A simple strip test can now track whether a patient has been taking their anti-tuberculosis (TB) medicines regularly. Another test can pick up the infection in blood, saliva and stool samples.

India has already reported 5,77,712 TB cases in the first 81 days of 2025, according to the Ni-Kshay portal. With 1,58,756 cases, Uttar Pradesh is the most affected state, followed by Madhya Pradesh ...

World Tuberculosis Day: Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious bacterial infection that primarily affects the lungs but can spread to other organs. We got in touch with an expert who shares why early ...

Let’s talk through seven simple, but important, things everyone should know about TB in 2025. 1. That childhood vaccine? It still matters Remember that small mark on your upper arm? That’s ...

More than 300 USAID HIV/TB grants are expected to be terminated ... evening for all components of a $2.5 million (about R17.1 million) grant that was awarded through the NIH’s National Institute ...

On this year’s World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, the World Health Organisation, WHO, has called for urgent investment into TB care, lamenting that drastic and abrupt cuts in global health funding ...