Scientists have made a discovery that helps explain why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting tuberculosis(TB) ...

Built using pluripotent stem cells, this tiny lung could help push science away from animal testing as well as open the doors ...

New findings also indicate that children who live in settings with a high burden of TB have a consistently high annual risk of developing TB infection throughout childhood. An estimated 1.2 million ...

People and animals are very susceptible to infections from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the bacterium that causes ...

Tuberculosis (TB), an ongoing infection control concern in long-term care, is more likely to be spread by breathing than by its distinctive cough, according to a new study that may contradict decades ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's biggest infectious disease killer, with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) posing a particular threat to global health. A study led by the Swiss Tropical and Public ...

The health care system in California could save nearly $1.3 million a year with few adverse public health effects if it discontinued universal tuberculosis skin testing of children entering ...

Scientists have discovered that tuberculosis disrupts glucose metabolism in the body. Scientists from the University of Leicester have discovered that tuberculosis disrupts glucose metabolism in the ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine are recruiting adult volunteers for a research study evaluating whether the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine can prevent tuberculosis (TB) infection in ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Poor living and working conditions for miners of gold, diamonds and other precious metals have contributed significantly to tuberculosis (TB) epidemics across Africa, scientists ...

Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a study released Tuesday that called for more aggressive action.