This country’s government vowed to eliminate TB by the end of 2025. It’s not going well.

Relentless coughing echoes through the Mumbai suburb of Govandi, where families live cramped under tarpaulin and salvaged ...
Boise State Public Radio

TB is the No. 1 killer among infectious diseases. A new study says its toll could mount

New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become ...
The Lancet

Pooled testing for TB: revisiting a cost-saving innovation

Despite recent advances in screening and diagnosis, tuberculosis remains the deadliest infectious disease. An estimated 10·8 ...
Yahoo

Even when you don't have TB symptoms, this century-old test can still detect the disease.

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization. A person infected with the ...
WUFT

TB reclaims title of deadliest infectious disease. That's an 'outrage' says WHO

The ancient scourge of tuberculosis for years was the deadliest infectious disease. Then SARS-CoV-2 came along and grabbed the notorious title of #1 killer: In 2020, COVID-19 was responsible for 3.5 ...

Investigators pave the way for next-generation TB vaccine

Tuberculosis, or TB, an airborne bacterial respiratory infection, is one of humanity's oldest foes and is today the world's ...

Three active tuberculosis cases reported in Maine as deadly disease continues to tick up across country

Health officials investigate three tuberculosis cases in Maine's Greater Portland area, working to test contacts of infected ...

Georgia’s TB case numbers are soaring, worrying doctors

Physicians in Georgia are raising concerns about a rise in tuberculosis cases in the state, amid a global backdrop where TB ...