Before SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, spread across the world in 2020, tuberculosis was responsible for more deaths globally than any other infectious disease. But thanks to targeted ...

Health chiefs have warned of a surge in Tuberculosis cases as progress on battling the disease stalls. Cases of TB increased by seven per cent in the first half of 2023, with 2,408 alerts recorded ...

Before SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spread across the world in 2020, tuberculosis was responsible for more deaths globally than any other infectious disease. But thanks to targeted ...

A MUM-of-two has told how her son, who was suffering from the “world’s deadliest infectious disease” was dismissed by medics ...

When he was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 2016, Georgi, then a worker in his 40s for the municipal water company in Bishkek, knew little about the disease beyond some stereotypes and what he learned ...

SANTA PAULA, Calif. – A single case of Tuberculosis has been identified at McKevett Elementary Academy of Visual and Performing Arts and all students and staff are currently being evaluated for ...

Chest xray of the patient's lungs with tuberculosis showing reticulonodular opacity involve both lungs from granulomatous TB infection. After a sustained decline in cases, England’s progress against ...

LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - Tuberculosis is becoming concentrated among immigrants, drug addicts, and the poor and homeless in Western Europe's big cities despite progress in reducing national rates ...

American Academy of Pediatrics in the United States now recommends IGRA tests like QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus to screen at-risk children of all ages // New recommendation joins trend of U.S.

The final recommendation statement-- a grade B recommendation -- and an updated evidence report and systematic review were published in JAMA, and build on previous guidelines from 2016, which also ...

Many people with tuberculosis stay in the latent infection stage, but some develop the active disease. Both stages are treatable. Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that usually affects the ...