Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health challenge in India, with around 27% of global TB burden. It is a contagious disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which ...

TB can be found in every major city, in every country. Failing to control it threatens global health security. Now is not the ...

Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen's survival when it's exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be targets for new ...

Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are thrust into a comparatively hostile environment, with drastic changes to their ...

As Kansas deals with one of the largest tuberculous outbreaks in the nation since the 1950s, Californians may be wondering whether they’re at risk. The Kansas outbreak, described by health ...

Three patients at Narva Hospital may have been exposed to tuberculosis (TB) through contaminated medical equipment, prompting an urgent investigation into safety failures and the hospital's ...

Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are thrust into a comparatively hostile environment, with drastic changes to ...

Pathogen's perspective Tuberculosis is a respiratory disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacterium that most commonly affects the lungs and is transmitted through droplets that an ...