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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Uganda's health minister declared the country Ebola-free following the nation's latest ⁠outbreak of the viral hemorrhagic disease that infected 20 people and killed two of them.

On a good day, there are only four cars available to ferry surveillance teams round the city of Bunia, the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak surging through the Democratic...

In hospitalized adults with community-acquired pneumonia, low-dose chest CT does not lower broad-spectrum antibiotic use, whereas multiplex polymerase chain reaction may provide a modest benefit.

The U.S. FDA and the CDC are widening their investigation into a cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce from central Mexico after identifying ⁠cases in...

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