The World Health Organization ( WHO ) has labelled tuberculosis as the world's leading infectious disease killer. With more ...

A nationwide Chilean cohort study of more than 3.6 million adults found that severe COVID-19 requiring hospitalization was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health and U.K. health policy. Although it's often thought of as a disease of the past, tuberculosis is still found ...

New research from Imperial College London suggests that infection with the influenza virus may leave people more susceptible to tuberculosis. The findings suggest that seasonal flu vaccines could ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB), is distinct from most germs in its capacity to silently infect individuals for months and even years before waking up and ...

Background: Diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is the most effective strategy to control tuberculosis (TB) among patients with HIV infection. The tuberculin skin test (TST ...

Scientists developed a nasal TB vaccine that boosts antibiotics, reduces relapse, lowers lung inflammation, and could improve ...

Over the past several decades, TB control programmes have made significant progress in expanding diagnosis and treatment ...

A new partnership between the Stop TB Partnership and Sabin Vaccine Institute aims to engage stakeholders to improve readiness for new tuberculosis vaccines. Manjulika Das reports.

Tuberculosis (TB) can transmit via the air, and the risk of infection depends on several factors. These can include the duration of exposure, proximity to a person with the infection, and immune ...

New data released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe ahead of World TB Day show that new tuberculosis (TB) cases and deaths ...

A person usually contracts tuberculosis (TB) when they breathe in TB bacteria. In rare cases, the bacteria may travel to the genitourinary tract and transmit between people during sexual activity. If ...