Preliminary studies early in the pandemic found evidence that countries with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination programs, which fights tuberculosis, could be associated with a reduced number of COVID-19 cases.
The Stop TB Partnership (STBP) and "Hello Kitty" are teaming up to raise global awareness to curb tuberculosis in children.
A new official clinical guideline on the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) emphasizes tailored treatments and prioritizes the use of oral medications.
A new report on tuberculosis (TB) published by The Economist Intelligence Unit investigates the increasing health challenges posed by TB and calls for new ways to improve the effectiveness of the global response to this pandemic.
Read MoreResearchers are developing a new model for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis drugs using the molecular structure of pyridomycin.
Read MoreA new device uses the space-tested concept of capillary flow to diagnose infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.
Read MoreA drug under clinical trials to treat tuberculosis could be the basis for a class of broad-spectrum drugs that act against various bacteria, fungal infections and parasites, yet evade resistance,
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Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School estimate the number of childhood TB cases is double previous estimates: about 1 million annually with 32,000 suffering from multidrug-resistant TB.
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TB rates in the country fell from 170 to 59 per 100,000 people after increased awareness of the directly observed, treatment short-course (DOTS) tuberculosis control strategy, according to researchers.
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Research suggests a drug called delamanid could have a public health benefit for MDR-TB and also for XDR-TB.
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Researchers argue that a lack of candidate compounds is “cause for alarm,” given the global emergence of strains of TB that are resistant to current drugs.
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Immigrants from countries with high rates of tuberculosis who move to countries of low TB incidence do not pose a public health threat to native citizens.
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Protecting healthcare workers from tuberculosis.
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Every year 160 million prescriptions for antibiotics are written in the United States, nearly 30 prescriptions per 100 persons. Probably half are inappropriate.
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