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Mashup Score: 42Tuberculosis Testing and Latent Tuberculosis Infection Treatment Practices Among Health Care Providers — United States, 2020–2022 - 9 day(s) ago
A new study finds disappointing rates of tuberculosis testing in the United States.
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Mashup Score: 8
Background: Elevated tuberculosis (TB) incidence rates have recently been reported for racial/ethnic minority populations in the United States. Tracking such disparities is important for assessing progress toward national health equity goals and implementing change. Objective: To quantify trends in racial/ethnic disparities in TB incidence among U.S.-born persons. Design: Time-series analysis of national TB registry data for 2011 to 2021. Setting: United States. Participants: U.S.-born persons stratified by race/ethnicity. Measurements: TB incidence rates, incidence rate differences, and incidence rate ratios compared with non-Hispanic White persons; excess TB cases (calculated from incidence rate differences); and the index of disparity. Analyses were stratified by sex and by attribution of TB disease to recent transmission and were adjusted for age, year, and state of residence. Results: In analyses of TB incidence rates for each racial/ethnic population compared with non-Hispanic Wh
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Mashup Score: 5
Background: Elevated tuberculosis (TB) incidence rates have recently been reported for racial/ethnic minority populations in the United States. Tracking such disparities is important for assessing progress toward national health equity goals and implementing change. Objective: To quantify trends in racial/ethnic disparities in TB incidence among U.S.-born persons. Design: Time-series analysis of national TB registry data for 2011 to 2021. Setting: United States. Participants: U.S.-born persons stratified by race/ethnicity. Measurements: TB incidence rates, incidence rate differences, and incidence rate ratios compared with non-Hispanic White persons; excess TB cases (calculated from incidence rate differences); and the index of disparity. Analyses were stratified by sex and by attribution of TB disease to recent transmission and were adjusted for age, year, and state of residence. Results: In analyses of TB incidence rates for each racial/ethnic population compared with non-Hispanic Wh
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Mashup Score: 53Tuberculosis — United States, 2023 - 1 month(s) ago
This report describes increases in the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in China.
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Mashup Score: 17Achieving universal social protection for people with tuberculosis - 1 month(s) ago
As we mark World TB Day 2024, we take this opportunity to reflect on the 2023 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting (HLM) on the fight against tuberculosis—a milestone in the commitment towards a more coordinated, comprehensive approach to end tuberculosis globally. The UN HLM declaration on the fight against tuberculosis includes a specific pledge that all people with tuberculosis should receive a social benefits package to mitigate financial hardship. However, it is not known how this specific pledge will be realised and through which concrete actions.
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Mashup Score: 28
The authors said Mycobacterium bovis continues to spread from deer to humans and cattle and poses a particular risk to people with weakened immune systems.
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Mashup Score: 28
The authors said Mycobacterium bovis continues to spread from deer to humans and cattle and poses a particular risk to people with weakened immune systems.
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Mashup Score: 14
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 A survey of tuberculosis (TB) drug controllers and managers at California TB programs reveals that 64% of those that reported at least one TB case from 2016 to 2021 experienced a delay in availability or lack of supply of any oral first-line drug to treat the disease in the past year, often leading to delayed initiations or pauses in therapy. The study, headed by the California Department of Health and the California TB Controllers Associatio
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Mashup Score: 13
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 A survey of tuberculosis (TB) drug controllers and managers at California TB programs reveals that 64% of those that reported at least one TB case from 2016 to 2021 experienced a delay in availability or lack of supply of any oral first-line drug to treat the disease in the past year, often leading to delayed initiations or pauses in therapy. The study, headed by the California Department of Health and the California TB Controllers Associatio
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Mashup Score: 13
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 A survey of tuberculosis (TB) drug controllers and managers at California TB programs reveals that 64% of those that reported at least one TB case from 2016 to 2021 experienced a delay in availability or lack of supply of any oral first-line drug to treat the disease in the past year, often leading to delayed initiations or pauses in therapy. The study, headed by the California Department of Health and the California TB Controllers Associatio
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In 2022, about three quarters of reported U.S. #TB cases occurred in non–U.S.-born people, but a recent survey showed only about half of clinicians reported routinely testing non-U.S.–born patients who may be at risk for TB. Learn more & earn CE: https://t.co/gBjYtKfHS3 https://t.co/XDOPnlZBll