A multicountry pooled analysis shows that treatment success rates for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis are extremely ...

LONDON (Reuters) – Cases of tuberculosis are falling in Europe but a failure to properly diagnose and treat dangerous drug-resistant strains of the contagious disease means it is far from under ...

Health officials say the number of tuberculosis cases in Europe is continuing to decline, dropping 6 percent in 2013 to about 360,000. Skip to content. America's Newspaper. 1. Subscribe.

In Europe, 39,000 tuberculosis cases were recorded in the European Union and the European Economic Area in 2023, about 2,000 more than the previous year. Pamela Rendi-Wagner, ...

New data published by ECDC and the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe show that with almost 39,000 reported tuberculosis cases in 2023, the 29 European Union and European ...

LONDON (Reuters) – Tuberculosis is becoming concentrated among immigrants, drug addicts, and the poor and homeless in Western Europe’s big cities despite progress in reducing national rates of ...

Children under 15 accounted for 4.3 per cent of new and relapsed cases of tuberculosis in the WHO’s European region in 2023, 10 per cent more than in the previous 12 months, a report said on Monday.

Tuberculosis is one of the world's most serious health issues. It is the deadliest infectious disease , claiming 1.6 million lives a year, and one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. Sponsor ...

The number of people developing and dying from tuberculosis (TB) is falling in Europe, but among the most vulnerable - including migrants, prisoners and people who are HIV positive - there have ...

As many as 1,000 people a day in Europe contract tuberculosis, and slow progress against the disease coupled with rising drug resistance mean the region is unlikely to defeat it until next century ...