How can we combat the growing global health crisis of antibiotic resistance? At Leiden University, researchers are tackling this issue from multiple angles. Ph.D. candidate Vladyslav Lysenko develops and redesigns new antibiotic ...
Jun 9, 2026
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The World Health Organization's chief told AFP on Wednesday that he welcomed Washington's stated intention to re-engage with the Gavi vaccine alliance, voicing hope it might also decide to rejoin the WHO.
Jun 3, 2026
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A research team led by Associate Professor Noriyuki Kurita from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology and by Associate Professor Pornpan Pungpo from Ubon Ratchathani University ...
May 29, 2026
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Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have identified key differences in how immune cells generate and use energy, a process known as cellular metabolism, in people with latent versus active tuberculosis (TB). The findings ...
May 28, 2026
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The impacts of tuberculosis (TB) are usually discussed in terms of public health and human suffering. Now, new research presented at the 2026 ATS International Conference shows that TB is also driving a massive global economic ...
May 17, 2026
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Superspreading became a familiar concept to many during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior studies examining infectious disease epidemics, including those on COVID-19, have found that some individuals are much more likely to transmit ...
May 15, 2026
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Recent news reports have highlighted several infectious diseases incidents, including three tuberculosis clusters in Singapore and a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
May 9, 2026
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A clinical trial conducted in Tanzania and Mozambique and published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases concludes that expanding the use of molecular diagnostic tests on urine and stool samples, in addition to sputum, to detect ...
May 8, 2026
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Household contacts of people with tuberculosis (TB) have a high risk of getting TB themselves, at around 2%. It is currently difficult to detect TB in its early stages, or predict who will go on to have TB, and therefore ...
May 7, 2026
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Fifty large tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks were identified in 23 states during 2017 to 2023, mainly involving U.S.-born persons, according to research published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity ...
May 5, 2026
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