Health News Archives

Continuous Doctor Care Key to Childhood Screenings
Infants at lower risk for environmental, biological diseases if same physician is used

U.S. Unlikely to Meet Target for TB Elimination
Survey says latent infections among immigrants, minorities, poor thwart reaching 2010 benchmark

Evidence of TB Found in 500,000-Year-Old Fossil
Finding contradicts belief that disease only emerged several thousands years ago

Newer Antibiotic Speeds TB Healing
Adding moxifloxacin cut recovery time by 2 months, researchers say

TB Gene Tweak Could Bring Better Vaccines
Animals showed fewer tuberculosis bacteria after the maneuver, researchers say

TB Patient Has Less Dangerous Strain: CDC
But MDR-TB is still potentially lethal, and agency's actions were justified, official says

U.S. to Probe Role of CDC Expert in TB Saga
CDC investigating actions of one of its own microbiologists, whose son-in-law traveled with dangerous TB.

TB Patient Apologizes, But Defends Actions
Atlanta lawyer insists he was told he wasn't a health threat; search continues for fellow airline travelers

TB Patient Enters Denver Hospital for Treatment
He is a 31-year-old Atlanta lawyer whose father-in-law is a U.S. government TB expert; search continues for fellow airline passengers

Experts Disagree on Whether TB Patient Needed to Be Isolated
U.S. health officials still seeking airline passengers who could have been infected