Although drug-resistant tuberculosis is so deadly in part because some first-choice antibiotics fail to kill TB bacteria, the TB bacteria may also be undermining the body’s ability to defend itself, a ...

Indonesia BRIN's researcher team aims to provide a tuberculosis detection method that can be done within minutes.

African scientists have developed a nanoscale drug delivery system to treat pericarditis, a drug-resistant and lethal ...

An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacterium that causes tuberculosis in humans. The ...

A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain swelling it can cause in babies and toddlers. But the vaccine doesn't prevent adults ...

The rod-shaped tuberculosis (TB) bacterium, which the World Health Organization has once again ranked as the top infectious disease killer globally, is the first single-celled organism ever observed ...

A tuberculosis outbreak in Edmonton’s inner-city has prompted a renewed look at how the airborne disease spreads and how it is treated. Primary Care Alberta and the Edmonton Zone Medical Officers of ...

While rates of new TB cases and deaths fell in 2024, global health officials say global health funding cuts could endanger this progress. View on euronews ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is once again the infectious disease responsible for the most deaths worldwide, according to a Tuesday announcement from the World Health Organization (WHO). The contagious disease ...

An individual within the Aegis Living retirement community in Issaquah was diagnosed with active tuberculosis on Monday.

Initial blood work found hints of an infection, and the doctors initially suspected a bacterial skin infection (cellulitis) ...

San Diego County's Tuberculosis Control Program on Thursday is tracking three unrelated cases of tuberculosis at UC San Diego, the Sweetwater Union High School District and the San Diego County ...