Topic: Tuberculosis
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-12-05 18:39:22
<div><p>CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - A study involving 128 South African families has identified genetic traits that may protect some people from tuberculosis in a finding that could help lead to a new TB vaccine, scientists said on Saturday.</p><p>Tuberculosis is the world's seventh-leading cause of death, killing 1 ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-12-03 22:38:47
<div><p>CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Health experts on Thursday called for more research funding to develop better diagnostic tests, vaccines and drugs for tuberculosis, which killed 1.8 million people around the world last year.</p><p>While diseases like AIDS and malaria can be diagnosed in minutes by applying a drop ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-12-03 17:10:38
<div><p>The government of the Marshalls Islands is taking emergency measures to tackle an outbreak of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the western Pacific nation, officials said Thursday.</p><p>Only six cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have so far been confirmed in the tiny nation of around 55,000 people but ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-10-30 20:00:46
<div><p>Zodwa Mahlabane meticulously takes out her tablets from small yellow bags and puts them on a white tray.</p><p>She counts 15 pills in different colours, sizes and shapes and uses a large plastic jug full of water to drink her multi-drug resistant tuberculosis medication.</p>< ...
