The worldwide burden of childhood tuberculosis is twice as large as once thought, according to a new study that estimates nearly 1 million children become sick with the disease every year. TB is the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The system outperformed human analyses by 9% and exceeded WHO requirements for non-sputum triage tests for TB.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The incidence of subclinical tuberculosis among people with HIV in a South African study was similar to the ...

A study of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB)in KwaZulu province, South Africa, builds on a growing body of evidence showing person-to-person transmission, not just inadequate treatment, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have identified a key enzyme responsible for destroying lung tissue in tuberculosis (TB) and say the finding could lead swiftly to new treatments for the highly ...

The non-profit research and development organization Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has released results of a study in South Africa that will make it easier for healthcare workers to ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains the world's leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. A new study recently published in The Lancet Global Health and supported by the World Health Organization ...

Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a study released Tuesday that called for more aggressive action.

Tuberculosis remains a rare disease in the United States, but when it does occur, delays in diagnosing it often exceed recommendations by the World Health Organization, according to a new report by ...

Vietnamese doctor Truong Duc Thai and a colleague check the X-ray film of a drug-resistant tuberculosis patient at National Lung Hospital in Hanoi. TB kills more people than any other infectious ...

Researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) have developed an iron-based nanoparticle therapy that completely eliminated tuberculosis bacteria from the lungs of infected mice within 30 days, ...