Topic: Tuberculosis

AP News | 2010-02-22 16:13:23
TB study says US, global health officials too strict on flight rules for TB patients

Provocative new research suggests international rules that bar potentially infectious tuberculosis patients from flying are too stringent and airline passengers are really at little risk from catching TB from a fellow traveler. Global and U.S. health authorities also go too far in advising testing ...

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AFP Global Edition | 2010-02-22 01:10:18

World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines for preventing the spread of tuberculosis through air travel are largely a waste of time and resources, an expert said. The WHO recommendations, set down in 2006 and 2008, urge health watchdogs to trace and screen passengers who have sat for longer than eight hours in rows adjacent to someone who has tested positive for ...

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AFP Global Edition | 2010-02-22 00:11:00

World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines for preventing the spread of TB through air travel are largely a waste of time and resources, an expert said on Sunday. The WHO recommendations, set down in 2006 and 2008, urge health watchdogs to trace and screen passengers who have sat for longer than eight hours in rows adjacent to someone who has tested ...

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Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-16 19:31:47
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hospital and nursing-home employees who are infected with latent tuberculosis may often decline drug therapy to prevent the disease from becoming active, a new study suggests.</p><p>The study, which followed patients with latent TB at 32 U.S. and Canadian medical clinics, found that ...
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Mother-child HIV can be eliminated by 2015

ABC 7 NY (WABC) | 2010-03-14 06:30:41

Assistance planned for TB patients

The Hindu, India | 2010-03-13 00:13:17

Grim 1940 warning surfaces amid rising native TB rates

Globe and Mail, Canada | 2010-03-12 12:58:23

Nelson Mandela Bay public health clinics in crisis

Weekend Post, South Africa | 2010-03-12 06:09:58

TB rate more than 30 times higher for aboriginal Canadians: Report

Regina Leader-Post, Canada | 2010-03-11 16:50:20

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