The potential of TB treatment 8 weeks

Published Date: 08 Mar 2023

While some say this strategy's failure rate is "too high," it's one step closer to the "white grail" of a shorter 24-week formula.

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(Corrects paragraph 4 to clarify that GSK plans to start more than 20, ⁠not 25, late-stage trials in 2026)

Britain said on Tuesday it would provide more than £50 ⁠million ($67.56 million) in new funding to support efforts to contain an ⁠Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic...

The number of deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has surpassed 3,000, government ⁠data showed on Wednesday, as the country's worst-ever epidemic...

The Trump administration is shuttering two of the three U.S. Department of Agriculture research projects studying cyclospora, ⁠a foodborne parasite that has sickened...

Pennsylvania's health department said on Friday the confirmed number of cases linked to a measles ⁠outbreak has reached 460 this year, an increase of 36 over its update two...

The number of confirmed Ebola ⁠cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ⁠passed the 6,000 mark, government data ⁠showed on Monday.

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