How Fred Hutch scientists tackle world’s top infectious killer, TB
Ensuring vaccines are effective, accepted Immunologist Erica Andersen-Nissen, PhD, a principal staff scientist in the McElrath Lab, heads the Cape Town…
Europe misses 1 out of 5 tuberculosis cases as drug resistance rises, health agencies warn
One in five cases of tuberculosis in the European region goes undiagnosed as drug resistance remains higher than…
Peng Liyuan calls for global action against TB
BEIJING – Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping and also the World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill…
Study uncovers how tuberculosis bacteria fuel themselves during infection
Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have uncovered how the bacteria that causes tuberculosis fuels itself during infection, providing new insights…
Experimental antibiotics disrupt bacterium that causes tuberculosis
Researchers from the University of Sydney and the Centenary Institute have discovered how a promising class of experimental…
Tuberculosis bacteria stiffen cell membranes to evade immune destruction
Scientists have uncovered an elegant biophysical trick that tuberculosis-causing bacteria use to survive inside human cells, a discovery…
Key protein in the tuberculosis bacterium helps protect itself from foreign DNA
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), with collaborators from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), have…
One-two punch could take out tough tuberculosis
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. A new…
New AI tools offer hope for global TB elimination
Researchers have unveiled new AI tools, from smartphone cough analysis to child-friendly screening systems, which could transform how…
Multi-view deep learning framework for the detection of chest X-rays compatible with pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis
Multi-view deep learning framework for pediatric TB-compatible CXR detection The framework proposed (see Fig. 1-II) is a multi-view pipeline…
Pre-treatment blood cell counts and inflammatory markers predict the radiologic severity of post-tuberculosis lung disease | BMC Infectious Diseases
World-Health-Organization. Global tuberculosis report 2023. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. https://www.who.int/teams/global-tuberculosis-programme/tb-reports/global-tuberculosis-report-2023. Ravimohan S, Kornfeld H, Weissman D, Bisson…
World Spine Day 2025: Neurosurgeon explains 4 conditions that could lead to spinal tuberculosis, causing severe damage
Updated on: Oct 16, 2025 10:39 am IST Delayed treatment of lung or bone tuberculosis can silently spread…