Index of 2002 articles organized by subject.
TB Monitor 2002 Index
December 1, 2002 4 minutes read
Administrative
- Case totals reach plateau according to 2001 data, but what does it mean? MAY:49
- New IOM study finds minority health gaps, MAY:53
- TB, pneumonia deaths down, but heart attacks up, MAY:56
- Industry showing the way for health system change, NOV:128
- 10 strategies for trimming Medicaid budget deficits, NOV:130
- Can NCET’s prince revive the princess? DEC:137
- Reichman new head of alliance group, DEC:140
- Regionalization bid gets warm response, DEC:140
Conferences
- Warm weather brings crop of conferences, JUN:68
- Fireworks in Barcelona, but where was TB news? AUG:90
- TB/HIV workshop set for IUATLD conference, SEP:100
Correctional facilities
- Hunting the hot case in the Big House, APR:39
- Inmate ed program spurs more clinic follow-up visits, JUL:76
- It’s a tough battle when TB control goes to jail, SEP:101
- TB bargaining chip in union struggle? NOV:126
Diagnostics
- Chest X-rays to speed detection of infections, JAN:11
- CDC ponders postscript on TST false-positives, MAR:27
- Twice-weekly therapy not enough for co-infected, CDC says in advisory, APR:37
- Expert: PPD lot testing is loosely regulated, APR:41
- CDC eyes scaled back skin tests for some areas, APR:42
- A blood test for TB? Well, maybe this time, JUL:78
- Study eyes NTMs effect on PPD false-positives, AUG:87
- New guy in waiting room is baffling providers, AUG:88
- Compliance in a box: A new bid for respect, DEC:135
Drugs, vaccines
- Two new TB vaccines to enter clinical trials in near future, JAN: 1
- Quantiferon will sell for $10 a dose: Maker, JAN: 5
- Report: TB drug market mostly in private hands, JAN:6
- Monitoring drug levels a great idea, or voodoo?, FEB:13
- Two strong contenders begin journey toward shorter TB therapy, MAR:25
- Novartis offers fruits of center to alliance, MAR:33
- All quiet on 2RZ front; experts wondering why, APR:43
- Transdermal patch test has diagnostic promise, MAY:52
- Quantiferon guidelines call for using TST as a backup test, JUN:61
- Drug of dreams’ preps for first large-scale trial: Study to begin this year, JUL:73
- Are fluoroquinolones a problem? SEP:107
Funding
- This year’s TB budget contains modest hike, MAR:32
- Funding bill jumps its first big hurdle, JUL:79
- Tougher times strike more TB programs as budget axes fall, OCT:109
- Federal TB bill hits late snag in dispute over funding, NOV:121
Guidelines
- CDC posts new HIV testing, referral guidelines, JAN:8
- Is OSHA softening on risk assessment? APR:46
- Low-incidence guide issued by ACET, JUN:69
- Guidelines roll out two new variations, AUG:85
- How you spell relief? PPD tests scaled down in upcoming IC guide, SEP:97
Health care workers
- New data enter ring in fit-testing debate, APR:44
- Controllers and nurses butt heads in California, JUL:75
HIV/AIDS
- New research adds support for at-risk testing in ED, FEB:23
- AIDS fund awards get off to bumpy start, JUN:65
- Privacy-rule changes draw strong criticism, JUL:81
- TB skin-testing rate low for new HIV infections, SEP:102
Investigations, outbreaks
- Terror by mail brings hassles for TB world, JAN: 3
- Hunting the hot case in the Big House, APR:39
- Oklahoma mopping up long trail of TB cases, MAY:51
- Student death shakes Alabama college, MAY:54
- Eleanor Roosevelt’s TB: The mystery continues, JUL:80
- Small town staggers under Somali influx, NOV:123
International news
- Patent dispute at WTO won by AIDS advocates, JAN:7
- Davos group engages big business in TB care, FEB:19
- Outlook for loan bleak as ministry ends talks, FEB:20
- Global Alliance CEO gets drugs moving, MAR:30
- Handful of nations get A,’ says WHO, MAY:56
- In a desperate time, Zimbabwe gambles, JUN:67
- Worldwide fight against TB undergoes strategic focus, SEP:103
- Workers often at risk in MDR-TB hot spots, NOV:127
- TBTC sites added, Brazil among them, NOV:129
- Global fund’s woes bad news for TB; is U.S. to blame? DEC:133
- Compromise revives Russia TB loan talks, DEC:139
Policy, politics
- CDC moving quickly on smallpox front, JAN:7
- OSHA reopens docket on proposed TB standard, MAR:28
- OSHA overestimated risk, peer reviewers say, MAR:29
Programs, projects
- New TBTC study eyes treatment for coinfected, FEB:15
- Florida’s Haitians nix notion of ethnic staff, FEB:17
- New super-card launches pilot sites for binationals, FEB:18
- New international center called TB powerhouse, MAR:33
- In beleaguered Atlanta, new boss cleans house, MAR:34
- Food-service industry focus of Denver debate, JUN:63
- State TB law makeover in works for Colorado, JUN:64
- PHRI adds animal lab with New Jersey move, JUN:68
- New model offers hope for pediatric TB care, JUL:77
- Coinfection problems boost patient social problems, AUG:92
- Hospital’s DOT program contributes to TB reduction, AUG:93
- Foreign-born pockets big headache for some, SEP:99
- At the edge of a cliff: Crisis in Los Angeles, OCT:112
- TV, TB to partner up for audiences abroad, OCT:113
- University gets A’ for TB screening, DEC:137
Studies
- TB rates among blacks get an overdue look, JAN:10
- Study: Respiratory isolation measures underused, SEP:105
- Adverse effects afflict contacts of MDR-TB, OCT:113
- Weighing the pieces of a good program, OCT:115
- Tobacco and TB linked, Indian research suggests, NOV:125
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