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

TB can be cured, but ridding the body of the bug often takes many months and usually requires taking four or more different medicines. In this Spotlight special briefing, we zoom in on what makes the ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have revealed the structure of a key protein involved in ...

A man from Peru who was one of roughly 40 federal immigration detainees held in an Alaska jail last month is now hospitalized with tuberculosis in Washington, his attorney said Wednesday. Word of the ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

Tuberculosis remains a major health challenge in South Africa, but professional nurse Nhlanhla Mofokeng is determined to ...

TB is the world’s deadliest infectious disease, but AI is enhancing our ability to detect it – especially in people and places that health systems often fail to reach.

The newly published results of two small clinical trials suggest that two novel antibiotics could provide safer alternatives ...

New drugs that target "zombie" tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...

Tulane University researchers have developed a new handheld TB test that significantly improves detection in people with HIV, ...

Differentiated TB care involves tailoring services to individual needs of patients. Researchers pitch it as a model that can ...

The drugs, sutezolid and delpazolid, have demonstrated strong antimicrobial activity and a notably better safety profile compared to linezolid, with potential to replace this current cornerstone in ...