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Vitamin D blood test may one day speed bipolar diagnosis in kids (2018/4/22)

A blood test may have the potential to speed accurate diagnosis -- and proper treatment -- of bipolar disorder in children, new research suggests.

Chronic and persistent cough (2018/4/18)

March 24, every year is World’s Tuberculosis Day – (WTD). Although I had received several emails requesting that I discuss tuberculosis, I would rather discuss it next week.

India can be example to world in eliminating TB (2018/4/12)

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Janet Tobias says she admires the fact that India is striving to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2025- well before the global target date of 2030. She feels that India can not only eliminate the infectious disease, but it can be an example to the world on how to do it.

Blood Test Predicts Future Disease in TB Patient Contacts -Results identified those at greatest risk to develop active TB (2018/4/8)

A whole blood test accurately predicted progression to tuberculosis in close contacts of TB patients up to two years before the disease was clinically evident, according to the international research consortium that developed the molecular test.

Tuberculosis is disappearing in the U.S. , but not fast enough (2018/4/3)

Tuberculosis rates reached a historic low in the United States in 2017, but infection rates did not fall as quickly as in previous years — and not fast enough to eradicate the disease.

NIH experts call for transformative research approach to end tuberculosis (2018/3/10)

A more intensive biomedical research approach is necessary to control and ultimately eliminate tuberculosis (TB), according to a perspective published in the March 2018 issue of The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

New test brings reliable tuberculosis diagnosis to rural Africa (2018/3/3)

Tuberculosis, a distant memory to most Americans, remains a serious public-health threat in developing countries, in part because the most common test for the disease was developed a century ago and is not the most reliable.

How health authorities fight the spread of infectious diseases (2018/2/26)

Algorithm could help public health programs better locate, and treat, people living with undiagnosed infectious diseases

WHO and USAID release guide to support countries in developing national action plans on public-private mix for TB prevention and care (2018/2/24)

23 February, Geneva - TThe World Health Organization and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have released a new guide to help countries strategically and systematically scale-up the engagement of all care providers in TB prevention and care. The Guide to develop a national action plan on Public-Private Mix (PPM) – is a planning document designed to facilitate the integration of strong public-private mix (PPM) components into national TB strategic plans that are the basis for Global Fund proposals and national budgeting processes.

Tuberculosis notice affects 600 in 3 counties (2018/2/22)

The state health department is investigating three healthcare facilities after a worker was diagnosed with tuberculosis, a potentially fatal disease.

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