Fungi from U.S. peat bogs may hold the key to new tuberculosis (TB) treatments, a new study has revealed. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have identified fungal compounds that could ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of humanity’s oldest and most persistent health challenges. Despite significant medical advances, this infectious disease continues to affect millions globally, with ...

Tuberculosis has plagued humanity for thousands of years, and despite medical advances that can now help us prevent and cure ...

In a recent study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, researchers reported the TB-PRACTECAL clinical trial outcomes, which evaluated the efficacy and safety of oral bedaquiline, linezolid, ...

Some survivors of tuberculosis (TB) have urged those living with the condition to make taking their medication their optimum goal if they ...

The immune system remains seriously out-of-whack – in an inflammatory state of overactivation and impaired functionality – ...

A Tacoma woman who refused tuberculosis (TB) treatment for months last year is now healthy. “We have a happy update: She’s cured!” the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD) stated. The health ...

Shorter duration, fully oral treatment regimens for tuberculosis (TB) are now recommended for most adults and children. Updated joint guidelines from the American Thoracic Society, the CDC, European ...

TB remains the leading cause of death among people living with HIV. Uganda is a high TB-burden country, and HIV accelerates ...

Ocular TB is a rare eye disease due to infection from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the same bacterium that causes tuberculosis, commonly known as TB. TB symptoms usually start in the lungs, but they ...