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Investigators from Trinity College Dublin, the Irish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory, St James s Hospital, and the Department of Public Health HSE East believe tuberculosis (TB) care in Irish Prisons should be supported, considering the findings of their study which is published today (Tuesday, 1st June, 2021) in the
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
The study describes an investigation into a large outbreak of tuberculosis which occurred in an Irish prison in 2011. This resulted in 34 people contracting active TB from a single infectious case. The use of Whole Genome Sequencing enabled the investigators to track the course of onward transmission, and to link TB cases identified as recently as 2019 to the 2011 outbreak.
Study supports the need for improving early TB diagnosis and care in Irish prisons
Jun 1 2021
Investigators from Trinity College Dublin, the Irish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory, St James s Hospital, and the Department of Public Health HSE East believe tuberculosis (TB) care in Irish Prisons should be supported, considering the findings of their study which is published today (Tuesday, 1st June, 2021) in the
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
The study describes an investigation into a large outbreak of tuberculosis which occurred in an Irish prison in 2011. This resulted in 34 people contracting active TB from a single infectious case. The use of Whole Genome Sequencing enabled the investigators to track the course of onward transmission, and to link TB cases identified as recently as 2019 to the 2011 outbreak.
No impact on availability of tobacco products during lockdown, finds study
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Nearly two-thirds of users purchased them daily from shops
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Nearly two-thirds of users purchased them daily from shops
The effect of last year’s COVID-19 lockdown was felt in many ways but it had little or no impact on the availability of tobacco products. A survey among tobacco users found that nearly 60% reported easy availability of tobacco products during the lockdown.
The researchers also found an encouraging trend: nearly two-thirds of tobacco users reported a reduction in tobacco use and an intention to quit.
With an aim of assessing tobacco use, accessibility of tobacco products and quitting behaviour during the lockdown, the Tobacco Cessation Clinic (TCC) of Cancer Institute took up a cross-sectional assessment among current tobacco users in Tamil Nadu.
Andy Warhol Foundation grant to support book completion
Sergio Delgado Moya, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese, has been awarded one of the Andy Warhol Foundation’s Arts Writer Grants.
Projects supported by the program address both general and specialized art audiences, from scholarly studies to critical reviews and magazine features. Moya will receive $50,000 to complete his book “An Archive of Violence: The Obscene Visuality of Sensationalism.” The book makes a case for sensationalism as a specific kind of violence that falls on marginalized populations who are marked by gender and class, by race and ethnicity, by dispossession and by sexuality.