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Eight absconded TB patients found, Jan 4th, 2008
New Drug Targets May Fight Tuberculosis And Other Bacterial Infections In Novel Way, Dec 30th, 2007
TB focus of international travel inquiry, Dec 27th, 2007
Researcher Seeks Clues To How Tuberculosis Infects Cells, Dec 26th, 2007
Former Providence Hospital patients possibly exposed to tuberculosis, Dec 14th, 2007
Weill Cornell Receives $2.4 Million in Grants from Gates Foundation to Fight Tuberculosis, Dec 12th, 2007
Most Ancient Case Of Tuberculosis Found In 500,000-year-old Human; Points To Modern Health Issues, Dec 8th, 2007
U.S. not ready for bird flu, other disasters: reportsReuters (from CNN), Sep 11th, 2007
U.S. not ready for bird flu, other disasters: reportsReuters (from Yahoo News), Sep 10th, 2007
Tuberculosis quarantine may be easedSeattle Times, Jun 6th, 2007
New Tuberculosis Vaccine Is Developedthe Post Chronicle, Jun 6th, 2007
TB case brings warning to air passengersYahoo / Assoc Press, May 29th, 2007
Vitamin D may fend off tuberculosis680News, May 14th, 2007
New Study Reveals Limitations of a Complex and Challenging Global Tuberculosis Drug MarketplacePRNewswire-USNewsire, May 14th, 2007
Vitamin D 'may help ward off TB'BBC News, May 13th, 2007
Virulent TB strain linked to 7 cases in SoMaSan Francisco Chronicle, May 12th, 2007
Tuberculosis case isolated near FairfieldDesMoinesRegister.com, IA, Apr 9th, 2007
New Tuberculosis Strain in South Africa Causing ConcernSci-tech Today, Apr 5th, 2007
Mozambique: Fight Against Tuberculosis Calls for Strong ActionAllAfrica.com, Washington, Apr 5th, 2007
U.S. Increases Funds for Combating Drug-Resistant TuberculosisUS. Department of State, Mar 26th, 2007
Global tuberculosis rates level offHouston Chronicle, Mar 22nd, 2007
Medical Services International Increases Testing for Tuberculosis In South AfricaMedical Services International Inc, Mar 9th, 2007
Smoking boosts risk of tuberculosisArchives of Internal Medicine, Mar 8th, 2007
Study May Alter Current Views on Drug-Resistant TBInfectious Diseases Society of America, Mar 8th, 2007
Tackling tuberculosisNature, Mar 7th, 2007
Demographers present tools to track spread of tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malariaStanford University, Mar 7th, 2007
More Testing to be Done for TuberculosisNewswatch 16, Mar 7th, 2007
TB strain threatens "uncontrollable" epidemicReuters UK, Mar 7th, 2007
More Students to be Tested for TBWNEP 16, Mar 7th, 2007
Researchers Identify New Adherence Factor, Pili, Produced By TuberculosisScienceDaily, Mar 6th, 2007
Case of TB in Selbyville Leads to Hundreds of TestsWBOC 16, Mar 6th, 2007
New research may overturn conventional wisdom on drug-resistant tuberculosisInnovations Report, Feb 22nd, 2007
New TB cases - pub is no threat to healthMercury, Feb 22nd, 2007
New Powdered Tuberculosis Vaccine May Lead to Life-Saving AerosolSCIENCE NEWS, Feb 20th, 2007
Harvard scientists partner to develop and distribute new tuberculosis vaccineInnovations Report, Feb 20th, 2007
Tuberculosis case alarms health officialsAlbuquerque Tribune, Feb 8th, 2007
Tuberculosis Back and Deadlier Than Ever in AfricaOhmy News, Feb 8th, 2007
Lethal TB strain kills five in E Capeiafrica.com, Feb 8th, 2007
Nail Salon Customers Warned About TB ExposureNBC San Diego, Feb 7th, 2007
16 Students Exposed to TB at Stanton PrepFirst Coast News, Feb 7th, 2007
Tuberculosis patients cry for attention in Madhya PradeshYahoo India News, Feb 6th, 2007
Tuberculosis reported at northern N.M. collegeKOBTV, Feb 6th, 2007
Covance euthanized monkeys in TB outbreakChandler News, Dec 2nd, 2006
World Bank Resumes Funding For TB, HIV/AIDS Project In UkraineMedical News Today, Nov 30th, 2006
India faces resurgence in TB due to high HIVYahoo news, Nov 30th, 2006
Super TB found at 39 KZN hospitalsiafrica.com, Nov 30th, 2006
South Africa: Anti-TB Drug 'Could Reduce HIV/Aids Deaths'allafica.com, Nov 29th, 2006
Nigeria: Partnership Challenges in Fighting Malaria, Tuberculosisallafrica.com, Nov 28th, 2006
Tuberculosis returns with big jump in casesThe Independent, Nov 3rd, 2006
Tuberculosis cases on the increase in the UKearthtimes.org, Nov 3rd, 2006
Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis's Spread Threatening, Lancet SaysBloomberg News, Oct 27th, 2006
Mo. Southern students tested for tuberculosis exposureKansasCity.com, Oct 25th, 2006
WHO Reports Progress in Fight Against Tuberculosis in Worst-affected Asian CountriesVoice of America News, Oct 22nd, 2006
Tuberculosis test vital for those exposedBradenton Herald, Oct 21st, 2006
Tuberculosis on RiseThe Korea Times, Oct 10th, 2006
Human trials of tuberculosis drug beginWashington Business Journal, Oct 4th, 2006
S.Africa death toll rises to 74 in deadly TB outbreakReuters AlertNet, Oct 4th, 2006
U.S. professor wins Nobel chemistry prize for gene study; father also won NobelCBC News, Oct 4th, 2006
TB Outbreak Blamed On "Unusual Mechanism"UK News, Oct 3rd, 2006
New blood tests aid detection of latent tuberculosiseurekalert.org, Oct 2nd, 2006
BMJ—Highly Drug-resistant Tuberculosis FoundAmerican Chronicle, Sep 25th, 2006
Botswana: Drug Resistant TB Stirs Fears in SAMmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone), Sep 22nd, 2006
Meridian firefighters test positive for tuberculosis antibodyAssociated Press, Sep 22nd, 2006
Isoniazid hits the target for TBNature Medicine (In the News), Sep 22nd, 2006
Hope for tuberculosis blood testBBC News, Sep 14th, 2006
Hope for tuberculosis blood testBBC News, Sep 14th, 2006
Untreatable Strains of Tuberculosis to Be StudiedThe New York Times, Sep 5th, 2006
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News items curated by the Texas A&M TB Awareness Group