A month-long catch-up vaccination campaign has been launched in Rawalpindi district to immunise children aged 2 to 5 years ...

The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas, for which related cases were first reported in January, has killed two people and caused at least 67 to need treatment for active infections, ...

During the 156th session of the WHO Executive Board, Member States, including delegations from each of the WHO regions, acknowledged the progress ...

Two patients have died since spread of disease was identified in January 2024, reports Alan Booth, Senior Editor at ...

WHO warned that the threat of infectious diseases has multiplied in a region where cholera, malaria, measles, meningitis, ...

WHO reports that their supported health clinic in North Kivu was temporarily occupied by armed groups and health workers had to flee. With the current situation, experts warn that the threat of ...

Following Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and completion of IPT ... The disseminated disease state includes TB meningitis and other forms of non-pulmonary TB. Children have the same risk of ...

MEDLINE, Embase and Global Health databases were searched to identify studies that reported invasive bacterial infections in infants using MeSH terms for bacteremia, sepsis or bacterial meningitis and ...

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The team then measured the number of people living with the four main causes of HIV-related CNS infection: cryptococcal meningitis, tuberculous meningitis, bacterial meningitis, and cerebral ...

Health officials are raising the alarm over a large and ongoing tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas. According to data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), the cases have ...

Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium called ... them from getting severe forms of active TB disease, such as TB meningitis. BCG is only considered in the U.S. for people who meet specific ...