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Global TB Initiatives in Peril as U.S. Aid Freeze Sparks Crisis
U.S. aid freezes have jeopardized tuberculosis initiatives worldwide, with Nigeria, South Africa, and Pakistan facing severe ...
Takeaways from AP’s report on how federal public health cuts are affecting communities across the US
Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. State and local health ...
Trump administration cuts $11 million from programs that keep people healthy
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. Gone are ...
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County working with homeless shelters after possible tuberculosis exposure
San Diego County's public health department is working with Father Joe's Villages and the San Diego Rescue Mission Wednesday ...
Potential tuberculosis exposure at 2 local shelters, San Diego County health officials say
San Diego County health officials are notifying employees, volunteers and residents at two local shelters who may have been ...
County warns personnel at two homeless shelters about weeks of exposure to tuberculosis
The exposure to the disease took place at the Paul Mirabile Center and the South County Lighthouse, public health officials ...
People may have been exposed to TB at these two San Diego County shelters
Residents, employees and volunteers who were at two local shelters may have been exposed to tuberculosis, San Diego County health officials said Tuesday.
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On COVID’s Fifth Anniversary, the U.S. Remains Vulnerable to Infectious Disease
The thing that was different with this outbreak is that the case number, um, for active tuberculosis cases, meaning the person can spread tuberculosis and is symptomatic, the active cases spiked ...
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As tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence of a disease once in decline
Marcela Henao-Tamayo receives funding from NIAID, NIH and OEDIT. An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...