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Antibiotic treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis found to be safe and effective in clinical trial

A clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that the oral antibiotic levofloxacin taken once-daily for…

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Self-destructing vaccine offers enhanced protection against tuberculosis in monkeys

A self-destructing vaccine administered intravenously provides additional safety and protection against tuberculosis (TB) in macaque monkeys, suggests new University of…

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Tuberculosis strains resistant to new drugs are transmitted between patients

Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s biggest infectious disease killer with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) posing a particular threat to global health.…

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One of the world’s largest social programs greatly reduced tuberculosis among the most vulnerable

Brazil’s Bolsa Família Program (BFP) is one of the largest conditional cash transfer programmes implemented worldwide. Since 2004, the BFP…

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