Danish researchers said Friday they have invented a new drug that can be used to cure such diseases as multi-resistant staphylococcus, resistant tuberculosis and resistant salmonella-typhus.

They're aimed at shortening, simplifying the regimen used to prevent active disease. The new guidelines apply only to the United States.

Weekly rifapentine plus isoniazid given under direct supervision for 3 months was as effective in preventing tuberculosis (TB) as 9 months of daily self-administered isoniazid, according to a report published in the December 8 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Scientists at the University of Liverpool and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have begun work on a £1 million project to design a new drug for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB).

The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is significantly increased in mothers postpartum, suggesting a potential new population to target for screening, according to a new UK-wide cohort study.

In populations with a low prevalence of tuberculosis (TB), the majority of positives with the three tests commercially available in the U.S for the diagnosis of TB are false positives, according to a new study.

However, the country’s TB mortality rate remains high with the country ranked fourth in the world.
It has emerged TB patients on treatment are defaulting because they cannot afford the consultation charges by hospitals and clinics.

As cutbacks continue to bite at home, wealthy nations are reducing the sums they allocate to research on diseases that predominantly affect developing nations.

The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) launched its Strategic Plan for 2011 - 2015 at the side-lines of the 16^th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA). The SAA presented its strategy, together with the long-term vision of an African continent free of HIV, TB and Malaria.

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