Wake-Up Call: Preparing for A Tuberculosis Vaccine

Sabin Vaccine Institute — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:35:26 GMT

Tuberculosis, or TB, remains the world’s leading infectious disease killer, causing an estimated 1.2 million deaths each year. For decades, the search for a better TB vaccine has produced few breakthroughs. Now, several promising vaccines candidates are advancing through late-stage development, with the possibility of new TB vaccines as early as 2029. But a new survey from Sabin and the Stop TB Partnership suggests it’s harder than ever to introduce and deliver new vaccines, and the world is simply not ready. In this episode of “Inside Vaccines: Where Global Health and Science Meet,” Sabin’s President of Global Immunization, Dr. Rebecca Martin, interviews Dr. Lucica Ditiu, Executive Director of Stop TB Partnership, about why it is urgent to prepare for new TB vaccines now – and what will it take to make new vaccines a public health breakthrough.

The Man Behind the Oral Polio Vaccine: Dr. Albert Sabin

Sabin Vaccine Institute — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:23:13 GMT

For the premiere of the Sabin Vaccine Institute's new podcast, "Inside Vaccines: Where Global Health And Science Meet", Sabin CEO Amy Finan speaks with Karen Torghele, a veteran of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who authored the first-ever biography of the Sabin Vaccine Institute's namesake, Albert B. Sabin. Torghele's book, "Albert B. Sabin: The Life of A Polio Vaccine Pioneer," captures the complexities of Sabin's personality and his scientific journey as inventor of the oral polio vaccine. They discuss why Sabin's life has never before been chronicled, and his legacy as a tireless advocate for global access to his disease-preventing vaccine.