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 sent home after returning following tuberculosis diagnosis
The Charleroi Area School District superintendent is notifying the families of high school students after a teen recovering ...
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Shorter Treatment Regimens Recommended for Tuberculosis
In a clinical practice guideline issued by the American Thoracic Society and published in the January issue of the American ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Tuberculosis rates plunge when families living in poverty get a monthly cash payout
Tuberculosis is famously a disease of poverty. People are exposed to the bacteria that causes TB in overcrowded, under ...
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Central Nervous System Tuberculosis
Introduction: Early diagnosis and treatment of central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis (TB) are very important because of its high morbidity and mortality characteristics. However, the clinical ...
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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 ...