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England Launches Controversial Badger Cull to Stop Bovine TB

September 19, 2012January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

Officials in England have issued the first license for a cull of the badger population in Gloucestershire following an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis. It is

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Tuberculosis Without a Cure: TDR or XDR?

September 11, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

There is an overwhelming number of acronyms for the various forms of tuberculosis, and some debate about which strain coincides with what acronym. The discussion

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Tuberculosis Without a Cure: TDR or XDR?

September 11, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

There is an overwhelming number of acronyms for the various forms of tuberculosis, and some debate about which strain coincides with what acronym. The discussion

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Tuberculosis in Florida and Nowhere to go for Treatment

July 11, 2012January 25, 2023 Catherine Stecyk

Tuberculosis, the disease once known as consumption, has remained a global source of concern for centuries. And in Florida, the public-health issue has gained yet

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TB Outbreak in China’s Anhui Province

June 7, 2012January 25, 2023 Chenlong Zuo

  The Anhui Provincial Health Disease Control Departments have confirmed 29 cases of tuberculosis, including 26 students and three teachers who all from the same

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Patient Charged with Failing to Take TB Treatment

June 1, 2012January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

A California man infected with tuberculosis has been charged and jailed for not taking his TB medication. Prosecutors argue that Armando Rodriguez, 34, has put

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Stop TB in My Lifetime

March 23, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

Every year on March 24, the Stop TB Partnership encourages us to observe World TB Day, a day designed to raise awareness and knowledge of

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India’s Government Denies Totally Drug-Resistant TB

January 24, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

On January 13, Healthmap reported on the emergence of totally drug resistant tuberculosis (TBR-TB) in Mumbai at the Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre.

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Global Tuberculosis Cases Down for First Time Ever

October 19, 2011January 25, 2023 Jane Huston

Amid reports of outbreaks in Paris and high schools across the United States, the World Health Organization recently announced that the number of new cases

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Scores of Newborns Infected with TB in Rome Hospital

September 2, 2011January 25, 2023 Sumiko Mekaru

At least 79 infants born in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital have tested positive for tuberculosis (TB).  A nurse in the neonatal ward recently tested positive, and

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