tuberculosis
Jul 6 2008, Jason

I sat enthralled to the TV as I watched a man called Dr. Beat Richner. I was watching a documentary called Dr Beat and the Passive Genocide of Children. You can read the Dr Beat story here and it is a very good read, he is an amazing man with dedication...

Related Stories
Most Recent Most Popular Most Commented
(0)
AP, Grafton
A Wisconsin woman has been arrested and booked for failing to pay her library fines.
made popular 13 min ago
(0)
AP, Sacramento
A Texas woman dubbed the “ponytail bandit” has pleaded guilty in California to robbing banks in three states.
made popular 34 min ago
(0)
AP, Snoqualmie Pass
Crews have rescued one of two teenage boys who were trapped under ice and snow after a snow bridge collapsed on top of them near a mountain summit east of Seattle.
made popular 45 min ago
(0)
AP, New Orleans
The Department of Defense will again investigate allegations that the Army Corps of Engineers let a contractor install faulty pumps after Hurricane Katrina despite a...
made popular 59 min ago
(0)
AP, New York
A man accused of choking an 85-year-old woman in an elevator and stealing her cane and cash was arrested after a detective saw the surveillance video and recognized him...
made popular 1 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Seattle
Rescue crews have made verbal contact with two teenage boys who fell through a snow field near a mountain summit east of Seattle.
made popular 1 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Anchorage
Nine polar bears were observed in one day swimming in open ocean off Alaska’s northwest coast, an increase from previous surveys that may indicate warming...
made popular 1 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Seattle
Search and rescue crews are trying to find two teenagers who apparently fell through a snow field near a mountain summit east of Seattle.
made popular 1 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Columbus
A major voting machine maker has cautioned its customers in 34 states to look out for a programming error that may cause votes to be dropped.
made popular 2 hr. ago
(0)
John, Kansas City
A FREAKY feline with four ears named after a Star Wars character is so rare its owners have to keep it indoors to stop it from being catnapped.
made popular 2 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Phoenix
Prosecutors reviewing the death of a New York City woman who died in police custody at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport last year said Thursday that they have...
made popular 2 hr. ago
(0)
Amith, Boston
Days after he cracked that being rich in the U.S. meant earning at least $5 million a year, Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged that he...
made popular 2 hr. ago
(0)
Shelly, New York City
US chemists have identified the odour that emanates from skin cancer, a development that researchers hope will advance diagnosis and treatment of the deadly disease,...
made popular 2 hr. ago
(0)
Amith, Boston
Residents of a rural Colorado town said a cow named Apple chased off a bear that had climbed into her favorite apple tree.
made popular 2 hr. ago
(0)
Heidi, Austin
Apple has admitted that a battery fault had led to a small number of its first generation iPod Nanos overheating.
made popular 3 hr. ago
(0)
Kenneth, Chicago
Two vaccines against cervical cancer are being widely used without sufficient evidence about whether they are worth their high cost or even whether they will...
made popular 3 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Pontiac
A 33-year-old man who authorities say wore a “World’s Greatest Dad” T-shirt to have sex with what he believed was a 14-year-old girl has been...
made popular 3 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Centennial
Authorities say a threatening letter containing an unidentified white powder was sent to a John McCain campaign office in the Denver suburb of Centennial, and a similar...
made popular 3 hr. ago
(0)
AP, New York
They had no water, hardly any air and no way out.
made popular 3 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Seattle
Search and rescue crews are trying to dig out two teenagers trapped in a collapsed snow cave near a mountain summit east of Seattle.
made popular 3 hr. ago
All Stories
Most Recent Most Popular Most Commented
(0)
AP, Chicago
Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a study released Tuesday that...
made popular Jul 22 2008
(0)
AP, Tokyo
The World Health Organization urged Asian countries on Monday to take action against the growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis, warning that even more virulent...
made popular Jul 21 2008
(0)
AP, Tokyo
The World Health Organization urged Asian countries on Monday to take action against the growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis, warning that even more virulent...
made popular Jul 21 2008
(0)
AP, Fresno
More than 4,800 dairy cows at risk of carrying tuberculosis are being slaughtered this week in central California, where nearly 16,000 cattle in the country’s...
made popular Jul 9 2008
(1)
Vikas, solan
A new test to quickly diagnose drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis will be rolled out in four African countries this year.
made popular Jul 1 2008
(1)
Vinod, Hospet,Karnataka
Amy Winehouse is in hospital and was going on some medical tests after she collapsed few days back. She is suspected to be suffering from tuberculosis. This is no...
made popular Jun 21 2008
(0)
AP, Cambridge
Researchers at MIT believe they’ve discovered a new weapon in the battle against tuberculosis: Free cell phone minutes.For years, doctors have struggled to get...
made popular Jun 13 2008
(3)
Maynard, Manila
A drug-resistant and virtually untreatable form of tuberculosis is spreading from prisons in Kyrgyzstan to the general population.
made popular Mar 25 2008
(0)
AP, Phoenix
A man with a virulent form of tuberculosis who once was confined to a hospital jail ward for failing to wear a mask in public has been indicted on felony...
made popular Mar 25 2008
(0)
AP, United Nations
The U.N. secretary-general on Monday urged stepped-up action to stop the global tuberculosis epidemic that is killing 4,000 people every day.In a message marking World...
made popular Mar 24 2008
(1)
Maynard, Manila
Tuberculosis (TB), as one of the major causes of deaths in the world, is again taking a new wave of attacking the Asia-Pacific region. The Philippines is indeed alarmed...
made popular Mar 23 2008
(1)
Tasneem, Mumbai
“Smoking is harmful to Health” - This is a statutory warning printed on all cigarette packets. Yet the question arises as to how many people pay heed to...
made popular Feb 14 2008
(0)
Arpita Mukherjee, Kolkata
Despite of constant warning from the health workers on the hazards of smoking, the incidence of smoking among Indians is rising unabatedly. Smoking is responsible for...
made popular Feb 14 2008
(0)
AP, San Francisco
Health officials were searching Monday for dozens of airline passengers who may have come in contact with a 30-year-old woman infected with a hard-to-treat form of...
made popular Jan 1 2008
(0)
AP, San Francisco
A 30-year-old woman infected with a hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis is recovering at a Bay Area hospital, as health officials search for dozens of international air...
made popular Dec 31 2007
(0)
AP, Tucson
A man was jailed for failing to take his tuberculosis medication after officials said he was a serious health risk.James Roman Pearson, 49, remained at the Pima County...
made popular Dec 6 2007
(0)
AP, Atlanta
Tests of hundreds of airline passengers show that no one caught tuberculosis while flying earlier this year with an infected man who caused an international health...
made popular Nov 28 2007
(0)
Arpita Mukherjee, Kolkata
Drug resistant tuberculosis has emerged as a deadly killer in recent years especially in the countries of Africa and Asia. Scientists have now been able to decode the...
made popular Nov 21 2007
(0)
AP, Phoenix
A man with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis who had been confined to a hospital jail unit for nearly a year has left the country, his attorney said.Doctors ruled...
made popular Oct 9 2007
Images
Langa:

An unidentified woman is weighed as part of the test procedure for Tuberculosis at a clinic in Langa, South Africa, Monday, March 17, 2008. World Tuberculosis Day is celebrated Monday.