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

The claim: Respiratory disease tuberculosis is deadlier than COVID-19 but has not received the same public health measures or warnings COVID-19 may be the latest, and most relevant, respiratory ...

The bacteria responsible for tuberculosis can be killed by a toxin they produce unless it is neutralized by an antidote protein. The scientists are now seeking to appropriate this 'suicide' mechanism ...

As of early 2025, tuberculosis cases are increasing in the U.S. This disease, often shortened to TB, causes significant lung damage and, if not treated, is almost always lethal. World TB Day on March ...

After declining for nearly three decades, tuberculosis cases in the U.S. ticked up each year from 2020 to 2022. Cases rose more than 15% in that time, though the disease is still less prevalent than ...

Tuberculosis cases are rising again in California, and health officials are urging those at higher risk, as well as doctors, to be alert for the disease, which can lurk in people’s bodies for years ...

For the second time, contaminated bone graft products from the medical company Aziyo Biologics Inc. are linked to a highly unusual and deadly outbreak of tuberculosis. This week, three new ...

Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years. More than 10,300 cases were reported last year, an 8% increase from 2023 and the ...