TB – Tuberculosis News

• Ringling Bros. elephant retirement due to rampant TB: PETA - New York Daily News March 6, 2015
  New York Daily NewsRingling Bros. elephant retirement due to rampant TB: PETANew York Daily NewsA damning report showing a high rate of tuberculosis among circus elephants may have forced Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey to announce Thursday the iconic beasts would be retired from shows by 2018, animal rights group PETA claims. Stephen ...The Numbers B
• Tuberculosis case confirmed at Worcester care home - BBC News March 6, 2015
  BBC NewsTuberculosis case confirmed at Worcester care homeBBC NewsA worker at a residential care home in Worcestershire has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, Public Health England (PHE) has confirmed. Teme Court, in Lower Wick, Worcester, caters for elderly people who have dementia or need personal care.and more »
• Bill to jail noncompliant tuberculosis patients killed - Jackson Clarion Ledger March 5, 2015
  Jackson Clarion LedgerBill to jail noncompliant tuberculosis patients killedJackson Clarion LedgerThe House has killed a Senate bill that could have allowed tuberculosis patients who refused treatment to be jailed, with some House members saying the legislation would take the state back to the dark ages. The vote was 39-70 on Senate Bill 2585 ...
• Racism, Terror and Tuberculosis in Ukraine - CounterPunch March 5, 2015
  Racism, Terror and Tuberculosis in UkraineCounterPunchToday, patriotic rhetoric is becoming openly mixed with social racism and discrimination. “I arrested two separatists and it turns out one of them has tuberculosis. Now I will have the shivers every time I cough,” Michael Skildt complained recently in ...
• Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Provides Tuberculosis, Measles Updates - CBS Local March 5, 2015
  CBS LocalAllegheny Co. Health Dept. Provides Tuberculosis, Measles UpdatesCBS LocalPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department has been looking into cases of tuberculosis ever since a Pittsburgh Public School District student came down with the disease. They provided an update on the situation today.and more »
• Student at Olathe High School has tuberculosis - KMBC Kansas City March 4, 2015
  KAKEStudent at Olathe High School has tuberculosisKMBC Kansas CityIt could take eight weeks from the time someone is exposed to TB for an infection to start. A forum for student and parents about tuberculosis is planned at Olathe Northwest at 5:30 p.m. next Tuesday. There are fewer than 40 cases of tuberculosis in ...Health officials confirm tuberculosis cas
• Tuberculosis-Resistant Cows Engineered In China - Popular Science March 4, 2015
  Popular ScienceTuberculosis-Resistant Cows Engineered In ChinaPopular ScienceThis week, scientists in China announced the production of a herd of genetically modified cattle, capable of resisting bovine tuberculosis. The scientists introduced a mouse gene into the genetic makeup of cows. The gene, which protects mice from TB ...
• Chinese Immigrants In Sunset Park Struck By Tuberculosis Outbreak - Gothamist February 28, 2015
  Chinese Immigrants In Sunset Park Struck By Tuberculosis OutbreakGothamistTuberculosis cases have declined considerably in the United States over the past decade, with only 10,000 cases reported in 2012, 651 of which were in NYC. But 84 percent of the 656 people infected with TB in the city in 2013 were born outside the ...
• 15 Chinese immigrants struck with tuberculosis in NYC - New York Post February 27, 2015
  New York Post15 Chinese immigrants struck with tuberculosis in NYCNew York PostTuberculosis has struck more than a dozen Chinese immigrants with ties to Brooklyn's Sunset Park over the last 20 months, the city's Health Department said Friday. “We want people to be aware of the situation,” Assistant Health Commissioner Joseph ...Chinese Immigrants F
• Health Department: Pittsburgh Public School Student Diagnosed With ... - CBS Local February 10, 2015
  CBS LocalHealth Department: Pittsburgh Public School Student Diagnosed With ...CBS LocalPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Officials with the Allegheny County Health Department say a student at Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8 Middle School has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. “I've been in practice for almost 25 years and I think I've seen probably one or ...Alleghen