Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Research links prison time with increase of TB

Tuberculosis, the main cause of death due to a single pathogen globally, causes more than 1.5 million deaths each year. New research from the University of Cincinnati finds that being in prison or being a former prisoner ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Q&A: Expert discusses prevalence of hepatitis C in US state prisons

The World Health Organization has a goal to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030. The blood-borne virus affects more than 2 million people in the United States and killed more than 15,700 people nationwide ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Nearly half of tuberculosis cases in prisons worldwide go undetected

In the first global assessment of tuberculosis (TB) among incarcerated people, a new study found consistently high TB case rates and low case detection in prisons, suggesting the need for health organizations to increase ...

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