About 1.25 million people died of TB last year, the new report said, adding that TB likely returned to being the world's top infectious disease killer after being replaced by COVID-19 during the ...

The WHO’s 2025 policy brief highlights how tuberculosis disproportionately affects marginalized and high-risk populations due ...

TB can be cured, but ridding the body of the bug often takes many months and usually requires taking four or more medicines.

Jaipur: In the state, 2.3 lakh people were found with Tuberculosis (TB) symptoms during screening campaign launched on June ...

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

TB is the leading cause of death among those with HIV /AIDS worldwide. According to the WHO, in 2023, 161,000 people died of HIV-associated TB. Home . Feature Story | 27-Nov-2024 ...

An estimated 10.4 million people fell ill with TB in 2016, and about 1.7 million died. The most dangerous type -- multidrug-resistant tuberculosis or MDR-TB -- can't be cured by the usual rounds ...

Any person in the vicinity of such a person runs the risk of inhaling the bacteria. The incubation period of TB can last for as long as a few years. This infection does not spread by touch.

Ms. Ribiro was tested; people living in close contact with a person who has TB account for a significant percentage of the 10.6 million new infections each year. She was negative, and was put on a ...

A significant proportion of people in the community with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) have subclinical disease, according to a meta-analysis involving survey studies across Africa and Asia. In ...

LONDON (AP) — More than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, the highest number recorded since the U.N. health agency began keeping ...

LONDON (AP) — More than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, the highest number recorded since the U.N. health agency began ...