Following a turbulent year that saw three new commissioners join the board and two hurricanes decimate sections of town, it’s ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis in three Nunavut communities is ongoing, in some cases, years later, according to the territory's Department of Health. The department declared an outbreak in ...

In this work, authors report on the PET-CT outcomes from the use of adjunctive statin therapy, rosuvastatin, in the intensive phase of tuberculosis (TB) treatment. Rosuvastatin had no impact on ...

Dec. 3, 2024 — An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to the bacterium that causes the human disease tuberculosis. The ...

The tuberculosis vaccine, also known as the bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, is used to protect against tuberculosis (TB) and related complications. The BCG vaccine is no longer routinely given ...

1 Up to 50% of households face expenses exceeding 20% of their annual income. 1 This rate rises to 82% for drug-resistant tuberculosis. Comprehensive financial protections, supported by national ...

upch.pe Background A recurrent tuberculosis (TB) episode results from exogenous reinfection or relapse after cure. The use of genotyping allows the distinction between both. Methods We did a ...

“This device uses various methods like filtration, reverse osmosis, ultraviolet (UV) light penetration, or activated carbon to eliminate suspended particles, bacteria, viruses, toxic metallic elements ...

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death worldwide from a single infectious agent. In China the most common extra-pulmonary TB (EPTB) is pleural tuberculosis (PLTB). An important ...

Concerns have been raised about pesticides and gender-bending chemicals in ...