New WHO guidance aims to speed tuberculosis testing
The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to move faster to detect and treat one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases: tuberculosis (TB).
Mar 26, 2026
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Infections: News and Research on Tuberculosis
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The US is driving a public health emergency of international concern, say researchers
The Trump administration's decision to halt most US foreign aid and development work constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under international law, argue experts in The BMJ.
Mar 25, 2026
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Genomic surveillance enables characterization of tuberculosis distribution in Catalonia
A research team led by the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), the Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital and the Institute of Biomedicine of Valencia (IBV-CSIC) has published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Screening, preventive treatment program reduces TB incidence 83% among Tibetan children in northern India
A recently released prospective analysis of the first eight years of the Johns Hopkins Medicine-led Zero TB in Kids program shows that significant reduction of tuberculosis (TB) transmission and burden (the total impact of ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Why long-term lung risks persist after tuberculosis treatment
Even after completing treatment for tuberculosis (TB), some patients may remain vulnerable to further lung infections. Scientists at A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR IDL) have recently uncovered how structures formed ...
Mar 23, 2026
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Single‑cell technique reveals how tuberculosis‑like bacteria alter human cells
Researchers from King's College London and the University of Surrey have developed a new technique to measure the content of individual human cells infected with bacteria that model tuberculosis—and it is already revealing ...
Mar 18, 2026
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Scientists find promising drug target for tuberculosis
Researchers from Imperial and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have discovered a drug target that could potentially help tackle drug-resistant tuberculosis, one of the biggest causes of death worldwide.
Mar 17, 2026
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Upgraded smart mask tracks breath biomarkers for days with solar cell
Exhaled breath can provide a treasure trove of health information, offering a noninvasive window to both respiratory microenvironments and systemic physiological states. But collecting such data is a challenge.
Mar 16, 2026
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Foreign aid cuts to tuberculosis services could cost families $80 billion worldwide
More than a year after the second Trump administration began dismantling the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the global health consequences of this unprecedented loss in international aid continue to surface. ...
Mar 11, 2026
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Tuberculosis cases have been rising as public health agencies struggle to keep up
In Johnson County, Iowa, the number of tuberculosis cases has increased in recent years—and so has the cost of containing it. The cost of contact tracing and surveillance, traveling each day to patients' homes to ensure they ...
Mar 3, 2026
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