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(The Journal of Visualized Experiments) According to the World Health Organization, one-third of the world's population is currently infected with tuberculosis bacteria.

The bacteria is incredibly resistant to treatment, and despite its prevalence, very little is known about why it is so stress tolerant.

But, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have been developing a new way of culturing tuberculosis bacteria, which could lead to new insights and treatments.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The World Health Organization has warned that the battle against the age-old scourge of leprosy is far from over.

It says 5,000 new cases are reported yearly in the Western Pacific, where the disease was declared eliminated in 1991....

WHO calls for final push against leprosy MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The World Health Organization warned Monday that the battle against the age-old scourge of leprosy is not yet over, with more than 5,000 new cases reported yearly in the Western Pacific, where the disease was declared eliminated in 1991.

LONDON (AP) -- The World Health Organization says the highest levels ever of drug-resistant tuberculosis have been found in Russia and Moldova....

(MedPage Today) -- Ten neglected tropical diseases -- ranging from sleeping sickness to leprosy -- can be "eliminated or controlled" by the year 2020, the director of the World Health Organization said.

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(International & American Associations for Dental Research) The International and American Associations for Dental Research have published the proceedings from the Workshop on Effective Use of Fluoride in Asia, which took place March 22-24, 2011, in Phan-Nga, Thailand.

This meeting was hosted by the Dental Association of Thailand, and co-hosted by IADR, FDI and the World Health Organization.

The proceedings are published in the February issues of the IADR/AADR Advances in Dental Research, an e-supplement to the Journal of Dental Research.

India marks 1 year since last polio case U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius marked the day by administering the oral polio vaccine to children at a maternal health clinic in New Delhi.

GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization is warning that dangerous scientific information could fall into the wrong hands after U.S. government-funded researchers engineered a form of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus more easily transmissible between humans....

Global deaths from malaria are falling, but the World Health Organization warns of potential trouble ahead from drug-resistance and a shortage of funds.