NewsSouth Africa leads hunt for killer TB vaccineReuters. Trials on a new vaccine start in South Africa in July. Self medication, expired drugs aggravate spread of resistant TBIndependent (Uganda). Two deadly strains of TB are quietly and steadily spreading and will claim more victims if deliberate efforts aren't put in place to check the spread. Experimental drug works in resistant tuberculosisReuters. An experimental drug that starves the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis makes conventional therapy five times more effective against drug-resistant TB, doctors reported. TB vaccine may become effective againUnited Press International. U.S. scientists say the tuberculosis vaccine has not weakened but changed and could be made effective again. WHO Take Note: Acute Pandemic Fears Should Not Overshadow Broader ConcernsHuffington Post. Op-ed: Are global health officials on the verge of ignoring a key lesson of the H1N1 flu outbreak at the same time it dominates their discussion at the World Health Assembly in Geneva? World must respond to threat of drug-resistant tuberculosisCMAJ Why have we not won the TB battle?Guardian. Parts of Africa are particularly susceptible to tuberculosis. But why, with more money for treatment now available, is the battle to combat the disease still not won? Drug-resistant TB may 'spiral out of control,' U.N. saysAP. The world is on the cusp of an explosion of drug-resistant tuberculosis cases that could deluge hospitals and leave physicians fighting a nearly untreatable malady with little help from modern drugs, global experts said. Billions needed in battle against TBAFP. World health authorities have warned the pitched battle they are waging against the growing spread of tuberculosis requires a 44-billion-dollar investment in the coming years.
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