May 16, 2012

Tuberculosis

Mar 23, 2012

Stop TB in My Lifetime

By Katharina Schwan

Every year on March 24, the Stop TB Partnership encourages us to observe World TB Day, a day designed to raise awareness and knowledge of the disease responsible for the deaths of several...

Tuberculosis

Jan 24, 2012

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India's Government Denies Totally Drug-Resistant TB

By Katharina Schwan

On January 13, Healthmap reported on the emergence of totally drug resistant tuberculosis (TBR-TB) in Mumbai at the Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre. However, after an...

Tuberculosis, drug resistance, india

Oct 19, 2011

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Global Tuberculosis Cases Down for First Time Ever

By Jane Huston

Amid reports of outbreaks in Paris and high schools across the United States, the World Health Organization recently announced that the number of new cases of tuberculosis went down globally for...

Tuberculosis, TB, Millenium Development Goals

Sep 2, 2011

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Scores of Newborns Infected with TB in Rome Hospital

By Sumiko Mekaru

At least 79 infants born in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital have tested positive for tuberculosis (TB). A nurse in the neonatal ward recently tested positive, and all 1,271 infants born at the hospital...

Tuberculosis, newborn, Rome, hospital