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The Biden-Harris open border is inviting yet another horror: tuberculosis
The Biden-Harris administration's open-border policies have cleared the way for a silent killer to make its way across the border, along with crime, drugs and human trafficking: tuberculosis.
La. AG sues Biden admin after Chinese migrant with 'rare, aggressive and drug-resistant' tuberculosis entered US
The lawsuit seeks to prevent federal immigration officials from releasing “potentially infected detainees” that came in contact with the Chinese national – who has a “rare, aggressive, and drug-resistant form...
'Haunted' passenger recalls aspiring chef's final moments before she suddenly died next to him on flight
"The incident has been etched in my memory for life," he told the outlet. "It is very difficult to digest that a young girl with whom you were just interacting...
Tuberculosis cases at highest level in a decade in US: report
The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade, according to a new government report.
No one would care for NY's tuberculosis patients — except these heroic women
Meet the "Black Angels."
NYC struggling to contain 'dramatic' increase in tuberculosis cases amid COVID, migrant concerns
"What we're seeing now is kind of heartbreaking," said one health expert. "I hope that things get better before they get too much worse."
500 patients may have been exposed to tuberculosis, hospital warns
Clark Memorial Health in Jeffersonville said on Thursday that it sent out hundreds of letters to those possibly affected following the confirmed case.
Biden's open borders are bringing contagious diseases to your neighborhood
New York City’s health commissioner announced last week that the influx of migrants from the southern border are delivering contagious diseases, including tuberculosis and polio, to our neighborhoods.
DNA detectives reveal identity of very old 'vampire' buried in Conn.
Do you know John Barber of Connecticut? He had fair skin, brown eyes, brown or black hair and freckles. He may or may not have been a "vampire."
Christmas is a time of giving — here's how to do the most good
Christmas is a time many people concentrate not just on celebrating with loved ones but also on giving back to our communities and societies.
Ghost hunter tours abandoned hospital's 'body chute' for corpses
He spooked out TikTok followers documenting a trip to an abandoned hospital once used to treat tuberculosis patients and where 63,000 people reportedly died.
Tuberculosis deaths rise for 1st time in years, due to COVID
The U.N. health agency said 1.5 million people worldwide died of the bacterial disease last year, a slight rise from the 1.4 million deaths in 2019.
Farmer will ‘take a bullet’ rather than allow killing of sick alpaca
“I can’t stand by and let my animal be killed, and I’m willing to stand in the way of any gunman who comes to destroy Geronimo,” said Helen Macdonald of...
Roaming NYC court worker tests positive for tuberculosis
A roaming Manhattan Supreme Court worker has become sick with rare tuberculosis — prompting officials to warn to judges, clerks and other colleagues in contact with him.
Coronavirus could erode global fight against other diseases
NEW DELHI — Lavina D’Souza hasn’t been able to collect her government-supplied anti-HIV medication since the abrupt lockdown of India’s 1.3 billion people last month during the coronavirus outbreak. Marooned...
South Africa's history of TB, HIV prepares country for coronavirus testing
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa, one of the world’s most unequal countries with a large population vulnerable to the new coronavirus, may have an advantage in the outbreak, honed during years...
Tuberculosis vaccine eyed in fight against coronavirus
A century-old tuberculosis vaccine, bacillus Calmette-Guerin, or BCG vaccine, could protect health care workers from the coronavirus, according to a report.
Vaccine shows promise for preventing active TB disease
An experimental vaccine proved 50 percent effective at preventing latent tuberculosis infection from turning into active disease in a three-year study of adults in Africa. Doctors were encouraged because protection...
Global Fund raises $13.92 billion to fight AIDS, TB, malaria
The US Congress approved a commitment to give a total of $4.68 billion over three years. The US and France are the biggest donors.
16 students hospitalized after they were mistakenly given insulin shots at school
The students from the McKenzie Center for Innovation & Technology in Indianapolis were mistakenly injected with insulin during a tuberculosis skin test.