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Dormant TB affects billions but only some develop active disease. Learn how your genes control if tuberculosis bacteria stay ...
Once thought to have originated in cows and spread through dust, the surprising evolutionary story of tuberculosis reveals ...
The smartphone-sized, battery-powered test is a cost-effective tool that can improve TB diagnoses, particularly in rural ...
Whakaihu Waka researchers have been part of two studies in the battle against drug resistant strains of Mycobacterium ...
US global health programs prevent 25 million deaths in the world's poorest regions. New research shows catastrophic ...
In medical centres across Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania, these rodents are already at work. With their extraordinary ...
Here’s a look at Tuberculosis (also known as TB), an infection, caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that usually affects the lungs. It can also infect other parts of the body ...
May 22, 2025 — The bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB) may have an 'on-off switch' that lets them pause and restart growth, according to a new study. The research helps explain why TB is so ...
San Diego County health officials are notifying employees, volunteers and residents at two local shelters who may have been ...
A new study highlights how weather conditions and access to urban areas influence tuberculosis prevalence in Africa, ...