Your healthcare provider may also recommend a TB test — either a blood test or a skin test. For the skin test, you will need ...

New research has found that delivering a stronger form of the tuberculosis vaccine directly to the lungs can help generate ...

Some patients with highly drug-resistant tuberculosis could benefit from a shorter treatment with fewer drugs, while others ...

A higher dose of rifampicin -- a bactericidal antibiotic used primarily to treat tuberculosis (TB) -- may be safe, and its ...

A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain swelling ...

Tuberculosis is the world's deadliest infectious disease, but Queensland researchers think more effective protection could be ...

Cases of tuberculosis, which kills more people than any other infectious disease, rose in the U.S. during 2022 — and some doctors are concerned that limitations of testing at the border could be ...

Rajasthan launched a door-to-door tuberculosis campaign, screening over 7.4 million people since June. The initiative targets 16.7 million individuals from high-risk groups, aiming to detect and treat ...

Tuberculosis has passed Covid as the top infectious disease killer, despite new medicines and better diagnostic tools. Gifty Gyan, who was diagnosed with tuberculosis in June, was weighed at the ...

Despite intensified global efforts, the number of cases of tuberculosis worldwide is increasing. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that in 1999, there were 8.4 million new cases, up ...

The role of tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) in the human immune response to tuberculosis remains unclear. This cytokine may be responsible for some of the clinical manifestations of tuberculous ...