The research also highlights potential avenues for repurposing existing drugs. Researchers found that trimethoprim and ...

COVID-19 did trigger a new setback in the effort to control TB. But most of the reasons the infection persists are ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious bacterial infection that typically affects the lungs but can impact other organs.

Reported cases of TB shot up 34% from 2020 to 2023, according to the CDC. Western Europe, Scandinavia and North America are ...

A prospective birth cohort study conducted in South Africa found that children who grow up in a setting where tuberculosis ...

A new study has assessed TB infection and active TB disease during children's first decade of life in high-burden settings. The new results found that there was a consistently high rate of annual TB ...

Hyderabad: A group of researchers from the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) here has found a potential ...

A person usually contracts tuberculosis (TB) when they breathe in TB bacteria. In rare cases, the bacteria may travel to the genitourinary tract and transmit between people during sexual activity.

Preventive TB therapy in India is focused on protecting high-risk groups, particularly those most vulnerable to TB infection.

A new study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health is the first birth cohort study to assess TB infection and active TB disease during children’s first decade of life in high-burden ...