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US Health Officials Worry About TB in Mexico

CHIAPAS, Mexico (July 7) -- Tuberculosis, one of the world's deadliest diseases, has long been forgotten by most Americans, but it is re-emerging in a new, virulent form around the world. U.S. health officials now worry that especially dangerous strains of the airborne pathogen have surfaced in Mexico, thanks to a...

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06/01/12 Gib monitors UK TB visa move Source: Gibraltar Chronicle The UK has introduced new rules with regards to migrants from countries with a high incidence of tuberculosis, where migrants will have to be screened for the infection before being granted a visa.
06/01/12 mHealth: an idea whose time has come Source: The Nation of Thailand Puja lives in a remote village in Bangladesh with her husband and his elderly father.
06/01/12 Einstein receives NIH grant to create new vaccine... Source: News-Medical.Net The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University a five-year, $5.9 million grant to develop a new vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), including the toughest-to-treat forms of the disease known as multi drug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant.
06/01/12 New Asthma Research Reported from Imperial College Source: NewsRx By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech Week -- Data detailed on Asthma have been presented.
05/31/12 Report: Client who died in state-run care facility was... Source: Star Tribune - Minneapolis MN A state-operated care facility in Bloomington and one of its employees are being blamed in the death of a client because the staff member failed to maintain timely checks on the man and neglected to administer CPR when he was found unresponsive in his room, said a state investigation released this week.

Background on Respiratory diseases

Respiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural cavity, and the nerves and muscles of breathing.

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