Older TB vaccines 'work better'
[BBC World] - 18. Marzo 2007 - 2:04Older versions of the BCG vaccine may be better at preventing tuberculosis than more modern vaccines, say French scientists.
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[Reuters international] - 23. Marzo 2007 - 1:39UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A new deadly form of tuberculosis spreading through South Africa has now been found in rich nations in Europe as well as Canada and the United States, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
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[Telegraph International] - 22. Aprile 2007 - 2:01South Africa's government has been accused of dangerously delaying its response to an outbreak of a "virtually untreatable" tuberculosis strain that has killed more than 230 people.
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[Washington Post Europe] - 3. Maggio 2007 - 6:00MOSCOW -- A virulent strain of tuberculosis resistant to most available drugs is surfacing around the globe, raising fears of a pandemic that could devastate efforts to contain TB and prove deadly to people with immune-deficiency diseases such as HIV-AIDS.
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[BBC World] - 29. Maggio 2007 - 22:48US officials quarantine a man with a dangerous form of tuberculosis and urge fellow air travellers to be tested.
Notizie simili TB patient took two transatlantic flights
[Telegraph International] - 30. Maggio 2007 - 14:06A man with a dangerous form of tuberculosis ignored doctors' advice and took two trans-Atlantic flights, US health officials said yesterday.
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[Washington Post Europe] - 30. Maggio 2007 - 23:44The Atlanta man with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis who sparked an international health alarm by flying to Europe and back for his wedding twice ignored requests to stay put and not travel, officials said yesterday.
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[Xinhua - Health] - 31. Maggio 2007 - 4:12The U.S. health authorities begin a worldwide search for passengers on two trans-Atlantic flights who may have come into contact with a man infected with a potentially deadly form of tuberculosis, media reported Wednesday.
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[Xinhua - Health] - 31. Maggio 2007 - 6:34WASHINGTON, May 30 (Xinhua) -- New tuberculosis (TB) ...
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[Reuters international] - 31. Maggio 2007 - 18:52BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries are seeking to trace passengers who sat near a man infected with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis on two transatlantic flights, the European Commission said on Thursday.
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[Times - World] - 1. Giugno 2007 - 16:46A US lawyer who took two transatlantic flights and pressed ahead with his wedding and honeymoon plans despite knowing that he was infected with a potentially deadly and untreated strain of tuberculosis begged for forgiveness on US television today.
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[Washington Post Europe] - 5. Giugno 2007 - 6:00The Atlanta lawyer with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis who crisscrossed the Atlantic on commercial jets last month was not added to a U.S. no-fly list until at least two hours after he reentered the country by car from Canada, according to congressional investigators.
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[Washington Post Europe] - 6. Giugno 2007 - 20:40Officials of federal agencies that guard public health and the nation's borders yesterday told congressional committees that they made mistakes in their unsuccessful effort to stop an Atlanta lawyer from traveling on two continents with an extremely dangerous form of tuberculosis last month.
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[Telegraph International] - 8. Giugno 2007 - 10:43Leaders of the G8 have been accused of failing Africa after they made a "misleading" pledge to spend L30 billion on fighting Aids, tuberculosis and malaria.
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[BBC World] - 12. Giugno 2007 - 14:18Nepal's government is accused of "inaction" over a group of elephants suffering from tuberculosis.
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[Xinhua - Health] - 13. Giugno 2007 - 18:13A total of 13 cases of a highly drug-resistant form of Tuberculosis have been diagnosed in Thailand and the chances of patient survival are very slim.
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[BBC Science] - 18. Giugno 2007 - 9:01Culling badgers is unlikely to be a cost-effective way of controlling cattle tuberculosis, scientists conclude.
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[Xinhua - Health] - 4. Luglio 2007 - 2:53The U.S. globe-trotting lawyer who was thought of carrying the most highly drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis has a less-severe form of the disease than originally diagnosed, U.S. CDC officials announced Tuesday.
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[CNN World] - 13. Luglio 2007 - 10:41Eight people who shared a flight with tuberculosis-infected traveler Andrew Speaker on May 24 filed suit Thursday against him in a Canadian court.
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[FOX news world] - 26. Luglio 2007 - 17:23A sacred bull seized from a Hindu monastery in Wales because he tested positive for tuberculosis has been slaughtered, officials said Friday.
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