Failed treatment emerges as possible TB therapy
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A chemical compound that drug developers had shelved as a failed treatment for inflammation has unexpectedly become the most promising new tuberculosis medicine to emerge in 40 years, scientists said Thursday.
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A decline in leprosy incidents may have been caused by the rampant spread of tuberculosis, researchers say.
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An older antibiotic once used against tuberculosis but since abandoned may work to treat the most common and actively contagious form of the disease more quickly, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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The man potentially exposed several hundred airline passengers to a dangerous and hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis.
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Merck's promising AIDS vaccine candidate turned out to be an absolute failure in trials, but it may still pave the way for future success
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The World Health Organization meeting is being held in response to recent reports of deadly strains of tuberculosis.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- The spread of HIV and AIDS is fuelling a massive tuberculosis crisis that could see one billion people infected in the next two decades, the UN warned yesterday.
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A new, untreatable form of tuberculosis is striking up to 30,000 people a year, the World Health Organization said on Friday, and warned it could spark an "apocalyptic scenario" if unchecked.
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A man with a rare and exceptionally dangerous form of tuberculosis has been placed in quarantine by the U.S. government after possibly exposing passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month, federal health officials said Tuesday.
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In "surprising and disappointing" news, its promising new drug fails clinical trials.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Nov. 7 -- Developers of a failed AIDS vaccine announced Wednesday that it appeared to be ineffective among some people with a preexisting immunity to a virus that causes colds and may have raised their vulnerability to AIDS.
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A  discovery could lead to drugs to treat a 'forgotten' tropical disease, scientists hope.
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An antibiotic could treat TB much faster than current drugs and beat problems of resistance, researchers hope.
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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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AIDS drugs that work through novel mechanisms and next-generation versions of existing drugs will soon offer new options for the growing number of patients whose disease no longer responds to current drugs.
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After years of struggling to make anti-retrovirals available in the developing world, medical authorities have been startled to discover that many people in the advanced stages of AIDS are reluctant to take them -- or accept the treatment only when death is so near that the medication can no longer reverse the slide.
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A highly drug-resistant strain of   tuberculosis that has killed 52 people in South Africa is   spreading, opening a deadly chapter in the country's HIV/AIDS   crisis, medical experts said on Monday.