News Search Results for "tuberculosis"

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36 Million People With Tuberculosis Cured And Up To 8 Million Lives Sa...
Some 36 million people have been cured of tuberculosis (TB) over the past 15 years through a rigorous approach to treatment endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO). New data, releas...
Medical News Today, Thu Dec 17 03:33:23 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Martin County Jail inmates, staff tested for tuberculosis
Several inmates and corrections staff at the Martin County Jail have been tested for tuberculosis after an inmate told medical staff Friday that he tested positive for the condition earlier...
Stuart News, Wed Dec 16 14:54:50 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
HIV patients easy prey to tuberculosis
The objective of the district health authorities to detect and identify new tuberculosis patient and to put them on treatment under RNTCP was unable to reach the target.
The Times of India, Wed Dec 16 08:11:24 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Tuberculosis cases up in Hinds County
HINDS COUNTY, MS (WLBT) - State health officials are trying to get a handle on a recent increase of tuberculosis cases in Hinds County. They're testing certain sections of the population, i...
WLBT 3 Jackson, Tue Dec 15 17:00:21 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Chicago has wide racial health gap, study says
A widening gulf in the health status of blacks and whites in Chicago comes even as disparities between the two races nationally have remained relatively constant, a new study has found. The...
Chicago Tribune, Thu Dec 17 19:45:00 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
India is high Tuberculosis burden country
Ahmedabad, Dec 15 : India is one of the 22 high tuberculosis burdened countries in the world and two persons die of TB in India every three minutes, according to world health organisation T...
New Kerala, Tue Dec 15 09:39:29 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
NIH awards La Jolla Institute $18.8 million for major infectious disea...
( La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology ) Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology will take aim at several of the world's most dangerous infectious diseas...
EurekAlert!, Thu Dec 17 06:42:47 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
NIH Awards La Jolla Institute $18.8 Million for Major Infectious Disea...
Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology will take aim at several of the world's most dangerous infectious diseases - tuberculosis, malaria and dengue virus -- in a ...
Newswise, Thu Dec 17 11:32:53 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Relief agency pulls out of Turkmenistan
A prominent relief agency says it has pulled out of Turkmenistan because its government has failed to cooperate with a plan to fight tuberculosis there.
AP via Yahoo! Philippines News, Thu Dec 17 04:40:00 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Mechanism discovered by which body's cells encourage tuberculosis infe...
Tuberculosis bacteria use a signaling pathway to coerce disease fighting cells to switch allegiance and work on their behalf. Scientists have discovered a molecular mechanism by which TB ba...
Science Daily, Mon Dec 14 11:12:33 PST 2009 Yahoo! News