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Sep 14, 2011 - WHO Roadmap to Contain Rise of Drug-Resistant TB in Europe
(London, United Kingdom) — An action plan to combat the alarming rise in the incidence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) in Europe was announced by the WHO Regional Office for Europe today.



Jul 29, 2011 - Clinical Chemists and Medical Laboratory Professionals Gather at AACC’s Annual Meeting in Atlanta
Honors for the most spectacular new product launch must go to Cepheid Systems. Because of advanced mailings to AACC attendees, and a clever marketing campaign, Cepheid attracted a big crowd at its booth on Tuesday morning as the exhibition opened. They were there to greet celebrity motorcycle designer Paul Teutul, Jr., and his team as they pulled the curtain away from their creation—a chopper themed around Cepheid’s GeneXpert Systems and molecular diagnostic testing.



Jun 30, 2011 - Paul Jr. Designs: Cepheid Bike Build
Paul Jr. Designs has teamed up with Cepheid, a manufacturer and developer of microfluidics and microelectronics technologies for DNA analysis, to build a custom-themed bike.



Apr 19, 2011 - How to Wipe Out Tuberculosis
Three African health ministers make the case for consigning TB to medical history.



Jan 03, 2011 - The Tuberculosis War: Fighting the Spread of TB
Few Resources and Poverty Fuel Tuberculosis in India and Cambodia but Experts Say the Epidemic Can Be Stopped



Dec 31, 2010 - Disasters, Discoveries Dominate Health News in 2010
A wide range of health stories dominated the news in the year 2010. From a cholera outbreak in Haiti, to a new, faster tuberculosis test, to a United Nations report showing progress against AIDS – good and bad health news dominated the media.



Dec 21, 2010 - Breakthrough in TB Diagnostics
A rapid DNA-based diagnostic test for tuberculosis could help health workers in poor countries detect drug-resistant forms of the infection much earlier, making it easier to treat.



Dec 20, 2010 - New Rapid Molecular Pathology Test for Tuberculosis Wins Favor with World Health Organization
It’s big news when an international health body endorses a new proprietary clinical laboratory test. That’s why pathologists will be interested to learn that, earlier this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) publicly recommended that nations incorporate a new rapid molecular test for tuberculosis into their disease testing programs.



Dec 17, 2010 - ABC News: War Against Tuberculosis
Be the Change: Save a Life — ABC News kicks off year-long global health care series



Nov 08, 2010 - The NewYorker
A Deadly Misdiagnosis: Is it possible to save the millions of people who die from TB?



Sep 02, 2010 - Cepheid's TB, Drug-Resistance Assay Shines as POC Test in Developing World
A PCR-based molecular test for tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance developed by Cepheid and public sector partners has received a clinical vote of confidence for its ability to perform in remote and resource-poor regions of the world.



Aug 16, 2010 - Lab Now Able to Have MRSA Test Results in Hours Not Days
Patient safety is a top priority at Cleveland County HealthCare System. The leadership and staff are constantly looking for ways to improve the level of safety and quality provided to their patients.



Feb 09, 2010 - A testing first: moderate complexity PCR for H1N1
With its announcement Jan. 4 ofa PCR test for H1N1 that can be run in less than an hour, Cepheidaccelerates the trend to make molecular the standard for flu testing.



Jan 06, 2010 - Cepheid Tackles a Major Hospital Expense
One of the biggest problems for older or chronically ill patients isthe risk of additional infections once in the hospital setting



Nov 04, 2009 - C.diff cases may be twice as high as tests miss infection
The number of cases of the hospital bug C.diff could be twice as high as previously thought as current tests used by the NHS are failing to pick up the infection, experts have claimed.



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