The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests ...

Without public health surveillance, officials trying to tackle outbreaks, identify threats and evaluate treatments are working ‘in the darkness of ignorance.’ ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...

With one of the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in US history, Kansas has more to worry about than its recent Super Bowl ...

Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen's survival when it's exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be targets for new therapies ...

Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are ...

Slashing tuberculosis aid could endanger millions of lives abroad, health authorities say, with potential consequences for ...

The system of finding, diagnosing and treating TB has collapsed in dozens of countries across Africa and Asia since President Trump ordered the aid freeze.

The WHO warned Wednesday that massive funding cuts, especially from the United States, could harm humanitarian efforts ...

Study by MIT and others identifies genes essential for tuberculosis bacterium’s survival during airborne transmission.