TB Monitor 1999 Index
TB Monitor 1999 Index
Conferences, studies
Critics bash DOTS, JUN(TBM Intl):2
Experts eye future TB trends, OCT:97
Harvard report on drug-resistant TB, DEC:130
IOM review, APR:40
IUATLD conference, OCT:108
San Francisco model center's satellite conference, SEP:92
Study: Colleges should shun broad-based screening, MAR:32
Study: DOT trounces self-administered therapy, JAN:6
U.S. '98 case totals, OCT:99; MAY:52
Correctional facilities
California overhauls state system, JUN:62
RIF/PZA goes to jail in Atlanta, APR:41
TB program at Rikers, NOV:114
Texas satellite conference, FEB:19
Turnaround in Texas prisons, NOV:116
U.S. Marshals' new TB policy, OCT:104
Diagnostics
Early-marker test foretells relapse, MAR:35
Gen-Probe to win approval for smear-negative patients, SEP:91
Infectiousness among smear-negatives, APR:43
New ATS diagnostic guide, SEP:94
One-step TB test, DEC:126
Reactions to Aplisol, DEC:121
Skin-test 'cocktail,' FEB:23
Drugs, vaccines
BCG's missing pieces, JUL:74
California trials pit RIF/PZA against INH, MAY:50
Drug-buyers' consortium, AUG(TBM Intl):4
NIH vaccine 'blueprint' approved, FEB:14
Pathogenesis' rifalazil bailout, MAR:34
Promise of Pathogenesis' PA-824, JUN:61
RIF/PZA regimen for HIV- negatives questioned, MAR:29
Trial set for rifapentene/ isoniazid prophylaxis regimen, NOV:111
Twice-weekly RIF-PZA regimen, JUL:65
Funding
Big bucks for Texas border projects, JUL:67
Bill Gates bestows big bucks on Sequella, OCT:101
CDC funding cuts eyed for some programs, FEB:13; APR:38
TB-related Medicaid: Good news, bad news, AUG:77; SEP:93
Guidelines
ACET elimination plan, AUG:84
ATS' new diagnostic guide SEPT:94
CDC's new preventive guidelines, APR:37; JUL:65; SEP:94
Customized California guidelines, AUG:82
Investigations, outbreaks
Among circus elephants, JAN:4
Among Contra Costa County's crack addicts, JUN:63
At a Washington State biochemical waste facility, MAY:46
CDC's study of contact investigations, MAY:49
Get phone numbers, airlines told, JAN(TBM Intl):7
In Alabama, new tool for contact investigations, MAR:30
In Baltimore's transsexual community, DEC:129
In Oklahoma City bingo parlor, NOV:113
International news
Asian epidemic, JAN(TBM Intl):1
Balkan refugee camps, JUN(TBM Intl):1
Canadian postal worker TB scare, MAY:50
Co-infection in Africa, AUG(TBM Intl):1
Cross-border funding package, FEB:19
DOTS in Japan, AUG(TBM Intl):3
DOTS-Plus in Russia, APR (TBM Intl):3, JUL:72; OCT:106
Free phone service for cross-border referrals, FEB:17
Funding package for Texas border programs, JUL:67
IUATLD conference, OCT:108
MDR-TB in Russia, MAY:54; DEC:132; APR(TBM Intl):3
Toronto at the crossroads, MAR:31
World TB Day, APR(TBM Intl):1
Policy, politics
ALA/ATS split, JUN:57
CDC funding cuts to programs eyed, FEB:13
Clinton pushes for TB vaccine, NOV:116
Critics bash DOTS, JUN(TBM Intl):2
Critics blast Pennsylvania privatization, MAR:25
Ellner to join New Jersey TB center, OCT:100
Expert: Suspect cases should be counted, too, JAN:11
First Lady convenes TB summit, JAN:3
Frieden defends DOT, MAR:33
Merck's Douglas to head PP 55, MAY:51
NCET's new lease on life, JUL:71
OSHA standard, JUL:75; AUG:80; SEP:85; NOV:109
Profile: Texas's Reyn Archer, JUL:68
Ralph Nader on TB advocacy, JAN:9
Shake-up at WHO, JAN(TBM Intl):1
Study: DOT trounces self-administered therapy, JAN:6
Tax credits, purchase fund for stimulating vaccine research, DEC:123-125
TB's heightened presence at WHO, OCT:105
The Harvard Report on drug resistance, DEC:130
World Bank eyes loan to Russia, APR(TBM Intl):4
Programs, projects
Alabama's new tracking tool for homeless, MAY:48
AWOL patient registry proposed, JUL:70
Caseload drops in big cities, APR:42
Critics blast Pennsylvania privatization, MAR:25
Ellner joins New Jersey TB center, OCT:100
Foreign-born spur rising rates in Minnesota, SEP:89
Free phone calls aid cross-border referrals, FEB:17
Frivolous skin-testing draws Florida frown, JUL:69
HIV screening in Texas TB clinics, FEB:19
Immigrant outreach in Seattle pilot program, DEC:127
Indian Health Services in trouble, JUN:59
Location-based screening of homeless urged, JAN:1
National Jewish Adult day unit, SEP:96
New York Times' 'Face of TB,' JUL:72
Private-public partnership in Washington State, OCT:102
Program boosts prophylaxis completion at Harlem Hospital, JAN:11
Rising TB rates among Alabama's black children, MAR:28
Screening programs for homeless in Birmingham, Denver, FEB:20
Situation looking up in Washington, DC, NOV:112
StaffTRAK software, SEP:87
TB at crossroads in Toronto, MAR:31
TB control for a low-prevalence age, SEP:86
TB scare among Canadian postal workers, MAY:50
Things looking up in Washington, DC, NOV:112
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