According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 10.8 million people contracted tuberculosis in 2023, with approximately 3.6 ...

Tuberculosis, (TB) is a bacterial infection that takes a ... If left untreated, TB can cause permanent scarring of lung tissue, leading to breathing difficulties. Apart from this, one can suffer ...

A program in Brazil that give a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new ...

3, 2024 — An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to the bacterium that causes the human disease tuberculosis. The findings ...

A doctor at the Trudeau Institute has received a $1.4 million grant to study improved treatment for tuberculosis.

Introduction: Early diagnosis and treatment of central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis (TB) are very important because of its high morbidity and mortality characteristics. However, the clinical ...

It is an infectious disease caused by bacteria ... to effectively fight tuberculosis, especially as undernutrition is identified as one of the contributory factors to TB prevalence.

although it was actually contamination of the vaccine that caused the tragedy. It took more than ten years, new administration methods, and an increase in TB cases for public interest in the vaccine ...

TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacterium that most commonly affects the lungs but can spread to other parts of the body. It is airborne, transmitted through droplets when an ...

The tuberculosis vaccine ... disease is present when it is not), getting the BCG vaccine will not cause a false-positive TB blood test. Additionally, the risk of TB in the United States is ...

Varanasi: TB Champions are encouraging patients of tuberculosis in the district by sharing their experiences. Chief medical officer Dr Sandeep Chaudhary said under Prime Minister's TB-Free India ...