Few young doctors in my own country France would currently wish to specialize in phtisiology. Actually, and for over 30 years, the word "phtisiology" had disappeared from the letterheads of lung diseases divisions in hospitals. The focus of pneumology these days is on chronic lung disease and cancer much more than on tuberculosis (TB).

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Tackling TB requires both strengthening the public sector and engaging the private sector

PHILADELPHIA, PA—Earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) significantly lowered mortality in patients with HIV and tuberculosis (TB) co-infection, despite a higher incidence of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), according to data presented at 2014 IDWeek.

The number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in England is set to exceed the number in the US within a year, a leading public health expert has warned.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now inviting applications to Grand Challenges Explorations, which has awarded over 1070 grants in over 58 countries to date.

PHILADELPHIA, PA- Without new tools, soon, to address multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, TB control efforts made over the last two decades will be defeated, Dr. Carol Dukes Hamilton said this week, in an IDWeek presentation. Hamilton, co-chair of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Center for Global Health Policy called drug-resistant TB a runaway train.

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD) is the official publication of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union).

PHILADELPHIA, PA—The use of isoniazid as preventive therapy among HIV-infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is associated with significantly lower tuberculosis incidence, reported Bethel Shiferaw, MD, MPH, from Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, at IDWeek 2014.

October 8, 2014 - Abbott announced today it received CE mark approval for a new molecular diagnostic test for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB), which continues to be a major global public health threat.