tuberculosis
Drug-resistant TB at all-time high: WHO
Submitted by paul on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 6:35pm.Drug-resistant tuberculosis is on the increase, with highest-ever rates being reported around the world, according to a report published by the World Health Organization. "TB drug resistance needs a frontal assault," said Dr. Mario Raviglione, director of...
Experts say Toronto unprepared for TB
Submitted by paul on Sun, 02/24/2008 - 2:39pm.Health experts warn there could be an outbreak of tuberculosis in Toronto, which reportedly lacks a centralized system of TB clinics.The (Toronto) Star reported Sunday that about 400 of Canada's 1,600 active tuberculosis cases are in Toronto, a figure...
Smart Pill Box Developed to Combat Tuberculosis
Submitted by paul on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 3:14pm.A team of MIT professors and researchers have received a grant to continue developing the Ubox, an intelligent pill delivery system intended to increase medication compliance for rural patients suffering from TB. Though many of the world's worst disea...
Report: U.S. falling short on TB battle
Submitted by paul on Fri, 02/01/2008 - 11:07pm.A new report said the United States is falling short of its benchmark goal of eliminating tuberculosis as a public health problem by 2010.Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows latent TB infection in the U.S. population from 19...
Professor warns against threat of bad environmental management in mining on health
Submitted by paul on Thu, 12/06/2007 - 1:03am.Bad management in Zambia's mining environment has brought about serious health problems such as tuberculosis, silicosis and Wilson's disease in Copperbelt Province, according to a study by North-West University of South Africa. Zambia Daily Mail Thursday q...
China to ease travel restrictions on HIV-carriers
Submitted by paul on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 10:01am.BEIJING (Reuters) - China is to scrap immigration laws that restrict people with HIV/AIDS traveling to the country, a health ministry official and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said on Thursday.
CDC report on TB traveler urges more coordination
Submitted by paul on Fri, 11/02/2007 - 10:02am.WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Breaches in security that allowed a U.S. tuberculosis patient to defy health officials and fly to Europe and back in May can be at least partly fixed with faster communication and better training, according to a federal government report.
Germ Warfare
Submitted by paul on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 4:00pm.Homeland Security: A Mexican national legally enters the U.S. 76 times and travels domestically with a highly contagious form of tuberculosis....
Global Fund asking for billions to fight AIDS at Berlin meeting
Submitted by paul on Wed, 09/26/2007 - 2:20pm.The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria began its biggest ever financing drive here on Wednesday in a bid to raise eight billion dollars (5.6 billion euros) to combat the three killer diseases. Germany kicked off the donor conference i...
