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• Scissoring The Lipids May Lead To Tuberculosis Vaccine - Science 2.0 July 28, 2014
  Scissoring The Lipids May Lead To Tuberculosis VaccineScience 2.0Their paper describes not only this new strategy, but also its application to the shortest known synthesis, just 14 steps, of hydroxyphthioceranic acid, a key component of the cell wall lipid of the virulent mycobacterium tuberculosis. The method is ...Scissoring the lipidsNanowerkall 3 news ar
• Report of high-level meeting on World TB Day 2014 published - World Health Organization (press release) July 28, 2014
  Report of high-level meeting on World TB Day 2014 publishedWorld Health Organization (press release)The report of the high-level meeting organized to commemorate World Tuberculosis Day 2014 is now published. WHO/Europe organized the event to commemorate the discovery of the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) by Robert ...
• Children are silent victims of the 'hidden epidemic' of tuberculosis - Medical Xpress July 28, 2014
  Medical XpressChildren are silent victims of the 'hidden epidemic' of tuberculosisMedical XpressNations of the world came together in 2000 to make a solemn commitment to humanity to combat tuberculosis (TB), HIV/AIDS and other devastating diseases. This pushed governments to set up aggressive public health measures towards eradicating TB, but ...HI
• Carrier: warrant issued for possible illegal immigrant with deadly strain of ... - USFinancePost July 28, 2014
  Carrier: warrant issued for possible illegal immigrant with deadly strain of ...USFinancePostillegal alien with deadly strain of tuberculosis Like a scene out of a Hollywood disaster movie, prosecutors in California have issued an arrest warrant for a possible illegal immigrant who may be carrying a strain of tuberculosis that is highly drug ...Man with tube
• CDC resumes transfers from tuberculosis lab after anthrax mishap - Fox News July 25, 2014
  Fox NewsCDC resumes transfers from tuberculosis lab after anthrax mishapFox NewsThe tuberculosis lab, which last year processed more than 500 specimens from around the United States, is the first of the CDC's high-containment labs to be cleared to resume transfers of biological materials. Its other such labs remain on hold, the ...
• California police seek man who refused tuberculosis treatment - Fox News July 25, 2014
  Fox NewsCalifornia police seek man who refused tuberculosis treatmentFox NewsThis undated photo released by the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office shows Eduardo Rosas Cruz. On Thursday, July 24, 2014, prosecutors in California said they have obtained an arrest warrant for the 25-year-old diagnosed with tuberculosis ...Arrest warrant issued fo
• Arrest Warrant Issued for Possible Illegal Alien with Drug-Resistant Strain of ... - Breitbart News July 25, 2014
  Breitbart NewsArrest Warrant Issued for Possible Illegal Alien with Drug-Resistant Strain of ...Breitbart NewsSTOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors in Central California have obtained an arrest warrant for a tuberculosis patient who they say is contagious and has refused treatment. San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney Stephen Taylor said Thursday that .
• CDC Says Tuberculosis Lab, Shut Amid Exposure Scare, Can Continue Its Work - New York Times July 25, 2014
  USA TODAYCDC Says Tuberculosis Lab, Shut Amid Exposure Scare, Can Continue Its WorkNew York TimesOperations can resume at a government tuberculosis laboratory in Atlanta that was shut down this month as part of a moratorium on handling dangerous microbes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday. The moratorium ...CDC tuberculosis la
• If Tuberculosis Spreads ... - New York Times July 10, 2014
  New York TimesIf Tuberculosis Spreads ...New York TimesATLANTA — DRUG-RESISTANT tuberculosis is on the rise. The World Health Organization reports around 500,000 new drug-resistant cases each year. Fewer than half of patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis will be cured, even with the best ...Childhood Tuberculosis Likely Under-diagnosed and Un
• Immigration crisis: Tuberculosis spreading at camps - Fox News July 7, 2014
  Fox NewsImmigration crisis: Tuberculosis spreading at campsFox NewsTexas Department of State Health Services Commissioner David Lakey, M.D. says state health officials have seen only three cases of tuberculosis, the Associated Press reports. One of my sources with close ties to the Texas HHS tells me all three cases ...Reports of immigrant children carrying