Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, depicts a grouping of red-colored, rod shaped, ...

Once tuberculosis takes hold in a population it can be hard to control, but scientists are finding new ways to understand and stop its spread. The USS Richard E. Byrd left its Norfolk, Virginia port ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a tuberculosis infection-control program should consist of administrative controls, environmental controls and a respiratory-protection ...

Alexander Trusov ( [email protected]) is senior director, tuberculosis (TB) portfolio, at Project HOPE in Millwood, Virginia. Jamilya Ismoilova is the Project HOPE country representative for ...

March 18, 2008 (Atlanta) — Organs transplanted from a donor with disseminated tuberculosis (TB) resulted in disease transmission to 2 of 3 organ recipients, according to a study presented here at the ...

A study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine provides compelling evidence that extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) is spread from person-to-person in the KwaZulu-Natal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about global health, infectious diseases, and equity This article is more than 5 years old. A pulmonary specialist with a ...

A model of the transmission and spread of bovine tuberculosis in Britain suggests that controlling the epidemic will require large-scale cattle slaughter or a major rethink of combined control ...

A major trial aiming to cut the rate of tuberculosis among South Africa's gold miners did not reduce the number of cases or deaths from the disease, according to a study. A major trial aiming to cut ...

Tuberculosis has been a scourge upon humanity throughout history. In killing more than a million each year worldwide, it remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious pathogen. While ...