Scientists at James Cook University have uncovered new insights into how the body contains latent tuberculosis, using a ...

SEATTLE, WA – Despite decades of research on the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), scientists have not had a comprehensive understanding of how the bacterium is wired to adapt to changing ...

Tuberculosis is a preventable and treatable disease, yet 1.5 million people died from TB last year–including 360,000 people who were HIV positive. Today’s map comes from the World Health ...

New research from Curtin University and The Kids Research Institute Australia mapping tuberculosis (TB) cases in Africa could help dramatically improve diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the ...

As TB cases declined in the Western world in recent decades, so did the funding to deal with the disease. But TB, an airborne bug that spreads best when the infected are left untreated in crowded ...

The World Health Organization just released an exhaustive new report about the global fight against Tuberculosis. This first map shows the areas where TB rates are highest. And this is where TB ...

New research from Curtin University and The Kids Research Institute Australia mapping tuberculosis (TB) cases in Africa could help dramatically improve diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the ...

Map shows movement of two subtypes of the tuberculosis bacterium lineage 4 after `it was introduced, presumably by infected sailors. Today, lineage 4 causes 17 percent of China's tuberculosis cases.