UC Davis says a person with a contagious case of tuberculosis was identified in the Davis community and contact tracing is underway to keep the disease from spreading. A news release from the university did not say when the person was identified as having active TB. It said that campus health officials are working to … Read more
Health Department employees went to work Friday with a public health emergency on the line.Workers manned phone lines and waited for callers after a case of tuberculosis potentially exposed hundreds at Westview YMCA in northwest Omaha. Health Director Lindsay Huse tells KETV NewsWatch 7 that contact tracers have tracked everyone potentially exposed, which is a … Read more
The Douglas County Health Department has confirmed an active case of tuberculosis disease at a local YMCA.The health department is looking into over 500 possible exposures that may have happened at the Westview YMCA’s drop-in daycare, located near 156th Street and Summit Plaza.The possible exposures would have happened between late spring and late October, and … Read more
Health officials are conducting contact tracing after an active case of tuberculosis was identified in a patient associated with the University of Massachusetts Boston. The Boston Public Health Commission said it was working with the university and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in response to the case. “Tuberculosis is a very treatable and curable … Read more
In a recent study published in the journal The Lancet Microbe, researchers examined the impact of six experimental treatment regimens and the standard-of-case treatment for tuberculosis on the respiratory microbiome obtained from sputum samples. Study: In a recent study published in the journal The Lancet Microbe, researchers examined the impact of six experimental treatment regimens … Read more
At the 2023 Grand Challenges Annual Meeting, Bill Gates, Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announced new investments to advance access to mRNA research and vaccine manufacturing technology that will support low- and middle-income countries’ (LMICs) capacity to develop high-quality, lifesaving vaccines at scale. Image Credit: Univercells The move builds on lessons the … Read more
As Tuberculosis continues to be a major public health challenge in India, a parliamentary panel has analysed the implementation of Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan (PMTBMBA) in the country. The panel has advised the Centre to use the latest technologies such as drones, data integration systems and mobile apps to strengthen surveillance in order … Read more