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New drugs that target 'zombie' tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...

New drugs that target "zombie" tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...

A new study by University of Bath scientists has highlighted two new potential families of drug molecules that could open the ...

Cases of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) rose 3% in 2021 over the previous year, the first increase since record-keeping started in 2004, according to the WHO report, which called for countries to move ...

KwaZulu-Natal is poised to launch its first dedicated facility for Extreme Drug Resistance Tuberculosis, marking a pivotal ...

Outbreaks of drug-resistant TB in healthcare settings and prisons have been reported. [6, 27, 28, 29] In prisons with a high prevalence of HIV infection among inmates, transmission of TB was also ...

A new study from Emory University addresses the growing global crisis of antibiotic-resistant infections. Many of these drug-resistant bacteria are spread through hospitals, and there are few ...

A new credit card-sized tuberculosis (TB) test, requiring no electricity, could revolutionize detection in HIV hotspots by ...

On World TB Day in March 2024, the he­­alth ministry announced grim statistics: newly notified cases increased from 11,050 in 2002 to 608,000 in 2024, with 1,500 being resistant to conventional ...

There would be no risk of XDR-TB infection in health workers and care givers if XDR-TB were not created by inadequate TB treatment. Therefore, the first principle in managing the risk of XDR-TB is ...