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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 · Sep 7, 2022

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 · Sep 7, 2022

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 · Sep 1, 2022

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Tuberculosis awareness campaign at Mysuru Airport

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

The Hindu · Aug 25, 2022

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…

The Conversation · Aug 23, 2022

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 · Aug 16, 2022

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 · Aug 11, 2022

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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 · Aug 11, 2022

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 · Aug 5, 2022

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 · Aug 5, 2022

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 · Aug 4, 2022

‘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

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2022

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.

Daily Record · Jul 19, 2022

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

Family were not able to say goodbye

Nottingham Post · Jul 18, 2022

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The Conversation · Jul 13, 2022

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 · Jul 7, 2022

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…

The Hindu · Jul 6, 2022

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 · Jul 5, 2022

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

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Daily Mirror · Jun 30, 2022

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 · Jun 25, 2022

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 · Jun 20, 2022

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 · Jun 19, 2022

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 · Jun 18, 2022

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.

Daily Mirror · Jun 17, 2022

Health warning: One person dies from TB as three others infected in UK outbreak

Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection spread through inhaling tiny droplets from the coughs or sneezes of an infected person and is a potentially serious condition

The Conversation · Jun 6, 2022

HIV control approaches may not work for TB: lessons from South Africa and Zambia

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most deadly infectious diseases. Around 9.9 million people around the world fell ill with the disease in 2020 and an estimated 1.5 million people died.

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