Tuberculosis is making headlines as the contagious respiratory disease spreads in the Midwest. Kansas is currently facing one of the largest recorded outbreaks in United States history, according to ...

This diagram illustrates the timeline and current status of various TB vaccine candidates in clinical trials, highlighting the diversity of vaccine types and their potential impact on TB prevention ...

A highly anticipated trial of a tuberculosis vaccine yields disappointing results. A vaccine designed to protect infants against tuberculosis (TB) isn’t as effective as researchers had hoped. The ...

Despite decades of efforts, tuberculosis remains a global health crisis, claiming over 1.3 million lives annually. In a comprehensive review published in Molecular Biomedicine, an international team ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, an airborne bacterial respiratory infection, is one of humanity's oldest foes and is today the world's leading cause of death from infectious disease, claiming more than 1.2 ...

Working toward more effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed two strains of mycobacteria with "kill switches" that can be triggered to stop the ...