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Kenneth G. Castro, MD, FIDSA

@KGCastro1

@[email protected]

Professor, Global Health, Epidemiology & Infectious Diseases. (RADM/Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS - Ret)

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Robert Carr Fund(@RobertCarrFund) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🥳Robert Carr Fund opens Request for Proposals for funding 2025-2027!
Are you community-led or civil society global or regional network in response?
Apply for core, long-term and flexible funding!
Read about application procedure: bit.ly/4b42aao

🥳@RobertCarrFund opens Request for Proposals for funding 2025-2027! Are you community-led or civil society global or regional network in #HIV response? Apply for core, long-term and flexible funding! Read about application procedure: bit.ly/4b42aao #CommunitiesFirst
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Kenneth G. Castro, MD, FIDSA(@KGCastro1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens us with a pre-antibiotic era/post-antibiotic age scenario. Drug-resistant TB accounts for 13% of global AMR deaths. Congrats to Emory Public Health Sarita Shah Emory/Georgia TB Research Advancement Center-TRAC for tackling this urgent health reality! sph.emory.edu/features/2024/…

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Kenneth G. Castro, MD, FIDSA(@KGCastro1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Jan 7, 2024 -- Happy Orthodox Christmas to all who celebrate this holiday today! (Eastern Orthodox traditions follow the ancient Julian calendar, which runs 13 days later than the Gregorian calendar).

Jan 7, 2024 -- Happy Orthodox Christmas to all who celebrate this holiday today! (Eastern Orthodox traditions follow the ancient Julian calendar, which runs 13 days later than the Gregorian calendar).
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Stop TB Partnership(@StopTB) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Amazing news – the Political Declaration on agreed at the has been adopted by the UN General Assembly in New York. See the full resolution endorsing the Declaration here: rb.gy/t3zpw. The final Declaration will be available shortly.

Amazing news – the Political Declaration on #Tuberculosis agreed at the #2023TBHLM has been adopted by the UN General Assembly in New York. See the full resolution endorsing the Declaration here: rb.gy/t3zpw. The final Declaration will be available shortly. #endtb
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Mike Watson Frick(@mwfrick) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thanks to rigorous @ProPublica reporting, the TB world today confirmed suspicions that we got a really bad deal from GSK on the promising M72/AS01E TB vaccine
propublica.org/article/how-bi…

Here are the big revelations that stood out to me:

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The Nobel Prize(@NobelPrize) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING NEWS
The 2023 in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

BREAKING NEWS The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
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Samantha Power(@PowerUSAID) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Major announcement at : USAID launched new efforts to support countries in ending and reaching global targets.

USAID continues to lead the fight to and has helped to save more than 75 million lives. usaid.gov/news-informati…

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