/newsroom/taxonomy/term/3594/all en /newsroom/channels/news/new-study-uncovers-vast-variation-and-significant-deficits-tuberculosis-care-urban-india-290004 <p>On September 26, Heads of State will gather in New York at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s first-ever high-level meeting on tuberculosis (TB) to accelerate efforts to end TB and reach all affected people with prevention and care.</p> Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:12:59 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 85035 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/complete-make-over-fight-multidrug-resistant-tuberculosis-289423 <p>Several new medicines have been found to be more effective than traditional ones used to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), according to a new international collaborative study led by Dr. Dick Menzies, senior scientist at the Research Institute of the UUÖ±²¥ Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal. These findings precipitated a complete overhaul of worldwide TB treatment guidelines, with the results of this work published today in the British medical journal <i>The Lancet</i>.</p> Fri, 07 Sep 2018 19:59:02 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 81061 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/latent-tb-treatment-shorter-better-288462 <p>Treatment of latent tuberculosis is set to transform after a pair of studies from the Research-Institute of the UUÖ±²¥ Health Centre (RI-MUHC) revealed that a shorter treatment was safer and more effective in children and adults compared to the current standard. These findings are published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.</p> Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:38:58 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 66316 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/quartz-global-quest-eliminate-tuberculosis-2030-hinges-indias-success-286034 <p>World TB Day 2018 is turning out to be special—never in the history of tuberculosis (TB) control has there been greater political attention and commitment to tackling the infectious disease that causes nearly two million deaths a year. I was recently fortunate to be in New Delhi, where I witnessed Indian prime minister Narendra Modi launch the TB Free India campaign at the Delhi End TB Summit.<br /> <a href="https://qz.com/1234174/the-global-tuberculosis-battle-can-be-won-only-if-india-succeeds/">Quartz</a></p> Wed, 21 Mar 2018 18:39:05 +0000 nathan.menezes@mail.mcgill.ca 34952 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/re-programming-innate-immune-cells-fight-tuberculosis-283809 <p align="center"> Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:59:57 +0000 mona.noonoo@mail.mcgill.ca 32828 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-muhc-study-calls-targeted-screening-high-risk-healthcare-workers-tuberculosis-269175 <p> Mon, 31 Jul 2017 17:48:51 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 32120 at /newsroom /newsroom/paul-brassard Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23250 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/world-tuberculosis-day-march-24-243715 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:37:11 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 22311 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/tb-avoiding-and-subverting-immunity-240880 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 21:44:23 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 21768 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/tb-cattle-vaccine-takes-small-step-forward-219685 <p>Scientists have announced a small but important step in the development of an effective cattle vaccine to prevent bovine tuberculosis. They have identified a "biomarker" using sophisticated molecular technology that allows them to predict vaccine efficacy. David Williams, chairman of the Badger Trust, which strongly supports vaccination of both cattle and badgers, said: "We welcome this refinement in laboratory technique, part of the progress towards the long-awaited goal of an effective cattle vaccine.</p> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:38:03 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 16019 at /newsroom