For decades, patients being treated for drug-resistant tuberculosis have had to endure a gruelling regimen of daily injections and a cocktail of drugs with severe side effects.

Tuberculosis can recur through relapse or new drug-resistant strains, often triggered by incomplete treatment, a weakened ...

New tests recommended by the WHO can address TB cases with no or few symptoms more quickly and improve access to life-saving treatment.

Shorter duration, fully oral treatment regimens for tuberculosis (TB) are now recommended for most adults and children. Updated joint guidelines from the American Thoracic Society, the CDC, European ...

HOPES are rising that treatment for Tuberculosis could be shortened to as little as three months, following promising clinical trials underway in Tanzania.Researchers say the current lengthy treatment ...

On World TB Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to accelerate action to end tuberculosis (TB) and ...

India Launches World's 1St Clinical Trial To Test Ayurveda With TB Treatment. New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) On the occasion of ...

A recently released prospective analysis of the first eight years of the Johns Hopkins Medicine-led Zero TB in Kids program ...

This World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges governments and international donors to bring children to the heart of the global TB response, and commit to investing in the ...