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Tuberculosis patient possibly exposed hundreds at Georgia school, amid global rise
In 2023, tuberculosis overtook COVID-19 as the deadliest infectious disease, according to a recent World Health Organization ...
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The World Has A New Leading Infectious Killer – And It’s Not COVID-19
C OVID-19 has been overtaken as the deadliest infectious disease on the planet. According to a new report from the World ...
An Old Foe Dethrones Covid-19 as the World’s Leading Infectious Killer
The WHO's latest report on tuberculosis shows that it's once again the leading cause of death from a single infectious ...
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WHO sounds pandemic alarm as world's deadliest infection at highest level since records began
Tuberculosis cases are at a record high, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). The global ...
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Tuberculosis infected 8 million people last year, the most WHO has ever tracked
LONDON (AP) — More than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year, the World Health Organization said ...
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South Africa: How Tissue Donations in KZN Are Helping to Boost Our Understanding of TB
Some patients at KwaZulu-Natal hospitals are donating lung tissue for use in TB research. Sue Segar tracks what happens to these tissue samples and explores why these samples are so important to ...
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Understanding symptoms, risks, treatment and prevention of TB
Pulmonary tuberculosis or TB is a bacterial infection that mainly impacts the lungs and it is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacteria that spreads through the air when an infected person ...
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TB diagnosis hits over eight million, highest figure in WHO records
The Global 2024 Tuberculosis Report further indicates that at least 8 million people, 500, 000 more than the number in 2022, ...
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Officials to test 300 students and staff at a Cobb Co. high school for tuberculosis as ‘precaution’
COBB COUNTY, Ga. — About 300 students and staff at Walton High School will undergo testing for tuberculosis after possibly ...
Experimental cancer-fighting protein complex may also help tackle tuberculosis
Researchers have discovered that a protein complex that helps fight cancer cells also slows the growth of tuberculosis—a ...
COVID-19 resulted in nearly half a million excess deaths, WHO’s global TB report states
WHO TB report 2024 reveals India, Indonesia, Philippines lead global TB reduction, but COVID-19 caused half a million excess ...
Knowledge Nugget of the day: Global Tuberculosis Report
The Global Tuberculosis Report highlights that TB resurges as the leading infectious killer, surpassing COVID-19 in 2023 — ...