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JAMA. 2009;302(22):2488-2489. Tuberculosis has plagued the human race for at least hundreds of years. In the late 19th century, Koch's arduous work led to the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis , the bacterium causing tuberculosis.
ELYRIA — Health officials tested more than 1,800 students for the tuberculosis bacteria Monday and Tuesday at Elyria High School, after a student was diagnosed with the respiratory disease last month. Teachers were tested last week and so far none has tested positive for the bacteria that causes an infection of the lungs. “Nearly everyone in the [...]
It's been nearly a decade since U2 frontman Bono turned the entire continent of Africa into a pet cause, drawing attention to the problems of -developing-world health like never before. By some accounts, that publicity has started to pay off: since 2000, malaria incidence is down 50 percent in some of the hardest-hit regions, and in the past five years, the number of people with access to life ...
Officials in Placer County posted on their Web site that a student at Woodcreek High School tested positive for active tuberculosis.
JAMA. 2009;302(22):2488-2489. Tuberculosis has plagued the human race for at least hundreds of years. In the late 19th century, Koch's arduous work led to the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis , the bacterium causing tuberculosis.
The university will become an international clinical trials site for the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $19.7 million, 10-year federal contract to conduct clinical trials of new anti-tuberculosis drugs. Dr. John L. Johnson , a Case professor and University Hospitals pulmonologist, will lead research teams in Uganda and the Philippines in the trials, which will test drugs that aim to simplify and shorten treatment ...
( Case Western Reserve University ) John L. Johnson, M.D., professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and pulmonologist at University Hospitals Case Medical Center has been awarded a 10-year, $19.7 million contract from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an international clinical trials site for the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium.
A record 2.3 million people were cured of tuberculosis in 2007, exceeding the global treatment target for the first time, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
John L. Johnson, M.D., Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and pulmonologist at University Hospitals Case Medical Center has been awarded a 10 year, $19.7M contract from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as an international clinical trials site for the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium (TBTC).
SAN FRANCISCO----Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis and malaria detection, today announced it has moved to further enhance its balance sheet via the acquisition of additional equity growth capital from several institutional and private investors.
