African scientists have developed a nanoscale drug delivery system to treat pericarditis, a drug-resistant and lethal ...

There were an estimated 490,000 new cases of drug-resistant TB in 2016. Tuberculosis, a lung disease most often transmitted by breathing infected particles in the air, is the ninth leading cause of ...

A new study uncovers vulnerabilities in drug-resistant TB, offering hope for improved treatments. Rutgers Health research has uncovered why a relatively new antibiotic for tuberculosis (TB) works ...

Across Europe, tuberculosis (TB) is once again raising alarm, particularly the extensively drug-resistant form (XDR-TB), which is proving as deadly as before antibiotics were discovered. A large ...

Tuberculosis (TB), one of the leading infectious disease killers worldwide, has long posed a challenge, particularly with the rise of drug-resistant forms. However, new research offers fresh hope in ...

Clinical trial results found that a new antibiotic candidate could shorten TB treatment from the standard 6 months to 8 weeks ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - An experimental drug that starves the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis makes conventional therapy five times more effective against drug-resistant TB, doctors reported on ...

* Drugs could be used to fight dangerous forms of TB * Compounds already proven in humans By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, July 2 (Reuters) - Drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease show promise as a new ...

This chart shows the share of people diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) who were cured/completed their treatment, by TB type (in %)*.

New clinical trial results presented by TB Alliance at the Union World Conference on Lung Health show that the novel ...

8-year-old Asma, a TB patient who nears completion of her treatment, receives consultation at the Government General Hospital Samanabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Despite being preventable and curable, ...

LONDON — Drug-resistant tuberculosis is spreading even faster than experts had feared, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday. The rate of TB patients infected with the drug-resistant strain ...