Johnson and Johnson cuts price of anti-TB tablets
US pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson announced Monday an immediate cut in the price of its tuberculosis treatment courseāa move NGOs have long been calling for.
Jul 6, 2020
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US pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson announced Monday an immediate cut in the price of its tuberculosis treatment courseāa move NGOs have long been calling for.
Jul 6, 2020
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Around 10 million people worldwide fall ill from tuberculosis every year and 1.6 million people die of it. Particularly burdened by the disease are the sub-Saharan African countries.
Jun 25, 2020
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A 4-month rifampin regimen was found to be cheaper than a 9-month course of isoniazid for the treatment of latent tuberculosis in a cost-comparison study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Currently, isoniazid ...
Jun 16, 2020
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The number of human tuberculosis (TB) cases that are due to transmission from animals, as opposed to human-to-human transmission, may be much higher than previously estimated, according to an international team of researchers. ...
Jun 15, 2020
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The tuberculosis pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis can protect itself better when combined and thus stay alive longer in the air. This was the result of a study by the Leibniz Research Alliance INFECTIONS, which was published ...
Jun 12, 2020
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Two exceptional strains of tuberculosis, isolated from East African patients with multi-resistant forms of the disease, have been discovered thanks to the use of a new molecular test, Deeplex-MycTB.
Jun 9, 2020
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The World Health Organization has today issued new recommendations to tackle tuberculosis, a respiratory disease, in the wake of coronavirus spreading across continents.
Mar 25, 2020
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"Persistent cough in underweight patients with diabetes warrants screening for active tuberculosis." This is the message in the editorial of the December 2019 issue of the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, ...
Mar 23, 2020
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The bacteria that cause the deadly lung disease tuberculosis appear to facilitate their own spread by producing a molecule that triggers cough, a new study led by UTSW researchers shows. The findings, published online March ...
Mar 5, 2020
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Researchers at the University of Southampton have identified how new checkpoint inhibitor treatments for cancer can activate tuberculosis in some patients.
Feb 24, 2020
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