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IISc scientists develop gold-coated vesicles to fight tuberculosis

The spherical vesicles, which can be delivered to immune cells, are expected to potentially trigger an immune response

The Hindu

Fight against AIDS, TB and malaria bounced back post-COVID - but not enough

(Corrects to clarify data is from 2022 report, covering 2021 data)

Reuters

Inside abandoned WWI tuberculosis hospital where kids' dolls still hang from windows

An urban explorer has delved deep into a hospital just 30 miles outside Edinburgh and revealed the eerie interior where children's dolls still hang from the ceiling

Daily Mirror

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Inside spooky Scots wartime tuberculosis hospital where children's dolls hang from windows

The wartime tuberculosis hospital in Edinburgh has been abandoned since closure in 1997.

Daily Record

Patients hail new treatment for drug-resistant TB

PARIS: Volodymyr celebrated a major milestone on Wednesday - his final day of taking a new treatment hailed as a turning point in the fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Bangkok Post

Tuberculosis awareness campaign at Mysuru Airport

MYSURU A tuberculosis awareness campaign was organised at the terminal building of Mysuru Airport wh

The Hindu

Tanzanian TB patients have a lower quality of life than people who haven't had the disease

Numerous researchers have documented the quality of life and mental health of specific population groups. Examples include people living with HIV, the elderly, students, men who have sex with men, and pregnant women accessing health services. One review found that people with tuberculosis (TB) have a relatively high prevalence of…

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BCG vaccine can protect against Covid, new report finds

The report suggests that the BCG tuberculosis vaccine can significantly strengthen the immune system

The Independent UK

TB is good at resisting antibiotics. Here are some new ideas to outsmart the bacteria

Two new studies draw on data from more than 12,000 patients to help figure out ways to battle antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis.

WEKU

Haunted sanatorium where thousands of patients died and you can play ball with a ghost

Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Kentucky was opened up to help contain a tuberculosis outbreak and a series of 'bloody' experiments were carried out on its suffering patients

Daily Mirror

East Lothian urban explorers find creepy doll with bleeding eyes in abandoned hospital

East Fortune hospital closed in 1997 but was once used to treat tuberculosis patients. The inside of the abandoned building has been explored by urban explorers who made the creepy find

Edinburgh Live

Terrifying doll with bleeding eyes found inside abandoned Scots hospital

Until the Second World War, the hopsital was a tuberculosis sanatorium for patients in the south east region of Scotland

Daily Record

Johns Hopkins-led consortium gets $200 million to fight tuberculosis

BALTIMORE — Johns Hopkins Medicine has received $200 million in federal funding to head up a consortium aimed at treating and stemming spread of one of the world’s oldest and deadliest scourges: tuberculosis.

Tribune News Service

‘Without Find and Treat I wouldn’t be here’: the NHS service caring for London’s vulnerable

On the streets of the capital with the doctors, nurses and outreach workers administering care to at-risk populations. Photographs by Tom Pilston

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Daily Record

Healthy nurse dies 24 hours after diagnosis - leaving family heartbroken

Carrianne Franks was hospitalised for nine weeks with a unknown illness, before doctors identified it as tuberculosis just hours before she passed away.

Nottingham Post

Healthy Nottinghamshire nurse found out she had tuberculosis less than 24 hours before she died

Family were not able to say goodbye

The Conversation

It's getting harder for scientists to collaborate across borders – that's bad when the world faces global problems like pandemics and climate change

The United Nations and many researchers have emphasized the critical role international collaborative science plays in solving global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss and pandemics. The rise of non-Western countries as science powers is helping to drive this type of global cooperative research. For example, Brazil, Russia, India, China…

Bangkok Post

Funding the fight against NCDs

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, lung disease, diabetes, obesity and mental disorders, are often chronic and develop over a long period. Collectively, NCDs account for about 70% of all deaths globally (and 60% of deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa, where they account for over 55% of hospital admissions…

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The Hindu

ICMR-NIRT to evaluate benefit of shorter TB-treatment regime

It will evaluate the efficacy of a four-month daily regimen for tuberculosis treatment using Moxifloxacin

The Hindu

COVID-19 triggered stigma, discrimination may keep testing rate low: study

‘Education and need for psychosocial intervention to deal with the negative impact of the stigma on individuals and families affected by COVID-19 continues to be vital,’ says Dr. Padmapriyadarsini

Daily Mirror

Healthy nurse, 30, dies of tuberculosis 24 hours after tragic final texts to mum

Sgt Carrianne Franks feared she'd die as the disease was ravaging her body. The 30-year-old was diagnosed with TB in her final hours

Bangkok Post

Large tuberculosis cluster emerges in Singapore

Singapore has imposed mandatory screening for tuberculosis in an apartment block after about 170 people tested positive for the infectious disease.

Daily Record

Tuberculosis warning symptoms as one person dies from TB and three others infected

Here is everything you need to know about TB and its symptoms.

The Independent UK

Former PMs urge government to increase spending on infectious diseases after Covid setbacks

Gordon Brown and David Cameron among 15 former world leaders demanding proper response to ‘reclaim the lost gains from Covid-19’ in global fight against Aids, tuberculosis and malaria

Evening Standard

Three people diagnosed with tuberculosis after student dies of disease at Welsh university

Three people have been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) after coming into close contact with a student who died of the disease in a Welsh town.

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