March 24, 2025 – For World TB Day, Jason Cummins, NTCA’s president, has written a letter for our membership and the larger TB community. Access Jason’s inspirational message here.
February 21, 2025 – NTCA’s president, Jason Cummins, appeared on ASTHO’s Public Health Review Morning Edition to comment on the ongoing TB outbreak in Kansas. Jason used this platform to provide education about TB, TB infection, and the importance of working with private providers. Here is a link to the episode: 848: Historically Large TB Outbreak, Telehealth.
February 6, 2025 – NTCA’s president, Jason Cummins, has written a letter for our membership. Please review Jason’s letter here.
January 29, 2025 – John Green’s book, Everything is TB: The History and Persistence Of Our Deadliest Disease, will be released in March. Pre-orders are available as signed copies. Click here for information about the book and his book tour.
January 3, 2025 – Newly updated tuberculosis (TB) treatment guidelines were published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, “Updates on the Treatment of Drug Susceptible and Drug Resistant Tuberculosis: An Official ATS/CDC/ESR/IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines.” These guidelines introduce shorter, safer, and more effective treatment regimens for patients diagnosed with TB disease.
December 13, 2024 – TAG releases a new report on TB Research Funding Trends (2005 – 2023). The report presents new data on funding for TB R&D in 2023, analyzes trends in spending since 2005, and takes a close look at funding for research to develop new TB vaccines.
December 9, 2024 – DTBE released a DCL on the continued supply interruption of the BD BACTEC™ MGIT™ 960 PZA kits. These kits will not be available for shipment until early 2025. Read more about this and the assignments of labs to which samples can be submitted for testing until the issue is resolved here.
