Being a researcher who studies tuberculosis in the lab is one thing, having the TB bug in your lungs is quite another. Spotlight sat down with two of a relatively small number of people who have ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of humanity’s oldest and most persistent health challenges. Despite significant medical advances, this infectious disease continues to affect millions globally, with ...

A clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that the oral antibiotic levofloxacin taken once-daily for six months substantially reduced the risk of developing ...

Tuberculosis – the world’s deadliest infectious disease – could be dormant in your system for years before you realize you have it. In the... We have the cure. Why is tuberculosis still around?

A new intranasal DNA vaccine may give the immune system an extra weapon against tuberculosis by targeting bacteria that can ...

A new all-oral treatment regimen for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis has commenced in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Implemented by the National Tuberculosis Program in Papua New Guinea, with ...

Has the recent Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas got you worried about catching TB? Learn about the top symptoms to look out for and explore some tips on how to stop the spread. Taylor Leamey wrote ...

We conducted a phase 3, open-label, pragmatic, randomized, controlled noninferiority trial in South Africa to assess a 6-month treatment strategy for pulmonary rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis.

Researchers at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo have developed a new inhalable form of tuberculosis (TB) treatment that could significantly reduce the ...

The novel antibiotic candidate sorfequiline has the potential to shorten and improve tuberculosis (TB) treatment when combined with pretomanid and linezolid (SPaL), according to new clinical trial ...

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 ...