The Latest Breaking News from Tuberculosis

The study found that those with current or previous TB infection are more likely to have a diagnosis of a variety of cancers, including lung, blood, gynecological, and colorectal cancers.

Russian disinformation has created a fraudulent report purporting to come from our sister radio station RFI, insinuating that "Ukrainian soldiers sent for tuberculosis treatment in France" are responsible for France's recent rebound in the disease. Meanwhile, French authorities have taken down a fake French armed forces website, which invited French…

About $17 million has been committed to researching tuberculosis in Southeast Asia and the Pacific in a bid to protect Australia's neighbouring region.

Divisional Railway Hospital, Vijayawada, observes World Tuberculosis Day with awareness programme emphasising early detection and prevention measures.

District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO) O. Prabhavati Devi and District Immunisation Officer P. Ravi Raju flagged off an awareness rally here, marking the World Tuberculosis (TB) Prevention Day on March 24 (Sunday). The rally passed through the major junctions in the city as the participants shouted slogan ‘Yes, we…

Clinical trials of MTBVAC, a genetically modified TB vaccine, have begun in India by Bharat Biotech and Biofabri.

Patient delays in perceiving the symptoms of tuberculosis and the confounding fact that close to 50 % of the people who are tested positive for TB through sputum culture do not have the typical symptoms of the disease are complicating early diagnosis and treatment of TB in the State.

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi activists, public health experts, tuberculosis survivors, and people living with HIV sought his urgent intervention to halt what they said were frequent shortages of anti-TB drugs

A report published by France's health body shows that tuberculosis – although at a low level – saw a rebound in cases in 2023. The uptick coincides with the arrival of refugees from Ukraine in 2022.