Tuberculosis

Wisconsin Chemists Find a New Chink in TB's Armor

MADISON, Wisc. -- The family of bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy are notoriously sturdy. And although the diseases they cause have been held in check for the past 50 years by antibiotics, some strains are becoming increasingly resistant to existing ...More
May 10, 2004
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2005 Global Tuberculosis Targets May Be Out of Reach

Newswise -- An article in this week's issue of The Lancet cautions that key targets for tuberculosis control -- due to be reached by next year -- are unlikely to be met unless renewed strategic action and financial support can be secured. Tuberculosis remains a leading ...More
March 8, 2004
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Clinical Trial of a New TB Vaccine in the U.S. Begins; New Vaccine May Prove More Potent than 100-Year-Old Current Vaccine

BETHESDA, Md. -- The Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA today announced they have begun the first clinical trial of a live recombinant tuberculosis vaccine in the U.S. Six volunteers were inoculated today with the new vaccine ...More
February 20, 2004
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Gates Foundation Commits $82.9 Million to Develop New Tuberculosis Vaccines

SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces a $82.9 million grant to the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation to support development of new vaccines to prevent tuberculosis, a disease that kills nearly two million people every year. The grant, the largest ...More
February 20, 2004
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UCSD Medical Center Receives NIH Contract to Set Up National Tuberculosis Educational Curriculum

SAN DIEGO - Newswise -- The University of California San Diego (UCSD) Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Division, was recently awarded a five-year, $6.2 million contract by the U.S. National Institutes of Health to establish the Tuberculosis Curriculum Coordinating Center ...More
January 8, 2004
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Infection Control Today - 08/2003: Criminal Element

Criminal Element Silent Infectious Invaders from the U.S. Correctional System By Kathy Dix How many of your patients have close contact with people who have been in prison? Do you know if they have been exposed to tuberculosis (TB), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or ...More
August 1, 2003
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Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC) Applauds OSHA's Withdrawal of Proposed TB Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) announced today that it welcomed the recent decision by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to withdrawal its proposed rule for controlling occupational ...More
May 30, 2003
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Sloppy Repair Helps Tuberculosis Bug Resist Drugs

WASHINGTON -- Shoddy work by a DNA-repair enzyme allows tuberculosis-causing bacteria to develop antibiotic resistance, scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have discovered. Reported in the current issue of the journal Cell, the ...More
April 22, 2003
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Medical Services Ships Tuberculosis VScan Test Kits to the Philippines

EDMONTON, Alberta -- Medical Services International Inc announces it will ship its VScan test kits for detection of Tuberculosis (TB) to the Philippines. The test kits will be used in field-testing in remote areas where there are little or no medical facilities that can do ...More
April 7, 2003
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London Tuberculosis Rates Now at Third World Proportions

LONDON -- Today at a London parliamentary briefing, health and development experts warned of worryingly high rates of tuberculosis in the capital and described a wave of TB across western Europe linked to globalization -- and increased travel and population movement -- ...More
December 4, 2002
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