[ad_1] PEARLAND, Texas (KTRK) – Pearland School District and the County of Brazoria Health Department are investigating a reported case of tuberculosis at Pearland High School. According to the district, this is …
Read More »Pearland ISD TB Diagnosis at Pearland High School
[ad_1] PEARLAND, TX – Officials in Pearland ISD said that the Pearland High School campus had tested positive for tuberculosis. District officials said Friday they were contacted by the Texas Department of …
Read More »The vaccine provides 54% protection against active TB in the Phase 2b trial
[ad_1] One vaccine candidate provided 54% protection against active TB in adults with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, according to the results of a phase 2b trial published today in The New England Journal …
Read More »Governments to discuss TB fight at UN summit
[ad_1] Governments around the world will meet on Wednesday to discuss the continuing scourge of tuberculosis, which last year claimed more lives than any other communicable disease. About 1.3 million people worldwide …
Read More »Guests at the bingo hall were warned of potential exposure to TB
[ad_1] Public health officials warn anyone who has visited Viejas Bingo, near Alpine, from May to August, that they may have been exposed to tuberculosis. According to the County Health and Social …
Read More »Experimental vaccine promises to prevent TB
[ad_1] Tuesday, September 25, 2018 (HealthDay News) – Tuberculosis remains the deadliest infectious disease in the world, killing more than 1.6 million people a year. But the researchers say that a new …
Read More »Dozens of people potentially exposed to TB at primary school
[ad_1] GEORGETOWN, Del. – Public health officials say dozens of people have been exposed to active TB in an elementary school in southern Delaware. Authorities said Tuesday that about 50 people at …
Read More »New TB vaccine protects half of people with latent infection
[ad_1] Broken emails Receive alerts and special reports. News and stories that matter, delivered in the morning on weekdays. SUBSCRIBE An experimental vaccine GlaxoSmithKline could prevent tuberculosis to develop in half of …
Read More »27% of new TB infections in India: WHO Global Report | news from India
[ad_1] According to the WHO World Report on Tuberculosis 2018, new TB cases may be declining, but India accounted for 27% of total new infections in 2017, the highest among the 30 …
Read More »WHO report warns that efforts to end TB are lacking
[ad_1] The number of new cases of tuberculosis (TB) continued to decline in 2017, and fewer people died of the disease, according to the World Health Organization's (WHO) World Report 2018. But …
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