TACOMA –On Monday, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announced it was monitoring a patient with active tuberculosis who had declined treatment. Court records reveal the woman has not followed ...

Tuberculosis typically infects the lungs but can spread to the rest of the body. stockdevil/iStock via Getty Images Plus Tuberculosis is the world’s deadliest bacterial infection. It afflicted over 10 ...

An international team of investigators today announced promising data from a trial of a novel antibiotic that could ...

Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on Bluesky. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window In February 2023 ...

New clinical trial results presented by TB Alliance at the Union World Conference on Lung Health show that the novel ...

MUMBAI: A Kandivli couple's joy at having twins after IVF treatment was tinged with sadness as their boys were diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) during Diwali when they were barely a ...

Patient choice in taking treatment is framed by the physiological and psychological impacts of the disease and also by the social and cultural structures in which the person is immersed. [68] Patient ...

DENVER ” The man infected with drug-resistant tuberculosis who set off an international health scare has had two negative tests for the bacteria and could be allowed brief escorted trips outside his ...

The globe-trotting American lawyer who caused an international health scare by traveling while infected with tuberculosis has a less severe form of the disease than previously diagnosed, a Denver ...

Doctors have recommended forcibly detaining people in South Africa who refuse treatment for a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis, an extreme measure meant to keep the infected away from others to ...

Verato Swuro, Block Programme Manager (BPM) of Chozuba Block, monitored the meeting. The meeting was attended by officials ...

Kenya is experiencing increased cases of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR TB) and patients and medics are now calling for urgent remedy. At a research workshop in Kisumu, it was revealed that this was as ...