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Sir John Crofton dies at 97; doctor pioneered combination therapy to treat tuberculosis

Los Angeles Times - 1 hour 37 minutes ago

He is credited with saving millions of lives by using a 'cocktail' of multiple antibiotics to treat the disease. The concept subsequently was applied to AIDS, cancer and other diseases. Sir John Crofton, a physician who is credited with saving millions of lives by pioneering the use of cocktails of antibiotics to treat tuberculosis -- a concept that has subsequently been applied to treating a ...

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Jane Austen 'may have died of TB'
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 1, 5:03 am ET
Novelist Jane Austen may have died from tuberculosis rather than Addison's disease, a scholar said on Tuesday after studying the symptoms she described in her letters.
South Africa to Extend HIV Treatment to Curb Deaths (Update1)
Bloomberg - Tue Dec 1, 8:33 am ET
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- South African President Jacob Zuma , in a shift from the policy of former leader Thabo Mbeki , said the government will extend the provision of drugs to fight the HIV virus that causes AIDS to babies, pregnant women and tuberculosis patients.
Neb. bovine TB tests to continue through December
San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Dec 1, 12:24 pm ET
Nebraska agriculture officials say they now expect bovine tuberculosis testing to continue through December as they investigate whether two cases found in one herd last spring were isolated incidents. A total of 19,800 cattle in north-central and eastern... Nebraska - Agriculture - Health - Mycobacterium bovis - Animal
Not-for-Profit Targets HIV/Tuberculosis Co-Epidemic and Black Lung with Remote X-ray Screening Solution
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Sun Nov 29, 9:00 am ET
CHICAGO----The World Health Imaging, Telemedicine and Informatics Alliance today unveiled Remi-d, a new product concept that is intended to provide remote-operated X-ray capabilities for use in screening across areas of the developing world experiencing the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Tuberculosis co-epidemic, high incidences of Black Lung disease, or outbreaks of other infectious ...
'Iqbal' Derails Tubercular Attorney's Privacy Complaint
Law.com via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 1, 3:02 am ET
Attorney Andrew Speaker, who made news when he took a trans-Atlantic flight while infected with a rare strain of tuberculosis, probably lost his bid to hold the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention liable for federal privacy act violations based on recent U.S.
Press Releases: U.S. Government and the Global Fund Collaborate to Treat 3.7 Million Living with HIV/AIDS
U.S. Department of State - Tue Dec 1, 9:13 pm ET
U.S. Government and the Global Fund Collaborate to Treat 3.7 Million Living with HIV/AIDS Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC December 1, 2009 The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced today that the two programs are jointly supporting antiretroviral treatment for nearly 3.7 million of the estimated 4 ...
Bovine TB tests continuing
Omaha World-Herald - Tue Dec 1, 11:32 am ET
Nebraska agriculture officials say they now expect bovine tuberculosis testing to continue through December.
Biomagnetics to Hold Investor Conference Call to Introduce World Class Biosensor Technology for Malaria, HIV and ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 1, 3:00 pm ET
SAN FRANCISCO----Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis and malaria detection, recently announced in November that the Company will hold an investor conference call to discuss upcoming business opportunities and its agreement with Los Alamos National Security, one of the world’s premiere research laboratories.
Vaccines become drugmakers' profit boosters
The Columbus Dispatch - Mon Nov 30, 4:34 am ET
MARIETTA, Pa. -- Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Flu. Genital herpes. Urinary-tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it. Many could be on the market within five years.
Clinic schedule for next week
Port Clinton News Herald - Mon Nov 30, 6:36 am ET
Monday -- Immunization Clinic, 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Women, Infants and Children, 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday -- WIC, 12:45 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday -- Family Planning Clinic, 12:45 to 4 p.m.; tuberculosis clinic (no appointment necessary), 3 to 4 p.m.