Tuberculosis remains a public health crisis. The World Health Organization's Global Tuberculosis Report released in November ...

With the rise in Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis or MDR-TB cases, the health ministry has been implementing the latest ...

The new WHO-approved MDR-TB treatment BPaL(M) offers hope for tuberculosis patients but is already encountering resistance. A ...

We projected long-term TB incidence, mortality and costs to 2035 and conducted a threshold analysis to identify the maximum possible epidemiological impact of a DAT intervention by assuming 100% ...

and yields a limited absolute reduction in subsequent TB incidence. For trips of six or more months to high-incidence destinations, a single post-trip tuberculin skin test is reasonably cost ...

Among people with vs without tuberculosis (TB), an increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence is observed, particularly within months of the TB diagnosis, according to results published in ...

The Union ministers highlighted the government's successes in reducing TB incidence since 2015, which is more than double the pace of decline observed globally, the statement said. The MPs were ...

Authorities at Stellenbosch University in the Western Cape say a new clinical trial has found the first safe and effective treatment to prevent multi-drug-resistant TB in children. The medication is ...

The trial was conducted in Vietnam, a high-incidence country for tuberculosis and rifampicin-resistant or MDR tuberculosis. 14 Participants were recruited in 10 provinces, including urban and ...

Current approaches to controlling the MDR tuberculosis epidemic largely ... with 80% power to detect a 60% reduction in the incidence of tuberculosis in the levofloxacin group as compared with ...