During the COVID-19 pandemic, tuberculosis (TB) mortality surged for the first time in two decades. While these increases ...

From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a near-perfect predator. In 1882, Robert Koch, the physician who discovered the microbe, told a room full of scientists that it caused one in seven of all deaths.

The Nasarawa State Ministry of Health has said 35 out of the 8,190 residents infected with Tuberculosis lost their lives to the deadly disease in the year 2024 due to the severity of their cases ...

Tuberculosis, a bacterial infection usually found in the lungs, remains the world’s top infectious killer, causing 1.25 million deaths worldwide in 2023, according to the World Health ...

COLOMBO, March 24 (Xinhua) -- A total of 758 Sri Lankans died from tuberculosis in 2024, Pramitha Shanthilatha, director of the National Program for Tuberculosis Control and Chest Diseases (NPTCCD ...

The African region has recorded the steepest decline globally in tuberculosis (TB) deaths since 2015, despite falling short of key milestones to significantly lower the burden of the disease and ...

The WHO End TB Strategy calls for countries to reduce TB deaths and cases by 75% and 50% respectively by 2025, compared with 2015 levels. Several African countries have made notable progress ...

A Colonia High School student who tested positive for tuberculosis is responding well to treatment, the school district announced late last week after it was notified by the Middlesex County ...

The African region has recorded the steepest decline globally in tuberculosis (TB) deaths since 2015, despite falling short of key milestones to significantly lower the burden of the disease and end ...