Update on “Totally Drug Resistant” Tuberculosis
January 21, 2012 4 min. read

Last week, I discussed the breaking news of an emerging strain of “totally drug resistant” tuberculosis (TDR-TB)* in Mumbai.  This week, the Indian government denied the findings, arguing that the twelve cases were in fact extensively drug resistant (XDR, not “extremely,” as I wrote previously).  The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated that nine […]

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Ringing in 2012: Totally Drug Resistant TB, the US Needle Exchange Funding Ban, and M-Health in Kenya
January 11, 2012 5 min. read

I can’t believe a new year has come upon us so quickly.  Unsurprisingly, there are already global health issues cropping up.  In perhaps the most troubling news, India has reported that there are at least 12 cases of totally drug resistant tuberculosis in the country.  President Obama signed a ban on US government funding for […]

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