Tuberculosis is both curable and preventable, yet each year, it still kills more people than any other infectious disease.

Peru’s fight against tuberculosis demonstrates how global neglect endangers public health. COVID-19 setbacks, poverty, and ...

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major contributor to the global burden of disease and has received considerable attention in recent years, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where it ...

HIV and tuberculosis (TB) treatment programs have always relied on clinical trials to understand whether treatment ...

A central fault line lies in India’s dependence on private healthcare at the point of first contact. “Nearly 60% of individuals with TB symptoms in India initially seek care from private providers,” ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved a new tuberculosis medicine that shortens and improves treatment for the hardest-to-treat cases, a worsening problem in many poor countries. It's the first TB ...

Doctors first noted that tuberculosis was resistant to some medication back in the 1940s. The bug has been evolving ever since. Modern medicine, however, hasn’t always kept up. The current treatment ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

KILIMANJARO: THE Siha District–based Kibong’oto Infectious Disease Hospital (KIDH) has launched an innovative agricultural ...

"In our study of US-bound immigrants in Vietnam during their required overseas medical examination prior to migration to the United States, we identified a high proportion of US-bound immigrants with ...

Shorter duration, fully oral treatment regimens for tuberculosis (TB) are now recommended for most adults and children. Updated joint guidelines from the American Thoracic Society, the CDC, European ...