More drug-resistant TB seen in U.S.
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The worst forms of the killer tuberculosis bug have been gaining ground in the United States, alarming public health officials over imported drug-resistant strains of a disease that is mostly under control in this country.
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A new class of HIV drugs will help doctors treat patients who have become resistant to treatment.
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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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New cases of tuberculosis found in   South Africa have raised fears there could be multiple versions   of a highly drug resistant strain that has killed 62 people and   threatens to spread across a region ravaged by AIDS.
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An antibiotic-resistant germ is increasingly causing skin infections and pneumonia in otherwise healthy children and adults.
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A four-year study is to test if treatment for tuberculosis can be speeded up using a combination of drugs.
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Federal health authorities are looking for people who may have been exposed aboard a plane to someone infected with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis known as XDR-TB.
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Scientists believe they may have found a way to stop bacteria becoming resistant to drug treatments.
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A lethal new form of MRSA is reported to be more prevalent among the gay community in the US.
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Two separate studies by U.S. researchers find that super drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis are at the tipping point of a global epidemic, and only small changes could help them spread quickly.
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New tests show the globe-trotting American lawyer who caused an international health scare by traveling with a dangerous form of tuberculosis has a less severe form of the disease, doctors said Tuesday.
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A Denver hospital is expected to announce Tuesday that it has diagnosed Andrew Speaker -- the Atlanta lawyer whose travels while suffering from tuberculosis drew international attention -- with a more treatable form of the disease than the extensively drug-resistant form previously diagnosed, CNN has learned.
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A new compound gives hope as the disease has become increasingly resistant to current drugs. By Thomas H. Maugh II / Los Angeles Times.
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It may come as a surprise to many Americans that tuberculosis is the second leading cause of death worldwide. TB, which was nearly under control in the mid-20th century, affects more than eight million people each year, killing two million of them.
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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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A novel type of antibiotic has been shown in laboratory tests to powerfully attack and control tuberculosis, and some experts predict it could become the first new drug in 40 years to combat the killer disease effectively.
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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 this month, health officials said Tuesday.