In a memo posted to X on Monday morning, the secretary of state said 5,200 contracts had been canceled following a six-week ...

Reports of TB date back to around 410-400 B.C.E., when the physician Hippocrates termed the disease phthisis, an archaic word that means a progressive “wasting away,” due to the way people with the ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a formidable health challenge, claiming over a million lives annually despite advancements in ...

One of the many projects that received termination letters is the Smart4TB programme. The project, coordinated by Johns ...

Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen's survival when it's exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be targets for new therapies ...

Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore N.K. Lokanath said here on Tuesday that India has taken decisive steps to eliminate tuberculosis ... and set an example to the world that global ...

Tuberculosis bacteria rely on a family of genes that help them survive the challenging journey from one person's lungs to another person's during coughing, sneezing or talking, according to ...

Our state continues to see new laws introduced each year that diminish funding and the authority of health departments — just ...