The following “What We’re Reading” collection is a compilation of recent articles making headlines in HIV and TB news. TB Detector Would Ferret out Disease Faster: This article from the Globe and Mail describes a tuberculosis detection device currently in development by researchers in India that works much like a Breathalyzer. The envisioned “electronic nose” […]
HIV
From 2016 to 2017, 14% of people living with HIV in the United States did something to save money on the out-of-pocket costs of their prescription […]
Tuberculosis
Incorporating patient data from national TB programs and from ongoing research, the World Health Organization has updated its guidelines on treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis with an […]
Research & Development
While the committee examining the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo emerged today from its 5th meeting with the conclusion that transmissions of the […]
Policy
DRC, Liberia, Madagascar, Somalia and Ukraine account for nearly half of global measles cases Measles incidence increased in five regions around the world between 2016 and […]