A recent study led by Dr. Susmita Chatterjee from The George Institute of Global Health, India, has shed light on the long-term economic impact of TB on patients, even a year after the end of treatment. The study has also ...
Mar 31, 2023
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The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) was 2.5 per 100,000 in the United States in 2022, marking an increase since the low of 2.2 cases per 100,000 coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to research published ...
Mar 24, 2023
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New World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for the treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) are shaping as a game changer for the estimated 500,000 people diagnosed with DR-TB each year, and the longer-term goal ...
Mar 24, 2023
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The number of tuberculosis deaths in Europe is on the rise again after declining for almost two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.
Mar 24, 2023
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Tuberculosis cases climbed again in 2022, U.S. health officials announced Thursday.
Mar 23, 2023
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The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set the target of ending tuberculosis (TB) as a global public health threat by 2030. Based on the most recent surveillance data published by the European Centre for ...
Mar 23, 2023
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World TB Day on March 24th will commemorate the day in 1882 when Professor Robert Koch announced in Berlin that he had discovered the microbial cause of tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Mar 23, 2023
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and curable disease. Half of the world's 30 highest TB burden countries are in Africa. In many of these countries, TB is the leading cause of death across age groups, but especially among ...
Mar 23, 2023
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A new study led by faculty at the University of Georgia demonstrates the potential of using artificial intelligence to transform tuberculosis (TB) treatment in low-resource communities. And while the study focused on TB patients, ...
Mar 23, 2023
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Tuberculosis stands as one of the leading causes of death among young people across the world. Modeling studies suggest that in over 96% of the deadly cases involving children younger than 15 years old, the infected child ...
Mar 15, 2023
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