We've been reminded about avoiding hugging or kissing, especially among large family groups, in light of the recent Melbourne coronavirus clusters.
Jun 26, 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 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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(HealthDay)—From 2017 to 2018, there were modest decreases in the number of persons with tuberculosis (TB) and the number of TB-related deaths, according to research published in the March 20 issue of the U.S. Centers for ...
Mar 24, 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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Young children exposed to tuberculosis are at surprisingly high risk of developing the disease, according to research led by the School of Medicine.
Mar 20, 2020
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In September 2018, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the NIH, issued its Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Research, which outlined research priorities to reduce and ultimately end the ...
Feb 11, 2020
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Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world's most vexing public health problems. About 1.5 million people died from this bacterial lung infection in 2018, and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one-quarter of the ...
Jan 30, 2020
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Worldwide, more people die from tuberculosis (TB) than any other infectious disease, even though the vast majority were vaccinated. The vaccine just isn't that reliable. But a new Nature study finds that simply changing the ...
Jan 1, 2020
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A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, both in India, have found that the antimalarial drug chloroquine can make the tuberculosis bacteria more sensitive to ...
