TB patient medicine test unveiled
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A test can tell if TB patients have stopped taking their medicine, which increases the risk of drug resistant strains.
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A new antibiotic could prove to be an important weapon in the fight against tuberculosis, scientists predict. Known as R207910, the new drug has been tested in mice and has been proven safe in human volunteers.
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Health experts say combining TB and HIV testing and treatment could save the lives of 500,000 HIV positive Africans a year.
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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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Public health officials urged the passengers and crew of the two recent trans-Atlantic flights to get checked for tuberculosis.
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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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The results of the first early test of a new type of tuberculosis vaccine show that it elicits strong immune responses in adults with or without a previous bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination.
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US officials quarantine a man with a dangerous form of tuberculosis and urge fellow air travellers to be tested.
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Scientists develop a colour test which shows up unique chemical changes in the breath of people with lung cancer.
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Tests and medicines used to diagnose and  combat tuberculosis (TB) in poor countries are outdated and  ineffective and new treatments must be developed to fight the  disease, Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday.
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Doctors and patients are travelling to Manchester for tests which a hospital says could be carried out in Bangor.
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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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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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The World Health Organization meeting is being held in response to recent reports of deadly strains of tuberculosis.
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A federal microbiologist, the father-in-law of the man quarantined with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis, will be investigated to see how he was involved in the case, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday.
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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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A British scientist invents a new test to identify the MRSA hospital "superbug" earlier.