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TB unlikely to be eliminated in U.S. anytime soon
But a greater focus on testing and treatment, particularly among immigrants, could speed the disease’s decline, study finds May 21, 2018 – Although tuberculosis (TB) is on the wane in the U.S., there’s little chance that the nation…
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Lauren Robertson, PhD ’18, will use her training in the biological sciences to pursue work on the development of a tuberculosis vaccine while mentoring high school students on the side.
Op-ed: Suspension of North Korea TB funding could lead to public health crisis
A decision by The Global Fund to suspend funding for malaria and tuberculosis (TB) projects in North Korea (DPRK, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) could lead to a major public health and humanitarian crisis that could take…
Tuberculosis epidemic needs attention
In an editorial, infectious disease expert Barry Bloom of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health outlines the health system failures behind the global TB epidemic, and argues that systems’ ability to diagnose and treat TB must be…
Search for a better tuberculosis vaccine underway
Efforts by a team of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers to expedite the discovery of a new and improved tuberculosis vaccine were featured in an August 18, 2017 STAT article. The article highlighted work by…
A new discovery in the fight against tuberculosis
In this week's podcast we explore a new discovery in the fight against tuberculosis (TB). It's a disease that infects more than 10 million people a year—killing nearly two million.
New finding could aid fight against tuberculosis
A single protein appears responsible for the ability of some tuberculosis-causing bacteria to evade antibiotics, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The finding suggests that blocking this protein may help shorten…
Study suggests antibodies may offer protection against tuberculosis
Findings open new window on the biology of the disease, offer inroads to new rapid diagnostic and vaccine approaches For immediate release: Thursday, September 22, 2016 Boston, MA – Antibodies are one of the body’s first lines of…
India’s potential to beat tuberculosis
One-quarter of the world’s tuberculosis cases are in India, and the disease kills one Indian every 90 seconds. But India—strong in TB research and in technological and pharmaceutical capacity—has the potential to make great progress against TB, say…
Improving health among homeless people
April 20, 2016 – During the decade she spent as a physician assistant at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, Jill Roncarati saw, up close and personal, the ravages people suffered when they had no place to live.…
