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Tuberculosis News

Health News Posted on May 26, 2012

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Tuberculosis- Related News

Medindia provides you with the latest news and research breakthroughs on Tuberculosis. Please find 175 such items on this topic.

Possible Link Between Air Pollution and Tuberculosis
A possible association between a common component of urban air pollution and tuberculosis has been determined in a recent study. In their finding, a team of researchers, led by Dr...

New Guidelines Issued On Tuberculosis Care In Europe
The European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have jointly developed new guidelines for tuberculosis (TB) care in Europe. The 2...

Two-drug Combination Shows Promise Against Tuberculosis
Two drugs show promising results against tuberculosis (TB) - a disease that kills 2 million people annually, reports scientist. The treatment, which combines two medications already approved...

In Areas With High HIV Rates, Tuberculosis is Still Very Prevalent
New research indicates that tuberculosis continues to remain a deadly threat worldwide, particularly in places with high HIV rates. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) estim...

World Tuberculosis Day 2012 - 'Stopping TB in My Lifetime'
World Tuberculosis Day is an occasion to raise public awareness on a contagious disease that is treatable and preventable and yet has spread to epidemic proportions and continues to kill mil...

Tuberculosis Kills 70,000 Children Every Year, Says WHO
Tuberculosis (TB) is a curable disease, but it often goes unnoticed due to a failure by health workers to recognise the symptoms, as a result of which about 70,000 children are dying every y...

Gates Foundation Grants $220 Million for Tuberculosis Vaccine Project
Aeras, one of the world's largest not-for-profit biotechs receives a grant of up to US $220 million to develop new tuberculosis vaccine. The grant to Rockville, Maryland based firm p...

Prevention Treatment Beneficial for Children Exposed to Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Bacterium
Children who are exposed to people infected with multidrug resistant tuberculosis may benefit from prevention programs, suggest study. Prevention is always better than cure especially...

Novel Tuberculosis Research Technology Promises New TB Treatments
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are developing a new way of culturing tuberculosis bacteria, which could lead to new insights and treatments. According to the World Health Org...

Genetics may be Able to Guide Treatment for Tuberculosis
New breakthrough research has indicated that a gene that influences the inflammatory response to infection may also predict the effectiveness of drug treatment for a deadly form of tuberculo...

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