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Latest Tuberculosis News : Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe: Managed or mismanaged?
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:35:34 GMT
BARCELONA The European Respiratory Society as well as researchers from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) are warning against the dangers of multidrug-resistant TB.

Latest Tuberculosis News : Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine marks 100 years
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:02:14 GMT
Imagine mid-Michigan in 1855.

Latest Tuberculosis News : Jamaica too rich for HIV/AIDS funding
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:06:07 GMT
MINISTER of Health Rudyard Spencer has appealed to the representatives of The Global Fund to provide continued funding of HIV/AIDS programmes in Jamaica, after the country became ineligible on income grounds.

Patient Friendly Research To Fight Tuberculosis
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:02:41 GMT
The present diagnosis and treatment regimen for tuberculosis is almost 40 years old. According to the WHO, with the currently available diagnostic tools, we are able to diagnose just 61% of TB cases globally.

Camel dairy hopes to milk health food market
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:37:17 GMT
The camels know the drill by heart. Just after dawn, they file on their own - always in groups of 12 - into metal stalls for milking. Workers attach automated pumps. The milk flows into a system of chilled pipes that empty into a sealed metal vat. The next... Milk - Dairy - Camel - Business - Cattle

RP has moderate chances of halving poverty
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:17:57 GMT
The Philippines has moderate chances of halving the number of its poor citizens by 2015 — one of eight targets it vowed to fulfill under its United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) — although it could still meet other targets, including reducing the number of Filipinos whose income cannot provide the basic food requirements.

Camel dairy hopes to milk health food market
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:06:58 GMT
The camels know the drill by heart. Just after dawn, they file on their own - always in groups of 12 - into metal stalls for milking. Workers attach automated pumps. The milk flows into a system of chilled pipes that empty into a sealed metal vat. The next... Milk - Dairy - Business - Camel - Food

NEJM publishes study on Xpert MTB/RIF test for rapid molecular detection of TB and rifampin resistance
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:27:29 GMT
Cepheid today announced that its Xpert® MTB/RIF test was the subject of a study published in the latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), "Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance." The complete study is now available online (http://www.nejm.org) and will appear in the September 9 print edition.

New England Journal of Medicine Study Reports Xpert MTB/RIF a Faster, More Sensitive & Specific Test for Tuberculosis ...
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:00:00 GMT
Cepheid today announced that its Xpert® MTB/RIF test was the subject of a study published in the latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine , "Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance."

Frank Munger obituary
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:16:31 GMT
Artist who specialised in cutaway line drawings of aircraft The technical artist Frank Munger, who has died aged 90, specialised in cutaway line drawings of aircraft, their engines and missiles. His work was published in Flight International magazine for more than 40 years. Frank managed to make a seemingly complex subject readily understood, even down to the pilot's safety harness. Using pen ...

Cepheid's TB Test Shows Promise
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:30:29 GMT
It was observed that Cepheid's MTB/RIF test could detect TB and rifampin resistance within two hours.

World/nation briefs
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:20:02 GMT
Director of Public Prosecution Marianne Ny is reopening a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the latest twist to a case in which prosecutors of different ranks have overruled each other.

Health Scene calendar
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:28:45 GMT
American Red Cross Blood Drives -- Martinez: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, 2500 Alhambra Ave. Appointments, 800-733-2767, www.redcrossblood.org (code: ccrmc)).Walnut Creek: noon-5 p.m Sept. 8. John Muir Medical Center, Ball Auditorium, 1601 Ygnacio Valley Road. Appointments, 800-733-2767, www.redcrossblood.org (code ...

Next X Prize: Clean Cooking Technology
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:51:37 GMT
Playa Vista-based X Prize Foundation, the nonprofit which is running a series of competitions to advance science and technology, has unveiled it latest prize under development: clean-burning cookstoves. The group said the new effort, which it is developing with the Government of India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, looks to spur the ...

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