Tuberculosis News Headlines

• Researchers Identify New Adherence Factor, Pili, Produced By Tuberculosis
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Smoking May Be A Risk Factor For Tuberculosis
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Smoking May Be A Risk Factor For Tuberculosis
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• New Drugs Trials Could Slash Treatment Times
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Conventional Wisdom On Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis May Be Overturned By New Research
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• First death from virulent tuberculosis strain in Cape Town area
  The Earth Times - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:19 EST
  
• TB strain threatens "uncontrollable" epidemic
  Reuters - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:12 EST
  
• New Research May Overturn Conventional Wisdom On Drug-resistant Tuberculosis
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria Could Destabilize Kenya's Social, Economic Sectors, Report Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
  
• New Light on the Fight against T.B.
  The Earth Times - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:46 EST
  
• Unique Cell Population Involved In Granuloma Formation In The Intestine
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Windows effective to reduce TB germs
  The Earth Times - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:27 EST
  
• To Prevent Transmission Of TB Just Opoen Windows
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• A smoker has a greater risk of active TB
  The Earth Times - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:21 EST
  
• TB Infection Risk Increased By Smoking, New Study Finds
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
  
• HIV Fueling Deaths From XDR-TB In South Africa, Researchers Say
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Anglican Churches Announce Five-Year, $2.2M Plan To Combat HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria In Africa
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:00 EST
  
• High Rates Of Latent TB Infection Found In Russian Health Workers
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Hope for speedier TB treatment
  BBC - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:43 EST
  
• Harvard Team Creates Spray Drying Technique For TB Vaccine
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Spraying method developed for TB vaccine
  The Earth Times - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:15 EST
  
• Nigeria Commits $10M To Friends Of The Global Fund Africa
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• South Africa To Revise AIDS Control Program To Address XDR-TB
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
  
• S.Africa alters AIDS plan after extreme TB threat
  Reuters - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:34 EST
  
• S.Africa alters AIDS plan after extreme TB threat
  Reuters - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:34 EST
  
• Senate Passes $463B Spending Bill That Would Allocate $1.3B Increase To Fund International HIV/AIDS, TB Programs
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Ethiopians With TB Must Overcome Barriers To Complete Treatment
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Tuberculosis Intervention Program Improves Patient Outcomes
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:00 EST
  
• Bush Signs FY 2007 $463B Spending Bill That Allocates $1.3B Increase To Fund International HIV/AIDS, TB Programs
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
  
• High Rates Of Latent TB Infection Found In Russian Health Workers
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
  
• Spray Drying Technique Created For TB Vaccine
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Global Fund Board Announces Decisions Concerning Internal Investigation Of Organization's Practices, Boston Globe Reports
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Wealthy Nations Launch Vaccine Purchase Plan For Diseases Such As HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Experts Urge Strongest Isolation For New Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Cases Appearing In South Africa
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Institute Of Materia Medica And TB Alliance Announce Partnership To Develop New Tuberculosis Drugs
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Novartis Institute For Tropical Diseases Inaugurates New Indonesian Research Initiative To Study Dengue Fever, Tuberculosis And Malaria
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Global Fund Director-Elect Says He Will Focus On Improving Partnerships, Health Care Infrastructures
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Global Fund Board Selects New Executive Director
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
  
• WFP Resumes Programs Providing Food To People With TB, HIV In Cambodia After Receiving Aid From Spain, U.S.
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Boston Globe Reports On Internal Investigation Of Global Fund Practices
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
  
• After Drug-resistant Tuberculosis, Now XDR
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Tuberculosis Experts Outline Proposals To Speed Up Drug Development
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Tuberculosis not philanthropy's burden, experts say
  Reuters - Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:55 EST
  
• Smoking and tuberculosis association found
  The Earth Times - Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:10 EST
  
• Association Of Tuberculosis With Smoking And Indoor Air Pollution
  ScienceDaily - Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• New York Times Examines Dynamics Between Bush Administration, Congress On Increased Funding For International HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria Programs
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Armenian AIDS Commission Approves HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Targeting Teenagers, Young People, Official Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Global Fund Board Names Three Finalists For Executive Director Position
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
  
• TB Becoming Difficult To Treat In Vietnam Because Of TB/HIV Coinfection, Health Official Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Review Study Finds Association Between Tobacco Smoking And Increased Risk Of Tuberculosis
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:00 EST
  
• House Passes $463B Spending Bill That Would Allocate $1.3B Increase To Fund International HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria Programs
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Court order keeps Canadian TB patient in hospital
  Reuters - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:28 EST
  
• Global AIDS Alliance Thanks Congress For Increasing Funding For AIDS, TB And Malaria Programs
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Senior WHO Official Nabarro Leads New Shortlist Of Candidates For Global Fund Executive Director Position, Financial Times Reports
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Some TB patients could be detained
  MSNBC - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:09 EST
  
• Initial Product RED Contributions To Global Fund Flowing To Africa, Financial Times Reports
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• New Diagnostics Help Fight Tuberculosis - FIND And Hain Lifescience Plan Worldwide Demonstration Projects
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Democrats Propose $463.5B Spending Bill; Allocate $1.3B Increase To Fund International HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria Programs
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Advocates Should Focus On Long-Term Strategy To Fight HIV/AIDS, Global Fund Director Feachem Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:00 EST
  
• S.Africa urged to isolate "killer" TB patients
  Reuters - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:54 EST
  
• Change In Guidelines Could Help Eliminate Tuberculosis In United States
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 05 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Illinois State Rep. Introduces Bill That Would Include HIV Testing In Routine Physicals For Students
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Association Of Tuberculosis With Smoking And Indoor Air Pollution
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Tuberculosis Bacillus Hides From The Immune System In Its Host's Fat Cells
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Sequella Receives FDA Fast Track Status For TB Drug
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Scientists Find Potential Weapon Against Tuberculosis Infection
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
  
• 'Absolute Need' For Donors To Fulfill Global Fund Pledges Is Organization's Most 'Pressing Issue,' Letter To Editor Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Zimbabwe To Increase Number Of People Receiving No-Cost Antiretrovirals, Official Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Tuberculosis Bacillus Hides From Immune System In Host's Fat Cells
  ScienceDaily - Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Race To Accelerate TB Drug Development
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 14 Jan 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Congress Should Approve Increase Of 2007 Funding Levels To Ensure Additional Funding For PEPFAR, Opinion Piece Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Global Fund Nomination Committee Names Nine Candidates For Executive Director Position, Boston Globe Reports
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Vaccine Purchase Plan For Diseases Such As HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria Needs Political Will, Funding Pledges, Opinion Piece Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Epidemic May Be Larger Than Previously Thought
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Science Stops for No Holiday
  Washington Post - Tue, 26 Dec 2006 05:00 EST
  
• New Method For Detecting Antibiotic Resistance: Mutations Emit Light Signals
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:00 EST
  
• Global Fund In 'Disarray,' Editorial Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:00 EST
  
• Drug resistant TB cases higher than once estimated
  Reuters - Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:18 EST
  
• Multidrug-Resistant TB Growing at Faster Pace
  Washington Post - Fri, 15 Dec 2006 05:00 EST
  
• Male Circumcision Should Be 'Central Strategy' To Fighting HIV/AIDS, Editorial Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:00 EST
  
• Global Fund's 'Disarray' Hurts AIDS Patients, Undermines Donor Confidence, Says AHF
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
  
• S.African health researchers get new hi-tech supertool
  Reuters - Tue, 12 Dec 2006 04:20 EST
  
• S.African health researchers get new hi-tech supertool
  Reuters - Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:57 EST
  
• High levels of resistant TB in Russia, China
  Reuters - Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:37 EST
  
• Ukraine To Establish National HIV/AIDS, TB Coordinating Council
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:00 EST
  
• PEPFAR, Global Fund Programs Treating 1.2M HIV-Positive People; 2M Receiving Antiretrovirals In Developing Countries, Report Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:00 EST
  
• Some Christian Conservatives Calling On Congress To Reduce Funding For Global Fund Because Of Condom Promotion, Funding For Faith-Based Groups
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:00 EST
  
• Japanese scientists say identify anti-TB compound
  Reuters - Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:13 EST
  
• Japanese scientists say identify anti-TB compound
  Reuters - Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:13 EST
  
• Japanese scientists say identify anti-TB compound
  Reuters - Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:13 EST
  
• Tuberculosis cases on the increase in the UK
  The Earth Times - Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:30 EST
  
• Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Is Emerging Threat
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 27 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
  
• World Bank Resumes Funding For TB, HIV/AIDS Project In Ukraine
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:00 EST
  
• Historians Resurrect ‘Cartoon Medicine’ for a New Generation
  New York Times - Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:46 EST
  
• TB Drug Isoniazid Could Help Reduce By Half Child Deaths From AIDS-Related Illnesses, Study Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:00 EST
  
• Regulators should fast-track tuberculosis drugs: MSF
  Reuters - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:06 EST
  
• Cases Of Tuberculosis Rise Steeply During 2005, England, Wales And Northern Ireland
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
  
• Inadequate tests hurt anti-tuberculosis drive: UN
  Reuters - Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:30 EST
  
• American Thoracic Society Publishes New Statement On Hepatotoxicity Of Antituberculosis Therapy
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 13 Nov 2006 01:00 EST
  
• Taiwanese Government Plans To Double Funding Next Year For HIV/AIDS Awareness Programs
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:00 EST