A new study conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that in addition to providing significant improvements in public health, investment in the diagnosis and prevention of ...

Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, depicts a grouping of red-colored, rod shaped, ...

Despite efforts to eliminate the disease, 13 million Americans are living with latent tuberculosis infection, according to the most recent statistics from the National Health and Nutrition Examination ...

Sepsis is a leading global cause of hospital deaths, occurring when the body's response to infection damages tissue and ...

Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) revaccination didn't help prevent sustained Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in initially uninfected adolescents without HIV in a randomized trial from South Africa.

Researchers at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have developed a new inhalable form of tuberculosis (TB) treatment that could significantly reduce the burden of current therapy.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) -A new study led by UVA Health is changing how doctors may treat sepsis in parts of Africa, after ...

San Francisco public health officials issued a health advisory after identifying a tuberculosis outbreak in a private ...