Positive results mark an important step forward in efforts to develop effective treatments for children with drug-resistant TB COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- New interim data from ...
The notification rate of tuberculosis (TB) went up from 2 to 2.5 per 100,000 population. But overall, numbers of notified paediatric cases remain relatively low across the region. As young children ...
Presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) as acute pneumonia in severely-malnourished and HIV-positive children has received very little attention, although this is very important in the management ...
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world's most common infectious diseases. Although infection with the Mycobacterium ...
According to a recent meta-analysis, higher-dose tuberculosis treatment regimens in children, following 2010 World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, were associated with significantly higher rates ...
At the World Conference on Lung Health this week, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) released data from our operational research highlighting that using the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended ...
Flowchart of all participants. TB: tuberculosis; T-SPOT.TB: interferon-gamma release assay; TST: tuberculin skin test; C-TST: creation tuberculin skin test; PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis; EPTB: ...
Children born in the United States are 6 times more likely to have tuberculosis (TB) if at least 1 parent was born abroad, according to a study published online February 10 in Pediatrics. The finding ...
Global tuberculosis illness rates fell about 2% from 2023 to 2024, according to a World Health Organization report,​ after ...
Tuberculosis. It’s an old disease, but it’s far from gone. And now it’s showing up more in a group we should all care deeply about: children. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported a rise in ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Students at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale returned to classes wearing masks after a message was sent out to parents that an individual who was on-campus was ...
MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A patient with tuberculosis at Valley Children’s Hospital could have exposed other patients to the disease following a visit last month, both the hospital and the ...