The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates nearly 13 million people in the U.S. have “latent TB infection.

A closely watched clinical trial testing what could be the world’s first new tuberculosis vaccine in a century has hit its ...

Tuberculosis is a "near-perfect predator," John Green said in his book "Everything is Tuberculosis." The bacterial infection, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mostly affects the ...

Some students at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale are being tested for tuberculosis after one confirmed case prompted ...

For their new study, Nathan and Bourouiba focused on transmission of tuberculosis, from the perspective of the bacterium itself, to investigate what defenses it might rely on to help it survive ...

In a BU news release, first author Amy Zheng, MPH, a PhD student, said, "When countries are unable to detect tuberculosis in high-risk populations—such as people who are incarcerated—it increases the ...

Tuberculosis, a bacterial infection usually ... And childhood TB cases in Europe rose by 10% in 2023, showing that transmission of the disease is still ongoing, WHO said on Monday.

tuberculosis, the slow-growing ... As a result, experts expect we will witness more global disease transmission, illness, and death due to vaccine-preventable infections, HIV/AIDS, and malaria ...

EU officials are concerned, because TB in children represents an increase in the disease's continual transmission. Increase in Tuberculosis Cases in U.S. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Paraguay’s Health Ministry and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have launched a joint technical mission to strengthen the country’s response to HIV and tuberculosis, focusing on eliminating ...