The World Health Organization aims to reduce TB cases by 80% by 2030. The United Kingdom reported a 13% rise in TB cases in ...

After declining for many years, the number of cases of tuberculosis in the U.S. has been on the rise since 2021. In 2024, ...

An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) ...

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In a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study, the addition of navitoclax to the standard TB treatment significantly increased ...

Mycobacteria are the world's most deadly bacteria --c ausing infectious diseases including tuberculosis (TB), which alone kills more than one million people each year. New drugs to fight these ...

Two additional testing clinics will be held in Manchester next week after a person who spent time at the Families in Transition Adult Shelter and the 1269 Café in January tested positive for ...

After an adult was diagnosed with tuberculosis after visiting two locations in Manchester in January, officials are ...

This handheld device is the first that can detect tuberculosis in saliva, in addition to blood and sputum samples, an important breakthrough for testing children and HIV patients, who struggle to ...

JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- A south suburban student has been diagnosed with active tuberculosis, school officials said on Monday. Joliet West High School sent a letter to students and staff who may have ...

A second active tuberculosis case has been identified in the Chicago suburbs, this time at Joliet West High School.

This case comes just weeks after a separate tuberculosis case was confirmed at Waukegan High School in late March. In both instances, local health officials emphasized that TB is not easily spread and ...