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Warning on global TB threat, funding gapDeadly strains of tuberculosis (TB) resistant to multiple drugs are spreading around the world, and authorities urgently need another $1.6 billion a year to tackle them, global health officials said on Monday. &nbs More… |
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Revived search for TB vaccine may be about to pay offAfter nearly 100 years, researchers could be on the verge of finding a vaccine that would eradicate tuberculosis infections, a scourge that kills 1.4 million people a year. Global health experts are eagerly awaiting clinical trial More… |
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WD launches enterprise-class 4TB hard drivesWD, a Western Digital company and a leader high-capacity hard-drive markets, announced it is further expanding its enterprise-class storage offerings with new hard drives in capacities up to 4 TB. Available in 1 TB, 2 TB, 3 TB and More… |
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New TB cases fall by 2.2pc globally: WHOThe number of people in the world newly infected with tuberculosis fell again last year, dropping by 2.2 percent, but the burden of TB looms large and the pace of diagnosis of drug-resistant strains of the infection is slow, th More… |
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Bahrain insists health checks before arrivalBahrain’s health officials have called for foreign workers to undergo compulsory medical checks before they come to Bahrain following an increase in tuberculosis (TB) cases among expatriates. Experts said more people were being detected wi More… |
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World TB cases decline for first time everThe number of people getting sick with tuberculosis declined last year for the first time, while the death toll reached its lowest level in a decade, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. In 2010, 8.8 million people fell ill with More… |
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‘Dangerous TB spreading fast’ in EuropeMultidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (TB) are spreading at an alarming rate in Europe and will kill thousands unless health authorities halt the pandemic, the World Health Organisation(WHO) said on Wednesday. More… |
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TB blood tests faulty, must be stopped: WHOThe World Health Organisation (WHO) called on Wednesday for an immediate halt to the use of blood tests to detect active tuberculosis, saying they were faulty and leave millions of people at risk. Production of the test kits, WHO officials More… |
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Drug-resistant TB to affect 2 million by 2015By 2015 more than two million people will contract a form of tuberculosis (TB) resistant to standard drugs and the fight against it must be stepped up, the World Health Organisation said. In a report launched on World TB Day, the United Na More… |
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WHO programme cures 36m with TBSome 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 Organisation (WHO), said a report. New data released by WHO also indicate that up to e More… |
