http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. An outbreak of tuberculosis in the skid row area of downtown Los Angeles may have exposed up to 4,500 individuals to the bacterium that causes the deadly disease and has left federal officials scrambling to intervene. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-wolf-sheep-uncovering-deadly-bacteria.html Medical research Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:00:04 EST news281280867 (HealthDay) -- The global prevalence of tuberculosis, hepatitis C virus infection, and HIV is high among homeless people, although significant heterogeneity is seen in prevalence estimates, according to a study published online Aug. 20 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-prevalence-tb-hepatitis-hiv-high.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:43:46 EST news264689016