South Africa: 'The Only Good TB Bacillus Is a Dead One', Says UCT's Prof Valerie Mizrahi
[spotlight] World-leading tuberculosis researcher Professor Valerie Mizrahi was 35 when her mother Etty started losing weight and coughing furiously. After healthcare professionals in Johannesburg failed to accurately diagnose her, it was a doctor in Plettenberg Bay who told Etty: "The good news is you don't have lung cancer, the bad news is that you have tuberculosis (TB)." (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Tuberculosis Source Type: news

Nigeria: First Lady Seeks Improved Advocacy On TB, HIV/Aids in Children
[Premium Times] Mrs Tinubu was one of the panellists who spoke on strategies to advance global health standards and investments towards effectively financing the eradication of tuberculosis. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - September 20, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Children and Youth Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news

Danaher Lowers Price Of Tuberculosis Test After Pressure Campaign
Popular novelist and YouTuber John Green as well as international health nonprofits had been running a weeklong pressure campaign against the company. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 19, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William Skipworth, Forbes Staff Tags: Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Breaking breaking-news topline Source Type: news

Danaher cuts TB diagnosis test cartridge by 20% for high-burden countries
Danaher Corporation announced that it will reduce the price of its Cepheid's Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra diagnostic test cartridges for tuberculosis by 20% in high-TB-burden countries. The price will be decreased from $9.98 to $7.97 per test to support greater access to high-quality TB testing. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'Pure price-gouging': Advocates celebrate price drop of critical TB test but say Big Pharma needs to do more
Every 20 seconds, someone dies of tuberculosis. But health advocates and experts hope that a newly announced reduction in the cost of TB testing might change that. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news

Antibiotics Destroy Memories?
Even in my earliest days of practicing medicine, I was never a big fan of prescribing antibiotics – except, of course, in cases of extreme or life-threatening infections. Because even back then, I was concerned about the damage these drugs could cause to your gut. That’s because trillions of microscopic bacteria – some that protect against certain diseases and some that can cause disease – live in your microbiome and exist in a delicate balance with each other. The problem is that antibiotics can’t distinguish between so-called “good” bacteria and the “bad” ones causing the infection. These drugs kill eve...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - September 19, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news

Big Pharma's Johnson & Johnson under investigation in South Africa over 'excessive' drug prices
U.S.-based pharmaceuticals company Johnson & Johnson is being investigated in South Africa for allegedly charging “excessive” prices for a key tuberculosis drug (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - September 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

South Africa: In-Depth - Why an Eastern Cape TB Hospital Closed and What Comes Next
[spotlight] In 2021, Orsmond TB Hospital in Nelson Mandela Bay closed its doors as a result of its dwindling patient numbers. The Eastern Cape Department of Health decided to repurpose it as a psychiatric facility, but it appears little progress has been made with this transition. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Tuberculosis Source Type: news

South Africa: A UN Meeting On TB Is At Best a Means to More Important Ends
[spotlight] In 2018 the first findings from a landmark tuberculosis (TB) vaccine trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The experimental vaccine, called M72, was found to be roughly 50% effective in preventing pulmonary TB disease. It was the most promising finding for a new TB vaccine since the development of the BCG vaccine a century ago. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Tuberculosis Source Type: news

Tuberculosis screening clinic to open in Pangnirtung, Nunavut
Nearly two years after the government of Nunavut declared a tuberculosis outbreak in Pangnirtung, a community-wide screening clinic will open in the community of 1,500.  (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - September 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/North Source Type: news

Malawi: First Lady Monica Chakwera Joins War Against TB, Appointed Champion
[Nyasa Times] Malawi First Lady Monica Chakwera has been appointed Malawi's tuberculosis (TB) Champion, a role which has been described by health activists and experts as an epitome of strong political will and commitment to end the vice by the year 2030. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Tuberculosis Source Type: news

Tuberculosis Among Non-US-Born Persons and Persons Over 60 Tuberculosis Among Non-US-Born Persons and Persons Over 60
This report provides insight into the rates of tuberculosis infection among these subpopulations.Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news

Bipartisan Lifesaving AIDS Relief Plan At Risk Due to Pro-Life Opposition
PEPFAR also targets tuberculosis and malaria, and funding restrictions could allow these diseases to gain a foothold. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 5, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Dr. Dave Campbell, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news

CDC Details Multidrug-Resistant TB Outbreak in an Unlikely Spot
(MedPage Today) -- An outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) developed in Kansas in November 2021, and included multiple children who were born in the U.S. and became infected in the state, CDC researchers reported. The outbreak involved... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - September 1, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis - Kansas, 2021-2022
This report describes a multidrug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - August 31, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: Latent Tuberculosis Infection - LTBI MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Multidrug-Resistant TB (MDR TB) Outbreaks Treatment Source Type: news