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Zimbabwe is struggling to deal with an increase in cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. Cases of the disease nearly doubled in 2012 compared to 2011. Read more »
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Somewhere between walking out of her front door in Cape Town, taking a taxi to college and hanging out with friends, Phumeza Tisile caught tuberculosis. As South Africa and other ... Read more »
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Mark Dybul, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, says the cornerstone of the fund's new funding model is 'continuous communication'. Read more »
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The first tuberculosis (TB) vaccine to be tested for efficacy in infants in more than 40 years has proved ineffective as a TB booster shot. Read more »
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In the face of the growing threat of tuberculosis that is resistant to standard medication, researchers are calling for a greater focus on the search for a vaccine to prevent TB, ... Read more »
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As global tuberculosis rates are declining, South Africa has seen a 400-percent increase in the incidence of tuberculosis in the last 15 years, a major conference on poverty has ... Read more »
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While in prison, Dudley Lee became sick with tuberculosis. He is now involved in an ongoing court saga against the state over negligence and a violation of human rights. Read more »
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A study carried out on multidrug-resistant TB shows that the disease is evolving and is becoming expensive to treat. Read more »
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The unusually high levels of tuberculosis infections in a poor community is caused by high levels of poverty, record unemployment and densely populated settlements, says an ... Read more »
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The government has confirmed that there is a severe shortage of the vaccine that protects children against tuberculosis. Read more »
