Each year, tuberculosis kills some 1.25 million people globally and more than 10 times that number become infected with the disease annually, according to the World Health Organization.

Apr. 21, 2025 — An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) treatments by helping infected cells die a gentler ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, tuberculosis (TB) diagnoses in prisons across Europe and the Americas were significantly lower than expected, despite stable incarceration rates.

When people hear about tuberculosis, they tend to assume it's long gone. However, as the most deadly infectious disease on the planet, it's still alive and well. Just this week, a case of TB was ...

When health workers stopped visiting her home in Pakistan to administer tuberculosis medication, Ratna Jamni began dragging herself to a clinic “step by painful step, when even standing feels ...

What motivated you to write it? About 1.25 million people died from TB in 2023. It’s overwhelming, and we don’t know how to process these kinds of numbers. I wanted to write about one person ...

‘What if I told you #artificial_intelligence is now a super-sleuth in the fight against #tuberculosis, with accuracy levels that could revolutionize healthcare? Mind blown. #TB #AI #healthtech ...

In his new book Everything Is Tuberculosis, author and health educator John Green writes: “What’s different now from 1804 or 1904 is that tuberculosis is curable, and has been since the mid-1950s.

JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- A south suburban student has been diagnosed with active tuberculosis, school officials said on Monday. Joliet West High School sent a letter to students and staff who may ...

Berhampur: The state govt has rolled out BPaLM, a shorter duration new treatment regimen for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients. The 26-week long BPaLM treatment regimen was ...