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 ...

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 ...

Rutgers Health research has uncovered why a relatively new antibiotic for tuberculosis (TB) works against multidrug-resistant strains, potentially inspiring improved treatments and drug development ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's biggest infectious disease killer with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) posing a particular threat to global health. A study shows that resistance to the new MDR-TB ...

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 ...

Drug-resistant forms of the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis infections are difficult to identify, hard and expensive to treat, and represent a major global threat to public health. However, ...

Patients who have drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) have a similar microbiological response to bedaquiline-based second-line medications as patients with drug-sensitive TB taking first-line regimens, ...

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, ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Anyone who attended St. Michael’s Catholic Church in the Paradise Hills area of San Diego from Sept. 22 to Dec. 1, 2024, is being warned they could have potentially been ...