Category: Infectious diseases

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Anchor lead: Hope is here for cure of drug resistant tuberculosis, Elizabeth Tracey reports Pretomanid is the name of a drug recently approved by the FDA for drug resistant tuberculosis, or TB, the type of infection that caused panic among …

October 1, 2019 – Good News for TB Read more »

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Anchor lead: Many healthcare workers will no longer need an annual TB test, Elizabeth Tracey reports People who work in healthcare have had annual tuberculosis tests for many years, but that’s changing. At Johns Hopkins people are tested when they …

October 2, 2019 – No Annual TB Test Read more »

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Anchor lead: A new combination regimen for tuberculosis is a game changer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Drug resistant tuberculosis is a killer, but now a drug recently approved by the FDA, called Pretomanid, in combination with two existing drugs, can help. …

September 30, 2019 – New TB Drug Read more »