Where is the tuberculosis case in Pennsylvania? What we know
Charleroi is a small town in Washington County, Pennsylvania, about 25 miles south of Pittsburgh. The town of about 4,000 ...
Charleroi student diagnosed with tuberculosis returns to class without doctor’s OK, district says
The Charleroi Area School District says a student, who attended class at the district’s high school on Monday, has been ...
Tuberculosis strains resistant to new drugs are being transmitted between patients, study finds
Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's biggest infectious disease killer, with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) posing a particular ...
Pennsylvania teenager diagnosed with tuberculosis went to school Monday, officials say
Pennsylvania health officials reviewed the case and determined "no public health action is currently necessary," the ...
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Tuberculosis rates plunge when families living in poverty get a monthly cash payout
A program in Brazil that gives a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new ...
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Shorter Treatment Regimens Recommended for Tuberculosis
Four-month regimen recommended for drug-susceptible TB and six-month regimen recommended for drug-resistant TB ...
Social program cuts tuberculosis cases among Brazil's poorest by more than half
Brazil's Bolsa Família Program (BFP), one of the world's largest conditional cash transfer programs, was responsible for the ...
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One of the world's largest social programs greatly reduced tuberculosis among the most vulnerable
Brazil's Bolsa Fam lia Program, one of the world's largest conditional cash transfer programs, was responsible for the reduction of more than half the number of tuberculosis cases and deaths among ...
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TB Burden: Survivors recount experiences
Namisango reveals that with endurance and adherence to medication, after six years, she was declared free from the disease ...