As of early 2025, tuberculosis cases are increasing in the U.S. This disease, often shortened to TB, causes significant lung damage and, if not treated, is almost always lethal. World TB Day on March ...

For the second time, contaminated bone graft products from the medical company Aziyo Biologics Inc. are linked to a highly unusual and deadly outbreak of tuberculosis. This week, three new ...

A new strategy has been developed to prevent and treat tuberculosis using antigen-presenting cells. Professor Shin Sung-jae and Dr. Kim Hong-min's research team at Yonsei University Medical School ...

Genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB) comprises a severe form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that primarily affects the kidney, urinary tract and genital organs. Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the ...

However, the researchers found that, unlike M. tuberculosis, M. spongiae does not cause disease in mice, making it non-virulent. The University of Melbourne's Dr Sacha Pidot, a Laboratory Head at the ...

Country's share in global TB burden narrowed from 27% in 2015 to 25% in 2024 but it still has the most cases in the world ...