Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally
The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests ...
Health Officials Puzzle Over the Resurgence of Tuberculosis in Kansas
An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...
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Tuberculosis relies on protective genes during airborne transmission
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 ...
Federal research cuts could worsen infectious disease toll worldwide, expert warns
Russell Vance is an immunology professor, infectious disease researcher, and the director of UC Berkeley's Cancer Research ...
Funding cuts could harm global efforts to fight tuberculosis, WHO warns
The WHO warned Wednesday that massive funding cuts, especially from the United States, could harm humanitarian efforts ...
State, feds test vaccinating wild deer to stem persistent bovine tuberculosis infection
Michigan has the only persisting bovine tuberculosis outbreak in wild deer anywhere in the U.S. — and it occasionally spills ...