Tuberculosis remains one of the top infectious disease killers worldwide, a challenge amplified by drug-resistant forms of the disease. Now, in a major step forward, an international clinical trial ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a prevalent infectious disease that affects millions of people each year. It was previously the leading cause of death from a single pathogen before the COVID-19 pandemic.

India’s progress in the last decade is impressive: TB incidence is down 21%, mortality 28%, and coverage is up from 50% to 92 ...

EVERY March 24, the world observes World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, which marks the 1882 discovery of the bacterium that causes the disease. More than a century later, tuberculosis remains one of the ...

The bacteria that cause tuberculosis can survive for months in damp, poorly ventilated spaces that receive little to no sunlight. Environmental health ...