Working toward more effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed two strains of ...

In their Article in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Ana Fernandez-Bustamante and colleagues report results of the PRIME-AIR ...

Working toward more effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed two strains of mycobacteria with "kill switches" that can be triggered to stop the ...

Quebec has been facing its worst flu season in 10 years with thousands of influenza cases reported in February alone. Now, a ...

Every year, 10 million people contract tuberculosis (TB), a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), and approximately 1.5 million patients succumb to the disease. Treatment ...

Around 1.5 million patients succumb to the disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). The novel ...

including an outbreak in Georgia between 2015 and 2017 and a nationwide outbreak in 2021 due to contaminated bone tissue used for transplant patients. Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium called ...

While TB cases have been rising nationally in recent years, public health officials continue to emphasize there is no threat ...

TB is caused by a type of bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It most commonly affects the lungs but can also affect other areas of your body. TB of the lungs spreads through the air.

Tuberculosis usually affects the lungs, but can also affect the brain, kidneys or spine. It is a contagious disease; but not spread as easily as many other illnesses. The health department said ...