Gorakhpur: Conventional smear microscopy, though widely used in India, misses detection of many tuberculosis (TB) cases, ...

Peru’s fight against tuberculosis demonstrates how global neglect endangers public health. COVID-19 setbacks, poverty, and ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases we know. It commonly impacts the lungs, but can also ...

It’s not the first time this year that a contagious tuberculosis case has been detected in the Sacramento area. In August, an individual with active TB was identified at Cache Creek Casino Resort in ...

Scientists have uncovered why tuberculosis bacteria evade antibiotics by entering a dormant state. Researchers found that dormant TB bacteria develop a thicker, more rigid outer membrane, acting as a ...

Tuberculosis has been a scourge upon humanity throughout history. In killing more than a million each year worldwide, it remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious pathogen. While ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Public transport bus stations in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital city serve as a major transportation hub, connecting all provinces and international destinations. Given the high burden ...

Globally, approximately 10 million people become sick from tuberculosis (TB) and 1 million people die each year. Transmission of M. tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis, is airborne and ...

ABSTRACT: During a flood event the volume and complexity of municipal solid waste (MSW) increases, which presents considerable challenges to waste management systems that are already under stress ...

Your device does not support the audio. A Tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, has people on edge, with not much public knowledge about the disease or how to prevent it. Don't miss our ...

So far, there have been 67 confirmed cases of active TB related to the outbreak. Kansas is facing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history, according to local health ...