Tuberculosis is making headlines as the contagious respiratory disease spreads in the Midwest. Kansas is currently facing one of the largest recorded outbreaks in United States history, according ...

Major tuberculosis vaccine trial completes enrollment faster than expected. Hopes are high for what would be the world’s first new TB shot in a century. Manage alerts for this article; ...

An experimental vaccine protected 54 percent of people with latent tuberculosis from developing the infectious disease, according to a study published Oct. 29 in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Kansas Has a Double Outbreak of Measles and Tuberculosis. Meanwhile, State Lawmakers Are Dropping Vaccine Requirements . There’s “not really a religious basis” for refusing a vaccine, one ...

Challenges remain, including antigen diversity, diagnostic gaps, and accessibility in low-resource regions. However, over 80 TB antigens have been identified, with 12 prioritized for vaccine ...

Tech & Science New mRNA vaccine to help fight tuberculosis. The platform can be harnessed for TB, potentially improving protection and durability of immunity in a way that traditional vaccines cannot.

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The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas, for which related cases were first reported in January, has killed two people and caused at least 67 to need treatment for active infections, CNN reported.