In the past, the fragrance alone would have evoked this emotional and memory-laden trivia
The current standard for drug-sensitive TB (DS-TB) is a 6-month regimen comprising isoniazid (INH), rifampin (also known as rifampicin) (RIF), pyrazinamide (PZA), and ethambutol (EMB), starting with a 2-month intensive phase of all four drugs, followed by 4 months of INH and RIF (Nyangwa et al., 2022), led to the introduction of 69 months regimens of bedaquiline, pretomanid, linezolid, with or without moxifloxacin (BPaL-M or BPaL, respectively), offering improved outcomes compared to older treatment strategies ( On this ground the WHO updated its DR-TB treatment guidelines in 2022 (WHO Consolidated Guidelines on Tuberculosis, 2024), recommending the 6-month BPaL-M regimen for MDR/Rifampicin-Resistant (RR)-TB in patients unexposed to bedaquiline, pretomanid, or linezolid (Vanino et al., 2023)

Hospitalization of an infant or a mother after birth can also be a good opportunity for identifying mothers or family members who have recently quit smoking and to intensify the consulting support provided to them, in order to prevent them from relapsing
Fascinatingly, both the inclusion of cigarette butts and the provision of sterilized nesting materials resulted in broods that had significantly elevated hemoglobin and [red blood cell concentration], indicating improved physiological condition compared to the control group. Parasites, including ticks, mites, and fleas, were more common in more natural control nests that didnt include foreign material