Each year, 11 million people worldwide develop tuberculosis, and about 1.4 million die from it. Meningitis occurs in 1–2% of patients and is the most severe complication of tuberculosis, arising when the bacteria reach the brain. Read more
Medical News - Dec 18
TB is often thought of as a Victorian disease, but it's now seeing a resurgence Read more
Manchester Evening News - Dec 13
TB cases have risen in England again Read more
Mirror - Dec 13
A new test shows promising results for detecting latent tuberculosis infection in resource-limited settings. This is according to a study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. Read more
Medical News - Nov 28
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be one of the world's leading causes of infectious disease-related illness and death. Despite being treatable, gaps in screening and diagnosis have allowed the disease to persist as a major global health threat. In regions like Southeast Asia, where TB rates remain ... Read more
Medical Xpress - Nov 12
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world's most common infectious diseases. Although infection with the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium primarily affects the lungs, up to 25% of all infected people will also have it in other parts of their bodies, such as their lymph nodes, bones or brain. Acro... Read more
Medical Xpress - Nov 10
Symptoms of TB include a persistent cough, high temperatures, night sweats and unexplained loss Read more
The Independent - Oct 26
New Hampshire health officials are warning the public after they identified two people with tuberculosis who were in Manchester and Nashua while infectious. Read more
Wmur - Oct 01
Three active cases of tuberculosis have popped up in Maine, following an increase of the disease in the United States since 2020 — most of it among those not born in the U.S. — after three decades of decline, national data reveals.The post CDC: Three Quarters of Tuberculosis Cases in U.S. Are Amo... Read more
Brietbart - Sep 06
Tuberculosis has been a scourge upon humanity throughout history. In killing more than a million each year worldwide, it remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious pathogen. Read more
Medical News - Aug 28
