global Tuberculosis Report

October 13, 2016
Chad Cipiti

TB is a preventable, curable disease, and the dismal lack of progress against reversing the TB epidemic is unacceptable. Last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that TB had overtaken HIV as the world's leading cause of death from an infectious disease, and this year the WHO numbers show that the TB epidemic is larger than previously estimated