Tag: tuberculosis

A promising new cancer therapy also appears extremely potent against one of the world’s most devastating infectious diseases: tuberculosis (TB). ...

The ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), a serious respiratory infection, to form snake-like cords was first noted nearly 80 years ...

A new study from the University of Pittsburgh Center for Vaccine Research published today in the Journal of Experimental Medicine describes ...

Despite increasing rates of tuberculosis in prisons across the globe, current WHO TB prevention guidelines fail to reach incarcerated populations. ...

Tuberculosis is old—ancient even. The infectious bacterial disease that plagued Old Testament Israelites and took down pharaohs was eventually stunted ...

DALLAS (SMU) – SMU chemistry professor John Buynak and his team have received a $3.5 million, 5-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to ...

An analysis of relevant published studies indicates that cattle face a hypothetically high risk of getting tuberculosis from wildlife—such as ...

In the first global assessment of TB among incarcerated people, a new study found consistently high TB case rates and ...

Tuberculosis is the infectious disease with the highest death rate worldwide. As reported by WHO, therapy-resistant tuberculosis infections are increasing. ...

Philadelphia, June 22, 2023 – According to the World Health Organization, each year there are approximately three million undiagnosed cases ...

Researchers from the University of Leicester are among those hoping to create an improved vaccine to fight tuberculosis as part ...

BOSTON – New research from Boston Medical Center found that people living with HIV that have had pulmonary tuberculosis had ...

Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in populations at increased risk. Populations ...

A multidisciplinary group of tuberculosis experts from the TBnet and RESIST-TB networks have reached a consensus on key issues related to the molecular prediction ...

SAN ANTONIO (April 5, 2023) -- Texas Biomedical Research Institute scientists have identified a promising way to help fight tuberculosis (TB), ...

On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2023, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization ...

The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set the target of ending tuberculosis (TB) as a global public health threat ...

The Access to Advanced Health Institute (AAHI) published results of a Phase 1 clinical trial demonstrating the safety and immune ...

Tuberculosis vaccine does not protect elderly against COVID-19 Credit: UMC Utrecht Tuberculosis vaccine does not protect elderly against COVID-19 Utrecht, ...

A microbiologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to support research aimed ultimately ...