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A deadly, highly contagious and extremely drug-resistant form of tuberculosis has gone beyond the land of the poor and made its way into the upscale parts of the world. Scientists are working feverishly in the hopes they can develop a vaccine for it.
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Tuberculosis is a disease that is again on the rise with around a third of the world's population currently infected, mainly in third world countries. Now, a new vaccine has been developed in Spain.
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Mumbai -
Nine patients in India are suffering from a strain of tuberculosis which has proved to be multi-drug resistant, and possibly totally drug-resistant. Isolated incidences previously occurred in Italy and Iran, and doctors had expected another outbreak.
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Morogoro -
Rats are being trained to use their superior sense of smell, and human are using their Pavlovian proclivity to respond to treats, resulting in the rodents detecting hidden mines, and patients infected with tuberculosis as well.
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A cure for tuberculosis, commonly called TB has been developed in Australia. Further study is being conducted to find the drug's full potential to fight the disease.
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Toronto -
Toronto Public Health is working with community partners to raise awareness of TB on World TB Day. Tuberculosis, according to the World Health Organization had 9.2 million cases worldwide and 1.3 million deaths in 2007.
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In a study funded by the World Health Organization, the world's youth are most commonly killed by road accidents, violence, and child birth complications. Diseases such as AIDS and tuberculosis were not as prominent as researchers once thought.
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A research team from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston studied 18,000 people over three years and found that smokers were considerably more at risk for developing active tuberculosis.
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Cattle tuberculosis (TB) has been confirmed in a west Texas dairy that has been quarantined since April when some cattle in the herd responded to a TB test.
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World TB Day, 24 March 2009, is about celebrating the lives and stories of people affected by TB: women, men and children who have taken TB treatment.
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Fighting childhood tuberculosis in Peru
A pupil at a Belfast primary school is being treated for tuberculosis.
 Health officials are dealing with 30 active tuberculosis cases in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Que.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation commits a further $750m (£479m) to a global fund to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
MPs are urging the UK to give more money to the Global Fund which fights AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria.
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