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NEWS SCAN: H5N1 research freeze, CDC weighs lab review, H1N1 vaccine effectiveness in Scotland, TB coalition

Jun 26, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: EU drug-resistant gonorrhea, TB vaccine shortage, CDC anti-polio efforts, FMD vaccine licensed

Jun 11, 2012

 

Drug-resistant TB studies show burden in China, new antibiotic results

(CIDRAP News) – Two groups of tuberculosis (TB) researchers released new findings today, giving the world its first look at drug-resistant TB at the national level in China and presenting encouraging findings for the new antibiotic delamanid for the multidrug-resistant (MDR) form of the disease.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: FDA fights ruling on ag antibiotics, poultry-inspection worries, TB vaccine grant, West Nile cost, H5N1 in live markets

 

NEWS SCAN: BSE probe update, dog-food plant missteps, chikungunya in Cambodia, WHO disease statistics

 

IOM offers tools to help guide vaccine development

(CIDRAP News) – The Institute of Medicine (IOM) yesterday unveiled a decision-support model with a test version of software to help policymakers and other stakeholders determine what vaccines to develop at both national and global levels.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Pressure treatment for peppers, cholera vaccine update, two-drug TB regimen

 

Experts seek greater push to stop drug-resistant TB

(CIDRAP News) – Tuberculosis (TB) experts who met in Geneva this week said the global TB community needs to step up the fight against drug resistance and increase appropriate care and treatment "to avoid a scenario where TB becomes incurable," the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Change of plan for Army lab, contract for flu drug, reassortant H3N2 in turkeys, US TB rate, measles in Europe

Mar 22, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Flu vaccination disparity, H5N1 outbreaks in Bangladesh, thwarting TB in kids

Mar 21, 2012

 

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