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New Developments In The Fight Against TB A government agency and a drug company join hands in a new partnership to develop a new tuberculosis drug. More... |
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Tuberculosis Fact Sheet Tuberculosis (TB), a chronic bacterial infection, causes more deaths worldwide than any other infectious disease. TB is spread through the air and usually infects the lungs, although other organs are sometimes involved. Some 2 billion people — one-third of the world's population — are infected with the TB organism, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Particularly alarming is the increase in the number of people with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), caused by M. tuberculosis strains resistant to two or more drugs. Even with treatment, the death rate for MDR-TB patients is 40 to 60 percent, the same as for TB patients who receive no treatment. More... |
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FDA Issues Permanent Injunction Against Cal-Test Diagnostics, Inc. The Food and Drug Administration announced that Cal-Test Diagnostics, Inc., of Chino, Calif., has agreed to stop making and selling its in-vitro diagnostic test kits until delinquencies are rectified. Cal-Test makes and sells numerous types of in-vitro diagnostic test kits, including several types of HIV, hepatitis and pregnancy tests. Most have not been approved or cleared by FDA. More... |
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Hospitals And Insurance Companies Are Claiming A Larger Share Of Personal Injury Settlements The July issue of SmartMoney may cause readers to examine the fine print in their insurance polices, looking for the word subrogation, a process that allows a health plan get reimbursed for its costs if members collect on personal-injury suits.More... |
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