TB – Tuberculosis News

• Desert Sun letter: We must focus on tuberculosis fight - The Desert Sun September 26, 2016
  The Desert SunDesert Sun letter: We must focus on tuberculosis fightThe Desert SunA spotlight on TB. Thanks for printing Teresa Rugg's insightful letter about tuberculosis, "TB awareness needed," Sept. 18. This disease is the number one infectious killer in our world. Even more insidious, this disease is spread through the air, like ...
• Antibodies may prevent tuberculosis infection, scientists say - UPI.com September 26, 2016
  UPI.comAntibodies may prevent tuberculosis infection, scientists sayUPI.comA better understanding of how antibodies react to tuberculosis infection and why some people have active instead of latent infections may help with the eventual design of a vaccine, say researchers at Harvard University. Photo by Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock.
• Young most at risk, says study on skeletal tuberculosis after 50 years - The Indian Express September 25, 2016
  The Indian ExpressYoung most at risk, says study on skeletal tuberculosis after 50 yearsThe Indian ExpressTHE first such study in more than 50 years in the country to assess the burden and distribution of skeletal tuberculosis has found that spine is the most commonly affected site in 65 per cent of the patients. The six-year study, covering 102 male and ...
• Study suggests antibodies may offer protection against tuberculosis - HSPH News September 23, 2016
  Study suggests antibodies may offer protection against tuberculosisHSPH NewsBoston, MA – Antibodies are one of the body's first lines of defense against infection, but their role in tuberculosis (TB) has gone largely unstudied. Now, by harnessing a unique technology for rapidly analyzing human antibodies, a team of researchers ...
• National Tuberculosis Screening Recommendations — TPG, Inc ... - Aptos Times September 22, 2016
  Aptos TimesNational Tuberculosis Screening Recommendations — TPG, Inc ...Aptos TimesNational Tuberculosis Screening Recommendations Times Publishing Group Inc tpgonlinedaily.com.and more »
• Bethel University confirms students being tested for tuberculosis - WBBJ-TV September 22, 2016
  WBBJ-TVBethel University confirms students being tested for tuberculosisWBBJ-TVMCKENZIE, Tenn. — Bethel University is urging some of its students to get tested for tuberculosis after a former student tested positive for the highly contagious disease. Tuberculosis is caused by a bacteria that attacks the lungs. Bethel President ...
• Hundreds of students from Oakland's Skyline High School posssibly exposed to tuberculosis - KGO-TV September 20, 2016
  KGO-TVHundreds of students from Oakland's Skyline High School posssibly exposed to tuberculosisKGO-TV"So when someone has tuberculosis disease, that's when they can have coughing and symptoms and night sweats and fever. That's what you typically think of when you think of tuberculosis. But it's actually fairly common to become infect
• Ban hails UN-backed fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria as partnership model for Global Goals - UN News Centre September 17, 2016
  Rare Disease ReportBan hails UN-backed fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria as partnership model for Global GoalsUN News Centre17 September 2016 – Praising the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria as a model of partnership that brings together people and development partners, governments, civil society, the private sector and people affec
• Cambodia: Funding the fight against tuberculosis - News from Al ... - Aljazeera.com September 16, 2016
  Aljazeera.comCambodia: Funding the fight against tuberculosis - News from Al ...Aljazeera.comProgress in Cambodia in reducing deaths from tuberculosis could be short-lived as future funding could be in doubt.and more »
• Nineteen Refugees Diagnosed With Active Tuberculosis in Michigan - Breitbart News September 16, 2016
  Nineteen Refugees Diagnosed With Active Tuberculosis in MichiganBreitbart NewsNineteen refugees were diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB) in Michigan between 2011 and 2016, according to data provided to Breitbart News by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and county government officials in Oakland ...