AIDS Crisis Fueling Explosion of TB Cases
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The HIV/AIDS epidemic is contributing to a tuberculosis crisis that could see 1 billion people infected with TB within two decades, the United Nations warned on Monday.
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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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The World Health Organization meeting is being held in response to recent reports of deadly strains of tuberculosis.
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While every human death from bird flu commands widespread attention, some experts are urging the world not to forget killer diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, which claim millions of lives each year.
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Mumbai, Nov. 24: The number of women infected with HIV has gone up alarmingly in all parts of the world over the past two years, with the steepest increase in east Asia, followed by eastern Europe and central
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Chinese state media said Tuesday that reported cases of HIV/AIDS jumped 30 percent in 2006, compared to the year previous, with intravenous drug use the main source of infection.
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China, India and Russia are on the brink of an Africa-style Aids epidemic that could devastate the global economy and international security, the head of the UN Aids project has warned.
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As many as half a million lives could be saved every year in Africa if governments combine their approach to tackle a rampant AIDS epidemic with measures to treat tuberculosis, health experts said on Tuesday.
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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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Old drugs, outdated tests, empty promises, new threats. Such is the bleak reality surrounding an international tuberculosis conference opening Thursday in a city scarred by a killer combination of TB and AIDS: an already nightmarish scenario worsened by the spread of virtually untreatable strains.
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The number of reported HIV/AIDS cases  in China has grown by nearly 30 per cent this year, state media  said on Wednesday, warning the virus seemed to be spreading  from high-risk groups to the general public.
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BRITAIN is &quot;in the grip of a serious HIV epidemic&quot; as the number of people suffering from the infection continues to soar, new figures showed today.
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Despite a spurt in international spending against AIDS, the epidemic will claim more than 3 million lives this year and is threatening the world&#39;s most populous nations, global health authorities warned Tuesday.
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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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Doctors in Botswana, already battling one of the highest levels of HIV per capita in the world, are being overwhelmed by a dramatic rise in cancer cases as a result of the epidemic.
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Northeast China&#39;s Heilongjiang Province is facing a sharply growing number of HIV carriers and full-blown AIDS patients in recent years.
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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.