Tuberculosis expert Philip Hopewell, MD, illustrates just how little the U.S. allocatesfor global TB funding when compared to San Francisco's Department of Public Health budget. NEW YORK, NY – March ...

TB tests use phlegm — not the easiest thing to get or work with. It takes time for results. And there can be false negatives ...

Tuberculosis has been a scourge upon humanity throughout history. In killing more than a million each year worldwide, it remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious pathogen. Subscribe ...

Ntungamo District is grappling with a growing dual public health challenge, with HIV/Aids prevalence rising to 6 percent--above the national average of 5.1 percent--alongside sustained transmission of ...

Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen's survival when it's exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be targets for new therapies ...

A new, low-cost diagnostic tool could significantly improve the detection of tuberculosis (TB), offering hope in the fight against one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, which claims over a ...

Houston Health Department officials have informed the University of Houston that a student is being treated for active tuberculosis. The university sent out an email to the community on Tuesday ...

Tuberculosis remains a public health issue in Europe as the region is falling behind elimination targets, according to a new ...

A new way to classify tuberculosis (TB) that aims to improve focus on the early stages of the disease has been presented by an international team involving researchers at UCL. The new framework, ...

Dr. Martin Gengenbacher of the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) and colleagues have published a paper about the dynamics of tuberculosis transmission through coughs.