Drive to curb drug-resistant TB
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The World Health Organization has unveiled a two-year plan to combat the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis.
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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.
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South Africa is overhauling its AIDS strategy in a bid to counter the rise of extreme drug resistant tuberculosis which is proving a serious threat to those suffering HIV/AIDS, a senior official said on Thursday.
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A new type of antibiotic has been shown in laboratory tests to powerfully attack and control tuberculosis. Some experts believe R207910 could become the first new drug in 40 years to effectively combat the killer disease.
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Super drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis are at the tipping point of a global epidemic, and only small changes are needed to help them spread quickly, U.S. researchers predicted Sunday.
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Super drug-resistant forms of  tuberculosis are at the tipping point of a global epidemic, and  only small changes are needed to help them spread quickly, U.S.  researchers predicted Sunday.
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Scientists at Johnson &amp; Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, LLC, have identified a novel anti-tuberculosis (TB) compound that works better and faster than the current standard of care in mouse models of TB infection.
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The pharmaceutical enlists help to thwart a troublesome illness.
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More than 300 cases of extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) have been confirmed across South Africa, the national health department said Thursday.
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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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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.
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For a disease that scientists conquered 40 years ago, tuberculosis has made an astonishing comeback. Today relatively recent strains of TB that resist antibiotics have driven
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A rapid and accurate test for TB could cut infection rates around the world, say experts.
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Tests and medicines used to diagnose and combat tuberculosis (TB) in poor countries are outdated and ineffective and new treatments must be developed to fight the disease, Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday.
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Scientists say people traveling to Africa from Southeast Asia and South America should be screened and treated for drug-resistant malaria.
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A drug treatment combination can reduce deaths from tuberculosis meningitis by up to a third, scientists believe.
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The spread of HIV and AIDS across Africa is fueling the rise of another deadly disease that many thought was on the decline: tuberculosis.