When an individual becomes infected with tuberculosis, the bacteria most commonly spread to the lungs, replicate and form large masses called tubercles. These tubercles can break down lung tissue and ...

Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Monday pledged N1bn to end Tuberculosis in Nigeria by 2030. This donation follows a similar amount made to the cause in March 2024, when she was ...

Costa Rica reported 474 cases of tuberculosis between 2023 and 2024, a silent, airborne disease that continues to threaten public health in the country. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) ...

Doto urak Photo by Terrence Gosliner A distinctive Doto urak feature is its “salmon pink to orange color” cerata, or external back structures, with egg-shaped tubercles, the study said.

Acute myeloid leukemia is a type of cancer that starts inside bone marrow, the soft tissue inside bones that helps form blood cells. The cancer develops from myeloid blasts cells that would ...

As the world marks World Tuberculosis Day, experts are issuing an urgent call for the development of new vaccines against Tuberculosis (TB), a disease that claimed more lives in 2023 than any ...

Three new measles cases have been confirmed in Alberta, pushing the south health zone into outbreak status. The additional cases, reported midday on Monday, are all in the same household that was ...

Ahead of World TB Day on March 24, Dr. Vikas Vadgave, District Tuberculosis Officer (DTO) of Pune, provided an update on the city's ongoing efforts to combat tuberculosis (TB). He shared that Pune ...

Background: Patients on anti-tuberculosis treatment may develop acute kidney injury (AKI), but little is known about the renal outcome and prognostic factors, especially in an aging population.

Days later, on October 31, 1926, he died in Detroit at age 52. The cause of death was peritonitis, caused by appendicitis. French poster of the 1918 movie The Master Mystery, starring Harry Houdini.

Even more distressing is the opinion expressed by many surgeons that exploration with negative findings is preferable to unrecognized acute appendicitis, which may develop into peritonitis with a ...