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New drugs, strategies needed to combat drug-resistant tuberculosis
Medical researchers from around the globe met June 28, 2012 at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT to discuss ways to combat the emergence of a form of drug-resistant tuberculosis. During a panel discussion at the day-long…
Iron--either too much or too little--linked with increased tuberculosis-related sickness or death
June 14, 2012 -- Tuberculosis patients with iron levels that are either too low or too high may be at increased risk for faster disease progression or death, according to a Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) study…
Why tuberculosis is so hard to cure
Coverage in Science, December 15, 2011, featuring HSPH's Sarah Fortune
Scientists uncover evidence on how drug-resistant tuberculosis cells form
Findings Could Lead to More Effective Treatment for Global Disease For immediate release: Thursday, December 15, 2011 Boston, MA — A new study led by Harvard School of Public (HSPH) researchers provides a novel explanation as to why some tuberculosis…
Returning home, with a plan to thwart killer TB
[ Fall 2011 ] In Kenya’s arid Wajir district, across the border from Somalia, attending school is not a given. Though some children learn to read while sitting on the floor in crowded classrooms or gathered on the…
South African Health Minister presents plan for stemming the tide of HIV/AIDS in his country at HSPH Dean's Distinguished Lecture
April 11, 2011 The statistics laid out by the Honorable Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, South African Minister of Health (right), during the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture at Harvard School of Public Health on March 30, 2011, were stark: South Africa…
When infection won't quit
[ Spring/Summer 2010 ] TB, AIDS, and malaria are finding new ways to resist treatment Recent headlines paint an insidious trend in infectious disease. In San Francisco, 60 percent of new HIV infections are drug resistant. In Europe and the U.S., a…
TB superstrains
[ Fall 2008 ] Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis is research focus Covering 200 square kilometers of arid scrubland in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province, the rural district of Tugela Ferry seems to swallow its inhabitants, its parched mountain ridges shutting out the…
Hope for a needle-free TB vaccine
[ Spring 2008 ] New "dry-spray" technology passes muster in guinea pigs Aiming to make immunization safer and more cost-effective for the developing world, Harvard School of Public Health Dean Barry R. Bloom and two bioengineers at Harvard, David Edwards and doctoral…
Inhaled tuberculosis vaccine more effective than traditional shot in study using experimental animals
For Immediate Release: March 12, 2008 Boston, MA -- A novel aerosol version of the most common tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, administered directly to the lungs as an oral mist, offers significantly better protection against the disease in experimental…
