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Children adopted from overseas may harbor tuberculosis infection even if they test negative for TB upon arriving on US soil, a new report warns.

Anti-malaria medication will be available free to children and pregnant women in the Republic of Congo.

Akorn-Strides, LLC has announced the first commercial product launch from their joint venture, Rifampin for Injection USP, 600 mg/vial. Rifampin is used in the treatment of all forms of tuberculosis in ...

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of prophylactic oral co-trimoxazole in reducing mortality in HIV positive Zambian adults being treated for pulmonary tuberculosis.

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Children adopted from overseas may harbor tuberculosis infection even if they test negative for TB upon arriving on US soil, a new report warns.

Zimbabwe's Health and Child Welfare Minister David Parirenyatwa on Monday announced that the government soon will introduce the antibiotic isoniazid in an effort to prevent HIV-positive people from developing ...

National Jewish Medical and Research Center is shortening its name. The nationally recognized respiratory hospital said Thursday its new name, effective immediately, is National Jewish Health.

It is the second-leading cause of death from infection in the world , says Dr. Richard E. Chaisson, professor of medicine, epidemiology and international health at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and ...

Top industrialized countries have been in a generous mood when hosting African countries at recent annual summits, pledging billions of dollars for everything from AIDS drugs and tuberculosis treatment to ...

Almost 1 in 20 cases of tuberculosis worldwide is resistant to multiple drugs and the World Health Organization has called for a massive scale up in public health efforts to tackle these cases.

The first line anti-tuberculosis drugs isoniazid , rifampicin and pyrazinamide continues to be the effective drugs in the treatment of tuberculosis, however, the use of these drugs is associated with toxic ...

A two-pronged initiative aims to speed up diagnosis and treatment of people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in developing countries.

Young people and adults who experience social anxiety may benefit from a revolutionary new study being carried out at the University of Sydney .

A new test that can detect multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis in two days instead of the standard two to three months promises to help significantly improve treatment and prevent the spread of the airborne ...

A worker suffering from multidrug-resistant active tuberculosis was able to travel by train from Guangdong to Hong Kong without notifying health authorities, it has emerged.

Outbreaks of tuberculosis may be able to be identified by looking at certain characteristics of the first two patients, according to new research.

Thiruvananthapuram: The State government has decided to make the Dots Plus treatment for Multi-Drug Resistant tuberculosis available to patients in all districts from October this year.

A new diagnostic test unveiled by the World Health Organization on Monday will allow doctors in poor countries to find out within hours -- instead of months -- whether patients have drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis facts What is tuberculosis? TB is spread through the air from one person to another.