Experts Call for More Research and More Vigilance Against TB
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The countryâs top experts on tuberculosis called for a vast increase in federal research dollars and asked for expanded authority to restrict travel by infected persons.
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Cases of drug resistant tuberculosis are higher than previously estimated and three nations -- China, India and Russia -- account for more than half of all cases worldwide, according to new research.
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Boston University confirmed that three researchers who fell ill last year had been exposed to a potentially lethal bacterium, and a local health official said the city should have been notified sooner.
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Scientists have found evidence of a peril that human ancestors encountered in their migrations out of Africa: tuberculosis.
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South African officials said the   spread of highly drug resistant tuberculosis to a Johannesburg   hospital was a "wake-up call" to intensify work on defenses   against the possibility of a deadly outbreak.
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The American Medical Association is concerned, but says more research is needed before a definitive statement can be made.
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The lives of 500,000 HIV-positive people in Africa could be prolonged each year if they were also treated for tuberculosis (TB), two UN agencies announced on Tuesday.
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More research is needed to show that  alternative therapies such as acupuncture and herbal  supplements work and this may mean changing laws that protect  the industry, a committee of experts said on Wednesday.
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How can doctors tell one type of drug-resistant tuberculosis from another? The task is tricky, and crucial.
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Warnings could be introduced after analysis confirms high levels of bacteria and viruses.
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A rapid and accurate test for TB could cut infection rates around the world, say experts.
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African immigrants with low levels of vitamin D are much more likely to be infected with tuberculosis, a finding that suggests the vitamin may help prevent and treat TB, Australian researchers said on Monday.
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Howard Markel, a communicable diseases and history of medicine professor at the University of Michigan, will discuss his Sunday Outlook article on multi-drug resistant tuberculosis and the threat it and similar diseases pose.
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Public health officials urged the passengers and crew of the two recent trans-Atlantic flights to get checked for tuberculosis.
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A man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis may have spread the disease to passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month
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DESPITE an exciting new development this week in the race to find cheaper and more effective malaria drugs, a group of scientists is urging health authorities to consider screening travellers from malaria-infested areas to prevent the spread of drug
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Global efforts to control rising levels  of tuberculosis are not working and more needs to be done to  reduce infections from the deadly airborne disease, public  health experts said Tuesday.