Tuberculosis Archives - The Westside Story

England ramps up badger culling, advocates and scientists argue the effort is misguided, ineffective

Dec 17, 2016

The UK government is facing criticism from wildlife advocates after a report published Friday revealed that officials had shot almost 11,000 badgers between August and October, as part of a culling program to c...

Drug resistant Tuberculosis XDR TB spreading due to poor segregation of facilities

Cody Gash

Feb 26, 2015

Health

XDR TB is the drug resistant variation of tuberculosis. South Africa is currently witnessing a large-scale outbreak of the same. Most people feel that this is due to the ineffectiveness of the treatment for thi...

CDC says 7 out of 10 HIV-infected Americans neglect to take prescribed medications

Charles Omedo

Nov 26, 2014

Health

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a report to indicate that only 30% of people infected with HIV/AIDS take their anti-retro-viral drugs regularly, and this results to only 3 o...

California police looking for homeless man with tuberculosis

Platonium

Jul 26, 2014

Health

California authorities are currently looking for Eduardo Rosas Cruz, a fugitive homeless man who refused tuberculosis treatment and may be contagious. Cruz, who is 25-years-old, was diagnosed with tuberculos...

CDC drug-resistant TB experimentation resumes in Atlanta Lab

Platonium

Jul 25, 2014

Health

Atlanta - The experimentation crucial for diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis can be resumed in Atlanta Lab which was shut down due to two serious accidents, according to Centers for Disease Control and Pr...

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