The Latest Breaking News from Tuberculosis

Reshma's struggle with tuberculosis as a homeless woman highlights the gendered challenges in accessing healthcare and TB treatment.

Lepra India announces K.V. Desikan Memorial Award recipients for their work in tuberculosis, leprosy, and rural healthcare.

Karnataka registers 81,331 TB notifications in 2023, achieving 81% of annual target, with a drop in public notifications but a rise in private notifications.

Following two recent outbreaks, health officials have issued new guidance around how to screen donated tissues for tuberculosis.

A rare case of tuberculosis left students and parents at Ragsdale High School in ‘panic’

At The Union World Conference on Lung Health, optimism abounded as new drug regimens were presented that could cut treatment time for drug-resistant TB by up to two-thirds. These regimens, with 85-90% success rates, offer hope to those affected by MDR-TB, who often face long treatments and 14,000 pills. Funding…

Official records show that the English poet’s landlady alerted Rome’s authorities to the 25-year-old’s illness months before he died from tuberculosis

In a series of moves experts say signal a shift in how developing countries deal with pharmaceuticals, South Africa, Colombia and others have recently adopted a more combative approach towards drugmakers, pushing back on policies that deny treatment to millions of people with tuberculosis and HIV

KLE Society's Dr. Prabhakar Kore Basic Science Research Centre organised a National Seminar on “Defying the Unseen Foe: Understanding Anti-microbial Resistance” in Belagavi. President, Infection Control Academy, Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy Burri, Scientist-D, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, Siva Kumar Shanmugam, Principal, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, N.S. Mahantashetti, Medical…