The best-selling author “got a little emotional” while talking with The Times about tuberculosis. Listen to the conversation. science talks The best-selling author “got a little emotional ...

Few realise that tuberculosis (TB) has been the world’s deadliest infectious disease for decades – claiming over 1 million lives every year, briefly surpassed only by COVID-19. The number of ...

According to the WHO Global TB Report 2024, India has witnessed a noteworthy 17.7 per cent decline in TB incidence from 2015 to 2023 -- a rate that is over twice the global average decline of 8.3 ...

World Tuberculosis Day is observed every year on March 24 to raise awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis (TB) and to step up efforts to end the ...

On March 5th, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning that the funding cuts to USAID would lead to a resurgence of tuberculosis (TB) globally. A broad swath of Americans may be less ...

The symptoms people get depend on which part of the body is affected by TB. (Image Credits: Pixabay) World Tuberculosis Day 2025: Tuberculosis is a serious diseases that usually affects the lungs ...

Marcela Henao-Tamayo receives funding from NIAID, NIH and OEDIT. An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...

Consumption, phthisis, the white plague – a killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ice age. Today, the disease – passed from those who are actively sick to ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of early March ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that usually affects the lungs but can spread to other parts of the body, including the skin. Once it reaches the skin, TB can cause a variety of lesions ...

U.S.A.I.D. Global Health The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease.

TB IS A SERIOUS INFECTION THAT PRIMARILY TARGETS THE LUNGS, AND IT OFTEN PRESENTS AS A BAD COUGH. IT CAN BE FATAL IF LEFT UNTREATED. ABOUT 12 PEOPLE ARE DIAGNOSED WITH IT HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ...