New tests recommended by the WHO can address TB cases with no or few symptoms more quickly and improve access to life-saving treatment.

Every year, we observe World Tuberculosis Day on March 24. The day is all about creating awareness about this serious ...

More than 100,000 tuberculosis (TB) cases were recorded in Metro Manila as of February this year, the Department of Health ...

Latent Tuberculosis can remain silent for years but may turn active when immunity drops. Know early symptoms, causes and prevention to avoid serious complications.

Health leaders in Central California say they are consistently testing and treating latent cases of tuberculosis. According to the California Department of Public Health, Fresno County reported 50 ...

San Diego County warns of possible multidrug-resistant tuberculosis exposure at Iglesia Ni Cristo.

Respiratory medicine is deeply connected to social and structural determinants of health in terms of the diseases that we try to prevent and we treat. I think that connection to people's lives and ...

If one were to ask what is common to John Keats, Franz Kafka, D H Lawrence and George Orwell, those with even the slightest ...

Treating TB in isolation is an outdated strategy. We see patients suffering from a double burden because TB is usually accompanied by diabetes, malnutrition, or even HIV. To end this disease, we must ...

Researchers from King's College London and the University of Surrey have developed a new technique to measure the content of ...

The County of San Diego has issued a warning of potential exposure to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at the Iglesia Ni Cristo church in Miramar, advising those who may have been exposed to contact ...