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  • Kyrgyzstan: Punishment by Disease 26 Nov 2009 04:39 GMT
    ... TB rates are dangerously high in Kyrgyzstan’s overcrowded ... release. OSH, Kyrgyzstan | The spread of tuberculosis in Kyrgyzstan, after peaking a decade ago, ... who returned to civilian life carrying TB infections they contracted while in prison. Health professionals ...

  • Sequella and NIH Sign Exclusive Worldwide Licensing Agreement for SQ109 for New Infectious Disease Indications 17 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
    ... safety study in humans under its original tuberculosis IND, is a new chemical entity with ... new tuberculosis regimen and as a therapeutic active against other infectious agents. IND-directed studies in ... one or more of the current first-line anti-TB drugs and simplify patient therapy. SQ109 was ...

  • Stigma holding back the fight against TB 19 Nov 2009 06:20 GMT
    ... Monika Juma, a multi-drug resistant TB and HIV-positive patient waits to be treated ... in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, she had tuberculosis (TB), she expected sympathy and maybe even ... she told IRIN/PlusNews. "Yes, tuberculosis is very infectious, but those who have it are not ...

  • Stigma Hinders Fight Against TB 19 Nov 2009 15:35 GMT
    ... in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, she had tuberculosis (TB), she expected sympathy and maybe even offers ... she told IRIN/PlusNews. "Yes, tuberculosis is very infectious, but those who have it are not ...

  • TB Growing Concern Despite Efforts to Control It [analysis] 19 Nov 2009 00:56 GMT
    ... of the 22 countries with the highest Tuberculosis burden in the world, despite having a well-functioning TB programme, based on World Health Organisation (WHO) ... to 50 per cent of all people infected with HIV/AIDS could develop TB, as it ...

  • HIV/TB epidemic in Eastern Europe a 'public health disaster' 22 Nov 2009 04:39 GMT
    ... HIV-positive patients who are co-infected with tuberculosis have poor outcomes in Eastern Europe, a ... likely to be infected with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), to have disseminated TB, to receive suboptimal ... the clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with active TB and to analyse regional differences in ...

  • Treating alcohol-use disorders and tuberculosis together 19 Nov 2009 21:52 GMT
    ... Treatment for alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and tuberculosis (TB) is rarely integrated, even though the two ... the Divisions of Global Health Equity, and Infectious Diseases, at Brigham and Women's Hospital. The ...

  • Autopsy reveals ancient Egyptian mummy died of TB 20 Nov 2009 03:36 GMT
    ... death of an ancient Egyptian mummy was tuberculosis. The mummy, of a woman named `Irtyersenu', ... and bones. "Together, these results suggest that TB infection had spread from her lungs to the ...

  • Wales - Welsh Assembly Government Agriculture Bulletin on Bovine TB testing 23 Nov 2009 00:31 GMT
    ... Wales - Welsh Assembly Government Agriculture Bulletin on Bovine TB testing Welsh Assembly Government Agriculture Bulletin WALES ... RAGLEN DILEU TB CYMRU 1. Latest TB Health Check Wales statistics now available The latest ...

  • NORTH AMERICA: Latent Tuberculosis Infection Treatment Acceptance and Completion in the United States and Canada 25 Nov 2009 09:06 GMT
    ... changed since the publication date. NORTH AMERICA: Latent Tuberculosis Infection Treatment Acceptance and Completion in the ... Horsburgh Jr., MD; and others Treating latent TB infection is essential for preventing active disease, ...

  • FLORIDA: Tests Find No New Active TB Cases at School 17 Nov 2009 02:34 GMT
    ... date. FLORIDA: Tests Find No New Active TB Cases at School St. Petersburg Times (11.13.09) ... Eight persons were found to carry the latent form of the disease, which was "well ... "That just means they've been exposed to tuberculosis at some point in their life, and ...

  • School to conduct more tests for TB 24 Nov 2009 14:37 GMT
    ... at a school who tested negative for tuberculosis will be screened again after seven cases ... students in Year 12 were diagnosed with pulmonary TB at The Kingswood School in Corby. "As ...

  • Commission approves '¬275 million for the eradication, monitoring and control of animal diseases 26 Nov 2009 11:32 GMT
    ... for the first time of a Bovine Tuberculosis eradication programme for UK. TB programmes are expensive and the EU will ... to this task. Rabies is spread by infected wildlife and the programmes aim at producing ...

  • ASTMH Symposium Showcases Efforts To Meet the Need for New Medicines to Treat Infectious Diseases in 21 Nov 2009 18:55 GMT
    ... the Need for New Medicines to Treat Infectious Diseases in Developing Countries ASTMH Symposium Showcases ... the development of new medicines for malaria, tuberculosis, and various parasite-borne diseases." The symposium, "Rummaging ... Switzerland -- Extending a Hand: Eli Lilly's TB Drug Discovery Partnership -- Gail H. Cassell, ...

  • Opinions: Fighting TB; currency transaction tax 19 Nov 2009 05:57 GMT
    ... Innovation, Coordination Needed To 'Bring TB Research Into The 21st Century' Though tuberculosis "is one of the world's leading killers ... of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, writes in an As a result ...


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