Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health and U.K. health policy. Although it's often thought of as a disease of the past, tuberculosis is still found ...

Every year on March 24, World Tuberculosis Day is observed to raise awareness about one of the world’s oldest yet still prevalent infectious diseases. It serves as a reminder that despite medical ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of humanity’s oldest and most persistent health challenges. Despite significant medical advances, this infectious disease continues to affect millions globally, with ...

Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) kills upwards of 1.6 million people a year, making it one of the leading causes of death by an infectious agent worldwide—and ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a confounding scourge. It's the leading cause of death from infectious disease in the world, and yet it's estimated that those deaths represent perhaps 5% of infections with ...

The World Health Organization ( WHO ) has labelled tuberculosis as the world's leading infectious disease killer. With more ...

Scientists developed a nasal TB vaccine that boosts antibiotics, reduces relapse, lowers lung inflammation, and could improve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kansas is dealing with one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis recorded in a single year in the United States since the 1950s ...

Researchers from the University of Sydney and the Centenary Institute have discovered how a promising class of experimental antibiotics disrupts the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), paving the ...

British-born, older men among those most likely to have disease found only postmortem, say researchers ...

Tuberculosis (TB) latency involves infection with the bacteria that also cause active TB. However, people with TB latency do not have symptoms. Treatment for TB latency can help reduce the risk of ...