The vaccine used to protect against tuberculosis disease (bacillus calmette-guerin or BCG) also protects against tuberculosis infection (mycobacterium) as well as protecting against progression from infection to disease, ...
Aug 5, 2014
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Tuberculosis stands as one of the leading causes of death among young people across the world. Modeling studies suggest that in over 96% of the deadly cases involving children younger than 15 years old, the infected child ...
Mar 15, 2023
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Health officials called Thursday for urgent action to tackle "alarming" rates of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Myanmar where nearly 9,000 people catch the strain of the infectious disease each year.
Aug 22, 2013
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Hopes are high for a new and improved tuberculosis vaccine: Serum Institute of India is planning on taking a promising vaccine - originally developed in Germany - and introducing it into the clinical setting. Studies have ...
Jul 23, 2013
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Up to 30% of the world's population is infected with Tuberculosis (TB), but in many areas of the world, TB diagnosis still relies on insensitive, poorly standardized, and time-consuming methods. A new diagnostic tool, endorsed ...
Apr 9, 2012
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A fingerprint may soon be all a doctor needs to check whether tuberculosis patients are taking their antibiotics, thanks to a new study led by the University of Surrey. The study is published in the International Journal ...
Jun 24, 2024
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Reduced donor funding has forced the Namibian government to shrink the supply of free condoms, a government report said Tuesday, threatening the country's fight against sexually transmitted diseases.
Jul 31, 2013
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(HealthDay)—Tuberculosis preventive treatment completion is higher with three months of rifapentine-isoniazid than six months of isoniazid among patients with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy, according to a study published ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Siemens is researching a method that may make it possible to diagnose tuberculosis or lung cancer at an early stage using breath samples. The process involves an analysis of the molecular structure of the subject's breath. ...
Nov 30, 2012
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Each year, nearly 2 million people die from tuberculosis – a treatable disease that has been brought under control in the United States, but continues to ravage other parts of the world. This health inequity should prompt ...
Sep 5, 2012
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