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US, India Form Alliance To Combat Tuberculosis
The challenge of tuberculosis cannot be successfully tackled unless special attention is paid to India's tuberculosis epidemic, a top American aid agency official has said as the US and India formed an alliance to combat the deadly disease that kills one person every minute in the country.
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WHO Recommends New Test, Treatment Plan For Superbug Strains Of Tuberculosis
The World Health Organization on today recommended a speedier, cheaper treatment plan for patients with superbug forms of tuberculosis (TB) - a change that should help cure thousands of the killer disease.
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Indian Woman With Tuberculosis Sets Off Scare in 3 US States
An Indian woman with a rare deadly form of tuberculosis has created a health scare in three US states where authorities are tracking down hundreds of people who may have been in her contact during her visit.
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Tuberculosis killed 1.3 million last year: WHO
Tuberculosis claimed 1.3 million lives last year with drug-resistant forms of the infectious disease -- the deadliest after AIDS -- a huge global concern, the WHO warned on Wedesday.
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New test can diagnose tuberculosis within 2 hours
A new molecular test for tuberculosis can diagnose TB and detect a drug-resistant form of it far more easily and rapidly than other tests currently available.
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US, India Form Alliance To Combat Tuberculosis
The challenge of tuberculosis cannot be successfully tackled unless special attention is paid to India's tuberculosis epidemic, a top American aid agency official has said as the US and India formed an alliance to combat the deadly disease that kills one person every minute in the country.
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WHO Recommends New Test, Treatment Plan For Superbug Strains Of Tuberculosis
The World Health Organization on today recommended a speedier, cheaper treatment plan for patients with superbug forms of tuberculosis (TB) - a change that should help cure thousands of the killer disease.
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Indian Woman With Tuberculosis Sets Off Scare in 3 US States
An Indian woman with a rare deadly form of tuberculosis has created a health scare in three US states where authorities are tracking down hundreds of people who may have been in her contact during her visit.
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Tuberculosis killed 1.3 million last year: WHO
Tuberculosis claimed 1.3 million lives last year with drug-resistant forms of the infectious disease -- the deadliest after AIDS -- a huge global concern, the WHO warned on Wedesday.
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New test can diagnose tuberculosis within 2 hours
A new molecular test for tuberculosis can diagnose TB and detect a drug-resistant form of it far more easily and rapidly than other tests currently available.
