Onn Min Kon

[NEJM @NEJM]

𝘔𝘺𝘤𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘴 continues to cause substantial illness globally. In this phase 2b randomized trial, BCG revaccination did not prevent sustained 𝘔. 𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘴 infection in IGRA-negative, HIV-negative adolescents. Full BCG REVAX trial results: https://t.co/BeIj0nF07T

Editorial: To BCG or Not Two BCG https://t.co/6mM9SFkRyU

[Stop TB Partnership @StopTB]

🚨#BreakingNews🚨

25% reduction in the price of #Pretomanid - A big price drop announcement by Stop TB’s #GlobalDrugFacility.

Read more: https://t.co/esyafYmWsP

#YesWeCanendTB #CommitInvestDeliver #EndTB

[Prof Jayne Sutherland @Sutherland_TB]

Very happy to share our latest publication evaluating not 1, but 2 fingerstick blood screening tests for TB: Cepheid 3 gene test and a 3 protein test using lateral flow technology. Coming soon: evaluation in children and household contracts. Stay tuned... https://t.co/VL1qkN15uw

[UK Health Security Agency @UKHSA]

Today is #WorldTBDay. Understanding the symptoms of #Tuberculosis allows you to get treatment before the illness gets serious. 🤒
🔗 https://t.co/CYxL0auDnR

[Nick Hopkinson @COPDdoc]

UK could lose low TB status amid rise in cases.
@asthmalunguk @BTSrespiratory https://t.co/wBJpbiSeO1

[Jess Potter @DrJessPotter]

For anyone at today's event @LSHTM_TB who heard @nickherbertcbe call to action: Please write to your local MP, let them know about TB in your area, your work, your experience - ask them to support policy to end TB & join the @APPGTB
Here's a template:
https://t.co/rGjabEkDzA

[NTM Network UK @NTMNetworkUK]

We are delighted that our Standards of Care had representation from all members of the teams who provide care for people living with #NTM disease. Prof Marc Lipman explains why taking a truly holistic approach to their development was so important.

https://t.co/a4OvRfzfCm

[NTM Network UK @NTMNetworkUK]

A reminder that the public consultation on our Standards of Care for people living with NTM disease is open until 17:00 GMT on Friday 1st March 2024.

Please visit our website for more information and to download the document: https://t.co/ZbtXk7swyW

@UCLTB

[ThoraxBMJ @ThoraxBMJ]

Pulmonary rehabilitation delivered posthospital discharge for exacerbation of COPD results in a reduction in hospital re-admissions and improvements in exercise capacity, health-related quality of life and dyspnoea https://t.co/LrPeA8hwsa @AJ_COPD

[Onn Min Kon @onnmin]

@COPDdoc @asthmalunguk A concerning trend and we must do all we can to ensure services are resourced to treat but also screen.

[Nick Hopkinson @COPDdoc]

Know your rights - what to do if you have damp and mould in a rented home. @asthmalunguk
https://t.co/m5i0eFl7rZ

[ERS publications @ERSpublications]

European Respiratory Journal: The ON-BC trial shows that 12 weeks of oral nitrate supplementation, in the form of beetroot juice, lowers blood pressure, improves vascular function and increases exercise capacity in people with COPD https://t.co/vzgCEQhLPS

[Alan Smyth @AlanRSmyth]

Great fully funded PhD opportunity at Queen’s University Belfast, developing a universal core outcome set for cystic fibrosis. Open to UK applicants. @cftrust @CFAware

https://t.co/tEbqvqJIIz