The treatment of TB involves a combination of several antibiotics. These are aimed at reducing the risk of transmission, ...

Consumption, phthisis, the white plague—a killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ...

Actually getting treatment is key: The World Health Organization (WHO) says that for two-thirds of TB patients who don't get ...

March 18 is World Tuberculosis Day. Let’s do a quick overview of TB, and discuss the different types of TB, risk factors, ...

A Tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, has people on edge, with not much public knowledge about the disease or ...

During medical school, I came across a professor who introduced me to research—up until that point, I was content with being ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...

The infection spreads to the brain or spinal column.” Others “suffer a sudden, uncontrollable hemorrhage, leading to a quick ...

Since the implementation of AI technology in 2021, the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis has undergone a remarkable transformation, with the accuracy rate rising from 80 percent to an impressive ...

Priority areas for lung research include more effective screening and diagnostic tests, new treatment options, interventions ...

A live-attenuated tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate in development elicits a much more balanced and effective immune response compared to the existing vaccine used across much of the world, ...