Africa has recorded remarkable feats in the diagnosis and care for tuberculosis, even as it faces challenges that will undermine its target of ending the disease by 2025, the World Health Organization ...

The Assembly, today, endorsed a decision requesting the Director-General to develop a post-2030 tuberculosis (TB) strategy, ...

Researcher found that exposed individuals with confirmed TB infection -- i.e. a positive skin or blood test -- should receive priority treatment in settings with a low prevalence of the disease, ...

Tuberculosis, a deadly and contagious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, remains a significant global public health threat. HIV co-infection significantly increases the risk of active TB ...

Current nucleic acid amplification techniques for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) lack the simplicity and affordability of achieving the goals envisioned in the WHO END-TB strategy, ...

This startling reality may seem like a remote problem. As a Texan, I know I felt safe from TB for most of my life. But new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that soaring TB ...