While the recognition of innovations such as point-of-care diagnostics is heartening, the bigger picture must not be lost ...

Tuberculosis is a disease that most commonly causes an infection of the lungs. (Photo: Getty Images) With cases of tuberculosis (TB) cropping up at schools in different parts of the country — ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic goes well beyond the disease ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest and deadliest diseases that can now be prevented and cured. Many researchers worked to develop effective TB treatments, but they didn’t do it alone. In The Black ...

Disseminated tuberculosis is a type of tuberculosis (TB) where mycobacteria spread via blood to other organs beyond the lungs. It can cause severe multiple-organ damage in the absence of early ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) is a bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) in humans. TB is a disease that primarily affects the lungs, although it can attack other parts of the body.

Tuberculosis, a scourge since prehistoric times, affects more than 9 million people and causes the death of 1.5 million people each year. Effective treatment has been available for 60 years, but such ...

Untreated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection markedly increases the risk of tuberculosis, which remains the most common cause of hospitalization and death globally among people with HIV ...

Tuberculosis (TB) has a long history that dates back thousands of years. Advances in research and understanding of how the infection transmits have led to improvements in treatments and preventive ...

Tuberculosis is an extremely infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It’s one of the top-10 causes of death worldwide. Tuberculosis (TB) is most common in developing ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is unlike most bacterial infections in that it usually doesn’t cause symptoms immediately. Even when it starts to make you sick, symptoms come on very gradually and can often be ...