California is grappling with a “substantial” rise in tuberculosis cases, a February 2024 advisory from the California Department of Public Health reads, returning to levels not seen in four years.

India's Serum Institute of India (SII) has announced that it will manufacture an experimental tuberculosis (TB) vaccine under ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains the world's leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. A new study recently published in The Lancet Global Health and supported by the World Health Organization ...

Quarter of world's population estimated to be infected with TB bacteria ...

While for the past 30 years, the incidence of active tuberculosis (TB) in the US has been lower than the global incidence, untreated latent TB infection (LTBI) is thought to account for the majority ...

Despite efforts to eliminate the disease, 13 million Americans are living with latent tuberculosis infection, according to the most recent statistics from the National Health and Nutrition Examination ...

Researcher found that exposed individuals with confirmed TB infection -- i.e. a positive skin or blood test -- should receive priority treatment in settings with a low prevalence of the disease, ...

Taking a common antibiotic could more than half the risk of children becoming sick with multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), according to findings presented this week at a conference on lung ...

Tuberculosis (TB) can transmit via the air, and the risk of infection depends on several factors. These can include the duration of exposure, proximity to a person with the infection, and immune ...

The move aims to strengthen TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment in view of Panvel's rapidly growing urban population. The ...