Delhi’s 100-day tuberculosis (TB) awareness and screening campaign, launched in December 2024, has mobilised schools, colleges and shelter homes to enhance TB prevention and early detection efforts.

Providing well-tolerated, preventive TB treatment can reduce the risk of developing active TB disease by 85 per cent in the ...

Widespread screening for subclinical TB using X-ray machines to diagnose and treat asymptomatic cases early in Kerala.

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...

ShareIn the west of Kenya, near the shores of Lake Victoria, where I come from, a tuberculosis outbreak is no different from one that takes place anywhere else in the world. A few dozen people get ...

In the west of Kenya, near the shores of Lake Victoria, where I come from, a tuberculosis outbreak is no different from one that takes place anywhere else in the world. A few dozen people get sick, ...

Dr. Gabriel Adakole, a public health expert, has called for a coordinated approach to tackle the crises of malnutrition and tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria, warning that ...

With one of the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in US history, Kansas has more to worry about than its recent Super Bowl ...

Mecklenburg County Public Health confirmed it tested students at South Mecklenburg High School for tuberculosis last week.

The COVID-19 pandemic has played a pivotal role in the resurgence of TB. Cases increased globally by 4.6% from 2020 to 2023, reversing decades of steady disease declines. In the US, TB cases rose by ...

WHO warns of a potential global surge in tuberculosis cases due to USAID funding cuts risking millions of lives Learn how ...