#DeepLearning -guided POCUS bests experts in diagnosing #TB in underserved areas https://www.auntminnie.com/clinical-news/ultrasound/article/15742661/aiguided-pocus-bests-experts-in-diagnosing-tb-in-underserved-areas
LOL This is funny to see to be honest. As much as I hate to say it, WAY TOO LATE!
Thunderbird email is going pro to better compete with Gmail.
https://www.theverge.com/news/642228/thunderbird-pro-thundermail-email-service
#TB is killer infection number 1 (1 million victims/year). But funds for treatment have been "disrupted" as WHO puts it politely. Urgent. https://www.who.int/news/item/20-03-2025-who-calls-for-urgent-action-to-address-worldwide-disruptions-in-tuberculosis-services-putting-millions-of-lives-at-risk
Abrupt cessation of US aid funding has plunged programs to fight #malaria, #TB, & #HIV into a crisis, #WHO said Monday. Director-General Tedros said while the US has the right to decide how to spend its money, if it is to withdraw it should do so in a planned way. https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/world-health-organization-director-says-us-must-manage-usaid-cuts-responsibly/
The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse…By retracting foreign aid, President Trump could make tuberculosis untreatable again. - #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #TB
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/tuberculosis-death-usaid-trump/682062/
A new Threat Model from @violetblue is up, bringing you the Covid/airborne illness news you need. Top stories below ("It's still March" ). Read (always free)/share/support (join the Patreon or send Violet a tip): https://www.patreon.com/posts/124252060
#Covid #BirdFlu #Measles #TB
Make America great again - bring back measles, TB and pandemics. Decimate public health research, reporting and programs including #Medicaid - what a great idea s/
“TB has moved closer to home: An ongoing outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, and two surrounding counties began in January 2024 and cases are rising, with nearly 150 people diagnosed and two deaths as of early March. The outbreak has disproportionately affected low-income people…” #PublicHealth #TB #InfectiousDisease
#USAid cuts could create untreatable #TB bug ‘resistant to everything we have’ - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/10/us-aid-cuts-tuberculosis-tb-untreatable-bug-drug-resistance-stop-tb-partnership-who #trump is a global criminal
#TB cases are on the rise globally, increasing 4.6% from 2020 to 2023 and reversing decades of decline. Microbiologists explain why this ancient disease seems to be making a comeback: https://buff.ly/ZzQJfNr
Caz of heavy rain and snow from the AM, I didn't feel like going out...
Now I throw back my favourite picture of squirrels on the squirrel path.
2016.04.26
Inokashira Zoo, Kichijoji, Tokyo
The American Medical Association has a YouTube page, where they are doing daily updates on bird flu, TB, measles and other outbreaks, as the CDC is no longer allowed to do this.
https://www.youtube.com/@americanmedicalassociation
#measles #COVID #BirdFlu #AMA #CDC #TB #resources #news #health #UnitedStates
Bird flu. Measles. TB. And of course Covid—all the news being suppressed by the government. @violetblue covers it all—plus the plague that is RFK Jr—in today's Threat Model. Mask up & read (always free)/share/support (join the Patreon or send Violet a tip)
https://www.patreon.com/posts/122686967
#BirdFlu #H5N1 #Covid #Measles #TB #MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver
Breakthrough in TB research! The antibiotic BTZ-043 reaches hard-to-treat granulomas and fights bacteria even in necrotic tissue. This is a major step toward more effective TB therapy!
Read more in Nature Communications: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56146-9
#TB #Tuberculosis #TuberculosisResearch #BTZ043 #DZIF #LeibnizHKI
The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City shows the value of federal funding
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/tuberculosis-kansas-city-missouri-tb-outbreak-treatment/