Tuberculosis News

Posted May 22, 2012:

• New TB Test Promises to Be Cheap and Fast

Posted April 13, 2012:

• Possible Connection Between Air Pollution and Tuberculosis Susceptibility

Posted March 26, 2012:

• Two Drugs Already on the Market Show Promise Against Tuberculosis

Posted February 27, 2012:

• Frontal Attack or Stealth? How Subverting the Immune System Shapes the Arms Race Between Bacteria and Hosts

Posted January 20, 2012:

• Anti-Infective Drug Shortages Pose Threat to Public Health and Patient Care

Posted December 28, 2011:

• New Way to Ensure Effectiveness of TB Treatment?

Posted December 15, 2011:

• Scientists Uncover Evidence on How Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Cells Form

Posted November 29, 2011:

• Preclinical Effectiveness of TB Drug Target Validated

Posted November 28, 2011:

• New Compound Defeats Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Posted November 7, 2011:

• Decrease in Observed Rate of TB at a Time of Economic Recession

Posted November 1, 2011:

• Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii Found Growing in Nearly Half of Infected Patient Rooms

Posted October 20, 2011:

• For Patients With Both HIV and Tuberculosis the Timing of Drug Therapies Is Critical

Posted October 18, 2011:

• New Discovery in the Fight Against Tuberculosis

Posted October 12, 2011:

• Vitamin D Crucial in Human Immune Response to Tuberculosis, Scientists Find

Posted October 4, 2011:

• Smoking Could Lead to 40 Million Excess Tuberculosis Deaths by 2050

Posted October 3, 2011:

• Tuberculosis Bacterium's Outer Cell Wall Disarms the Body's Defense to Remain Infectious

Posted September 20, 2011:

• Certain Heavy Metals Boost Immunity, Study Suggests

Posted September 4, 2011:

• Potential Vaccine Readies Immune System to Kill Tuberculosis in Mice

Posted August 23, 2011:

• Afghan Patients a Common Source of Drug-Resistant Bacteria, Study Finds

Posted August 17, 2011:

• A Faster, Cheaper Way to Diagnose Tuberculosis

Posted August 9, 2011:

• Serological Antibody Tests to Detect Active TB Are Inaccurate and Not Cost-Effective, Studies Suggest

Posted August 3, 2011:

• New WHO Guidelines Call for More Evidence on Drug-Resistant TB

Posted August 2, 2011:

• New Study Identifies Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Strain of Salmonella

Posted August 1, 2011:

• New Discovery Brings Customized Tuberculosis Therapies Based on Genotype Closer to Reality

Posted July 26, 2011:

• New Tuberculosis Drug-Resistance Test Shows Promise but Needs Investment for Those Diagnosed to Be Cured

Posted July 21, 2011:

• Computer Simulations Aid Understanding of Bacterial Resistance Against Commonly Used Antibiotics

Posted July 12, 2011:

• Alternative Methods of Smear Collection Are Effective at Diagnosing TB
• Invasive Diagnostic Procedure for Children With Cystic Fibrosis Does Not Improve Outcomes, Study Finds

Posted July 6, 2011:

• Combination Therapy as Good as Old Regimen to Prevent Full-Blown TB in People With/without HIV

Posted June 16, 2011:

• Scientists Develop a Fatty 'Kryptonite' to Defeat Multidrug-Resistant 'Super Bugs'

Posted May 31, 2011:

• Dangerous Bacteria Found on Cell Phones of Hospital Patients

Posted May 24, 2011:

• PET Scans Predict Effectiveness of Treatment for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in HIV Patients

Posted May 17, 2011:

• Simple Face Masks Could Significantly Prevent Spread of TB to Non-Infected Patients

Posted May 12, 2011:

• Sharing Musical Instruments Means Sharing Germs

Posted May 4, 2011:

• Private Market for Tuberculosis Drugs: Big and Messy, but a Necessary Partner in Stopping the TB Epidemic, Study Finds

Posted April 25, 2011:

• Tuberculosis Discovery Paves Way for Drugs That Prevent Lung Destruction

Posted April 20, 2011:

• UK: Immigrant Screening Misses Majority of Imported Latent TB, Finds Study

Posted April 12, 2011:

• Discovery of Two New Genes Provides Hope for Stemming Staph Infections
• Use of Combination Drug Regimen for Treating TB May Represent an Effective Treatment Option

Posted April 11, 2011:

• Tuberculosis Strain Spread by the Fur Trade Reveals Stealthy Approach of Epidemics

Posted April 8, 2011:

• New Antibiotics Against Resistant Bacterial Infections Discovered

Posted April 1, 2011:

• New Experimental Diagnostic Test Able to Quickly Distinguish Infection from Tuberculosis Disease

Posted March 18, 2011:

• Scientists Find Candidate for New TB Vaccine

Posted March 15, 2011:

• Treatments for Recurring TB Infection Failing the Developing World, Study Finds

Posted March 14, 2011:

• How Common Immune Booster Works: Research May Lead to New and Improved Vaccines

Posted March 9, 2011:

• How Tuberculosis Bacteria Manage to Survive Inside Body’s Macrophage Cells

Posted February 18, 2011:

• Efficacy of Tuberculosis Vaccine Enhanced Thanks to New Research

Posted February 16, 2011:

• Death Rate from Tuberculosis in Homeless Alarmingly High

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