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In India, Fighting TB with Fingerprints New Delhi resident Vishnu Maya has already noticed a difference in her health after a few weeks of treatment for the disease. I feel better. I have been feeling better for the last two to three days, she says.
MDR-TB May Succumb to Shorter Treatment Theres encouraging news about treating multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, which killed about 210-thousand people last year. Preliminary data indicate a shorter, less painful treatment regimen is just as effecti
Health Report - Study Links Smoking to Millions of TB Deaths 健康报道 - 一项研究称吸烟和肺结核病死亡有直接联系 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 The World Health Org
Health Report - What Happens When TB Becomes Untreatable? 健康报道 - 抗药性肺结核病蔓延 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 In December, doctors in Mumbai, India, reported about
EXPLORATIONS - Basketball. Football. Ultimate? JUNE SIMMS: Im June Simms. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And Im Christopher Cruise with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we talk about a game that many people love, but few have heard of. It is the spor
New TB Vaccine Passes Safety Tests Tuberculosis continues to be a major threat around the world, especially in developing countries. A new vaccine has gone into testing, and the results may change how childhood vaccinations are given. TB kills 1.8 mi
London Life Arsenal Football Club BBC Learning English London Life May 24, 2006 Yvonne: I'm Yvonne Archer and this is London Life. Now heres a clue about todays topic. Can you guess what it is? INSERT supporters and fans, clubs and teams, matches an
The African Union Special Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has kicked off in Abuja, capital of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The theme of the summit is on Ownership, Accountability and Sustainability of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malar
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 24 March 2008 As the world marks international Tuberculosis day, a new study has revealed a frightening rise in the past 15 years in tuberculosis cases in Africa. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from our Southern Africa Bu
Untreatable New Forms of TB Raising Alarm The World Health Organization (WHO) lists 69 countries that have reported what is officially called extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). It's a form of the mycobacterium that, like the one report
MSF: Alarming Scope of Drug-Resistant TB A medical aid group says the spread of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis is much greater than previously thought. Doctors Without Borders calls the situation alarming. MDR-TB is a form of tuberculosis that doe
Protesters from No More People Living With HIV Dying From TB movement speak during International AIDS Conference 2010 in Vienna, Austria, 22 July 2010 More than a third of the planet's population is infected with the bacteria that causes tuberculosis
Study Says Tobacco Smoking Fuels TB Epidemic A recent report from the World Health Organization noted that for the first time, the number of people falling ill and dying from tuberculosis is declining. But with nearly one fifth of the world's populat
Research Group Has High Hopes for New TB Vaccine Physicians have long known that the so-called BCG vaccine for tuberculosis does not provide the same level of protection against the disease in all parts of the world. Some also say the vaccine's effec
Swaziland has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world - 26 percent for those between the ages of 15 and 29. But to deal with the epidemic, health officials must do more than increase treatment, care and prevention efforts. They must also
WHO Says TB Blood Test Inaccurate The World Health Organization is urging many low and middle income countries to ban the use of currently-available commercial blood tests to detect active tuberculosis. This is the first time WHO has issued an explic
Drug-Resistant TB Threatens Europe The Olallo Project in Central London was set up to help homeless people from Central and Eastern Europe get back on their feet by helping them find a place to live and get a job. The charity has evolved, though, to
By Jim Stevenson Chengdu,China 14 September 2007 The United States' women's football team has defeated Sweden, 2-0, in a crucial first round Women's World Cup game in China. VOA's Jim Stevenson watched the game in Chengdu, where the Americans put the
By Parke Brewer Berlin 03 July 2006 The official charity campaign of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany is 6 Villages for 2006. It's a joint fundraising project between football's world governing body (FIFA) and the international non-governmental o
Tuberculosis infects nearly ten million people each year and kills nearly two million. It is primarily a lung disease that spreads easily among people with weakened immune systems. Sub-Saharan Africa is still the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS disaster, b