| News |
| 12/11/08…Europe failing on global TB threat |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres report "Cough up for TB!" reveals insufficient and badly designed funding for research. To read the report click here, or Read more.... |
| 30/10/08…"TB in the UK" - 2008 HPA report |
| The Health Protection Agency has released its 2008 annual report on Tuberculosis in the UK. Click here to view the report, or Read more.... |
| 20/10/08…TB prevention in HIV patients |
| The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) today announces the successful results of a TB candidate-vaccine trial for HIV-infected patients. Read more.... |
| 15/10/08…TB older than previously thought |
| Human tuberculosis may be 3,000 years older than previously thought, say researchers who analysed DNA from 9,000-year-old human bones found off the coast of Israel. Read more.... |
| 04/10/08…XDR-TB - Global photo exhibition |
| The emergence of a devastating drug-resistant strain means that tuberculosis now kills more of us than malaria. Award-winning photographer James Nachtwey travelled from Siberian prisons to Cambodian clinics to document the battle against this 'virtually untreatable' and deadliest of diseases. Click here to go straight to his slide show, or Read more... |
| 23/09/08…Unified strategy to beat big killers |
| Together HIV/AIDs, TB and malaria account for more than 6 million deaths per year and co-infection is common, presenting even greater challenges. Read more.... |
| 17/09/08…Remains of UK's earliest TB victim? |
| Scientists say a skeleton discovered in a shallow grave in York might be that of one of Britain's earliest victims of tuberculosis. Read more.... |
| 15/09/08…Drug development at critical stage |
| Consortiums and high levels of partnership are key to finding new drugs and diagnostic tools needed in TB, as is continuous funding, experts at a recent TB symposium in Mozambique have said. Read more.... |
| 15/09/08…TB vaccine shows promise |
| The newly developed vaccine, VPM1002, is based on the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, which was created in 1921. BCG is one of the most commonly used vaccines worldwide but is now frequently ineffective. Read more.... |
| 15/09/08…Crack and Infectious TB |
| Research indicates crack cocaine users are significantly more likely to be infected with resistant forms of tuberculosis than are other users of hard drugs. Read more.... |
| 14/09/08…Scientists crack secrets of TB bug |
| Scientists have cracked the secret of how the tuberculosis bug survives and spreads inside the lungs. Read more.... |
