Tuberculosis is the leading infectious cause of death around the world, outpaced only by COVID-19 during the first three ...

A Tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, has people on edge, with not much public knowledge about the disease or how to prevent it.The Kansas ...

Monday 24th March 2025 is World Tuberculosis Day. Along with its international collaborators , Oxford remains at the forefront of research to develop ...

A couple of decades before that, Dr. Carl Flügge, a microbiologist, epidemiologist and hygienist, discovered that tuberculosis bacteria were spread in droplets freshly coughed into the air by TB ...

In reality, tuberculosis is carried in droplets that fly through the air, evaporating as they go. In order to carry out their genetic analyses, the team had to work with droplets sitting on a plate.

The droplets can be inhaled by nearby individuals. Most previous experimental work on the tuberculosis has been based on bacteria grown in a laboratory solution. But the team found that this fluid ...

The droplets can be inhaled by nearby individuals. Most previous experimental work on the tuberculosis has been based on bacteria grown in a laboratory solution. But the team found that this fluid ...

The germs that cause tuberculosis are a type of bacteria. It can spread when a person with the illness coughs, sneezes or sings. This can put tiny droplets with the germs into the air. Another ...

Tuberculosis is spread by small infectious droplets in the air. A TB patient may emit these droplets by coughing, singing and potentially from regular breathing that occurs during sleep or resting.

In reality, tuberculosis is carried in droplets that fly through the air, evaporating as they go. In order to carry out their genetic analyses, the team had to work with droplets sitting on a plate.