New findings on drug tolerance in TB suggest ideas for shorter cures
New findings on how tuberculosis (TB) bacteria develop multi-drug tolerance point to ways TB infections might be cured more quickly.
Mar 03, 2011
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Mar 03, 2011
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New antibody treatments help tackle tuberculosis
Researchers from the University of Dundee, King’s College London and St George’s, University of London have identified potential new means to treat tuberculosis (TB).
Mar 01, 2011
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Researchers trace source of cocaine-driven TB outbreak
(PhysOrg.com) -- Simon Fraser University researchers are the first to combine the latest techniques of whole bacterial genome analysis with social networking surveys to track down the puzzling origins of a ...
Feb 23, 2011
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Elephant spread TB to workers at Tenn. sanctuary
(AP) -- A tuberculosis outbreak among workers at a Tennessee elephant sanctuary in 2009 is being blamed on one of the pachyderms, even though some of the employees didn't have close contact with the animal.
Feb 16, 2011
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Death rate from tuberculosis in homeless alarmingly high: study
One in five homeless people with tuberculosis die within a year of their diagnosis, according to a study led by St. Michael's Hospital's Dr. Kamran Khan. And that number remains unchanged over the last decade despite recommendations ...
Feb 16, 2011
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2 in 1: Multi-tasking protein provides new approaches for anti-tuberculosis drugs
In a paper published today in PNAS, scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Hamburg, Germany, reveal new insights into the workings of enzymes from a group of bacteria including Mycobacterium tuberculo ...
Feb 15, 2011
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Tuberculosis in Nunavut: a century of failure
A recent outbreak of tuberculosis in Nunavut, with a population infection rate 62 times the Canadian average, points to a need to rebuild trust in public health to combat the disease, states an editorial published in CMAJ ...
Feb 14, 2011
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Homogeneous tuberculosis treatment ineffective in children, researchers find
The realization of medically treating different children uniquely may start with one of the deadliest diseases in existence: tuberculosis.
Feb 10, 2011
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Germany suspends payments to global health fund
(AP) -- Germany says it will halt all payments to a $21.7 billion global health fund until it gets answers about serious corruption allegations raised in articles by The Associated Press.
Jan 26, 2011
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More intensive methods needed to identify TB in HIV-prone populations
Identifying tuberculosis patients in Africa using passive methods is leaving many cases undiagnosed, according to researchers from the Netherlands, Kenya and the United States, who studied case detection methods in HIV-prone ...
Jan 14, 2011
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Study shows a serious risk of side effects when having latent tuberculosis therapy over age 65
A new study found that there is a serious increased risk of side effects requiring hospitalization in people over the age of 65 who are going through latent tuberculosis infection therapy, according to a study published in ...
Jan 10, 2011
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New findings show vitamin D accelerates recovery from tuberculosis
New research findings which show that vitamin D can speed up antibiotic treatment of tuberculosis (TB) have been revealed by scientists at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. The study - which gives fresh ...
Jan 06, 2011
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TB patients face higher lung cancer risk: Taiwan researchers
Tuberculosis patients are 11 times more likely than the average to develop lung cancer, according to a new study published by a group of Taiwanese scientists.
Jan 05, 2011
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Study finds evidence of increased lung cancer risk among tuberculosis patients
Although a clear association of tuberculosis with lung cancer remains to be established, a new study published in the January issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology provides compelling evidence of increased lung cancer ...
Jan 01, 2011
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Spread of TB in prisons increases the incidence of TB in the general population
The risk of tuberculosis (TB) and latent TB (in which the bacteria that cause TB lie dormant but can reactivate later to cause active TB disease) is higher in the prison population than in the general population. And importantly, ...
Dec 21, 2010
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