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  • August 2008

    • TB Scare Unsettles Calif. Maternity Ward

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Aug 27, 08 3:40 PM CDT

      TB Scare Unsettles Calif. Maternity Ward

      (Newser) - Nearly 1,000 babies born since March at a San Francisco hospital could have been exposed to tuberculosis, the Chronicle reports, by a maternity-ward worker with an active case. Kaiser Permanente says infection risk is very low, but testing and any treatment needed will be provided to 960 infants and their mothers, plus 115 staff members. The part-time staffer is no longer at the hospital. More »

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      babies  • hospitals  • tuberculosis

  • July 2008

    • For TB Clues, Researchers Turn to Bones

      Reuters  |  Jul 14, 08 6:50 PM CDT

      For TB Clues, Researchers Turn to Bones

      (Newser) - Scientists are analyzing bones found in the ancient city of Jericho, in what's now the West Bank, for clues to fighting tuberculosis. The German, Israeli, and Palestinian researchers hope the 6,000-year-old DNA they're studying will reveal how the disease evolves and how to combat it. More »

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      DNA  • disease  • tuberculosis  • Jericho  • skeleton  • bones  • TB

  • February 2008

    • Super-TB Cases Hit Record High

      BBC  |  Feb 27, 08 1:43 PM CST

      Super-TB Cases Hit Record High

      (Newser) - Drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis are at the highest levels disease experts have ever seen, warns the World Health Organization. A survey of 81 countries found that levels of multi-drug resistant TB and even hardier, almost untreatable TB were much higher than expected, reports the BBC. Urgent action is needed to avert a health catastrophe, the WHO cautioned. More »

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      doctor  • disease  • World Health Organization  • drug resistant  • tuberculosis

  • January 2008

    • Fight Disease, Not Just AIDS

      New York Times  |  Jan 1, 08 1:05 PM CST

      Fight Disease, Not Just AIDS

      (Newser) - Global action to fight HIV/AIDS is imperative, but wealthy countries should reconsider committing most of their assistance to just one disease, Harvard expert Daniel Halperin writes in today's New York Times. Cheaply preventable illnesses like diarrhea claim many more lives in the poorest African countries than HIV yet receive scant attention, Halperin writes, calling attention to the "discrepancy between Western donors’ priorities and the real needs of Africans." More »

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      Africa  • public health  • HIV/AIDS  • malaria  • tuberculosis  • Harvard School of Public Health

  • December 2007

    • Gates Charity Creates New African Woes

      Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 16, 07 6:07 AM CST

      Gates Charity Creates New African Woes

      (Newser) - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given $8.5 billion to global health causes and is slowly defeating AIDS in Africa, but it’s creating unexpected new problems for the continent, the LA Times reports. By pouring money into the treatment of AIDS, TB and malaria, it has lured health care workers with higher pay, while basic  health care has has suffered. More »

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      Africa  • health care  • Bill Gates  • World Bank  • vaccine  • Rwanda  • malaria  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation  • tuberculosis  • Botswana

    • Girls Take Top Science Honors for 1st Time

      BusinessWeek  |  Dec 5, 07 6:40 PM CST

      Girls Take Top Science Honors for 1st Time

      (Newser) - For the first time in the 9-year-old contest, high school girls have won both top honors at the Siemens Competition in science. The individual prize of $100,000 went to a Pennsylvania girl whose research into bone growth was deemed to be at graduate student level by the judges. She was proud to help reverse the male domination of math, science and computers, BusinessWeek reports. More »

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      mathematics  • tuberculosis  • gender gap

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