Tuberculosis
Cure for Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is a major health problem in the world today. Read on to know possible cures for this deadly disease
Woman with Drug-Resistant TB May Have Exposed Others on Flight
A woman who boarded a 16-hour flight from New Delhi to San Francisco while ill with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis may have infected her fellow travelers.
Lawyer with Dangerous Form of TB May Have Infected Others
A Georgia man with a rare, dangerous form of tuberculosis defied doctor’s orders not to fly and may have infected over 80 fellow airline passengers during his trip abroad.
Symptoms of Tuberculosis Disease (TB)
Tuberculosis is the contagious disease which primarily affects Lungs and later spread to other parts of the body by circulatory system. It is important to know the characteristic symptoms of Tuberculosis Disease, if you are exposed to it…
Tuberculosis Patient Locked Up to Protect the Public
Robert Daniels, who has drug-resistant tuberculosis, has been locked up in a Phoenix jail cell since last July. But he never committed a crime.
World Health Organisation: New Rapid Tests for Multi-drug Resistant Tb
A new drive along with funding to stop the disease spreading around the world was announced yesterday
TB Traveller Feared He Would Die in Rome
A lawyer infected with a contagious and deadly strain of tuberculosis claimed today that he returned to the USin defiance of a flight ban because he felt his government had abandoned him to die in an Italian hospital.
Killer Tb Patient Sorry for Flying Home
A lawyer infected with a contagious and deadly strain of tuberculosis claimed yesterday that he returned to the United States in defiance of a flight ban because he felt the government had abandoned him to die in an Italian hospital.
TB Traveler's Father-in-law is Disease Expert
The case of the US man who flew across the Atlantic and Europe while infected with a dangerous form of tuberculosis took a bizarre twist today when it emerged his father-in-law is a specialist on the infection.
TB Sufferer Flew to Europe to Get Married
A US man who potentially put dozens of air passengers at risk by boarding transatlantic flights knowing he was infected with a dangerous form of tuberculosis said today that he had traveled to Europe for his wedding and honeymoon.
Fears Over Drug-resistant Tb in Aids Patients
A form of tuberculosis that does not respond to known drugs has emerged in a rural district of South Africa and is killing people being treated for Aids, scientists say.
Road Deaths Should Be Treated As a Global Disease, Say Campaigners
Road accidents claim more lives in the world's poorest countries than malaria or tuberculosis, say campaigners urging governments to treat fatal crashes as a global disease.
Gates Triples Tb Pledge to $900m
Bill Gates today pledged to triple the amount of money his foundation will devote to tuberculosis research to $900m (£505.9m) by 2015.
Deadly Strain of Tb Spread By Air Travel
New forms of tuberculosis resistant to drugs used to treat the disease are proliferating around the world, especially in eastern Europe, experts warned yesterday. Leading infectious disease experts at the World Health Organisation estimate that there are now 300,000 cases of multi...
A new drive along with funding to stop the disease spreading around the world was announced yesterday
TB Traveller Feared He Would Die in Rome
A lawyer infected with a contagious and deadly strain of tuberculosis claimed today that he returned to the USin defiance of a flight ban because he felt his government had abandoned him to die in an Italian hospital.
Killer Tb Patient Sorry for Flying Home
A lawyer infected with a contagious and deadly strain of tuberculosis claimed yesterday that he returned to the United States in defiance of a flight ban because he felt the government had abandoned him to die in an Italian hospital.
TB Traveler's Father-in-law is Disease Expert
The case of the US man who flew across the Atlantic and Europe while infected with a dangerous form of tuberculosis took a bizarre twist today when it emerged his father-in-law is a specialist on the infection.
TB Sufferer Flew to Europe to Get Married
A US man who potentially put dozens of air passengers at risk by boarding transatlantic flights knowing he was infected with a dangerous form of tuberculosis said today that he had traveled to Europe for his wedding and honeymoon.
Fears Over Drug-resistant Tb in Aids Patients
A form of tuberculosis that does not respond to known drugs has emerged in a rural district of South Africa and is killing people being treated for Aids, scientists say.
Road Deaths Should Be Treated As a Global Disease, Say Campaigners
Road accidents claim more lives in the world's poorest countries than malaria or tuberculosis, say campaigners urging governments to treat fatal crashes as a global disease.
Gates Triples Tb Pledge to $900m
Bill Gates today pledged to triple the amount of money his foundation will devote to tuberculosis research to $900m (£505.9m) by 2015.
Deadly Strain of Tb Spread By Air Travel
New forms of tuberculosis resistant to drugs used to treat the disease are proliferating around the world, especially in eastern Europe, experts warned yesterday. Leading infectious disease experts at the World Health Organisation estimate that there are now 300,000 cases of multi...