In a lab in the heart of Boston, professor Bree Aldridge leads a team of researchers trying to understand a threat that is ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new handheld device offers rapid, accurate tuberculosis diagnosis in under an hour, crucial for children in resource-limited areas. It detects Mycobacterium ...

Share on Pinterest Experts say a rise in TB cases in Europe could mean a future surge in cases in the United States. AscentXmedia/Getty Images The WHO reports that the number of tuberculosis cases ...

The Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan launched in 2018, wherein Ni-kshay Mitras can volunteer to provide nutrition support to consented TB patients, is riddled with huge ethical problems.

Health officials issued a warning this week after someone at a suburban Chicago high school was diagnosed with active tuberculosis. According to the Lake County Health Department, the case was ...

Apr. 9, 2025 — This handheld device is the first that can detect tuberculosis in saliva, in addition to blood and sputum samples, an important breakthrough for testing children and HIV patients ...

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 ...

The CDC, IDSA and other agencies created updated guidance for treating drug-susceptible and drug-resistant TB. The guidance is for both adolescents and adults. Following the success of recent ...

A new strategy for tuberculosis (TB) screening, proposed by a team of researchers led by Queen Mary University of London, provides a solution to problems with current TB screening, which does not ...

The termination of United States funding for HIV and tuberculosis research programmes in South Africa could undo years of progress and fuel a global health crisis, because TB remains a major ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) will boost its active case-finding efforts for tuberculosis after recording around 160,000 fewer cases than the World Health Organization's ...

“Through close collaboration with manufacturers, we have addressed critical unmet needs by developing practical solutions that make available and effective drug-resistant TB treatments not only ...