US tuberculosis (TB) programs have helped to identify those with TB and latent TB infection and ensure they completed treatment; FDA advisers instructed that the COVID-19 vaccine Americans will ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has killed at least 7 million people worldwide as of December 2023. The virus has revealed systemic weaknesses in health systems, particularly in supply chains and service ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a tuberculosis infection-control program should consist of administrative controls, environmental controls and a respiratory-protection ...

Similarly, Global TB Program has established #Youth2EndTB Global Youth Network where more than 1800 youths from 95+ countries have already joined. Besides, in order to recognise the youth efforts and ...

Today, UNITE4TB, an international public-private partnership striving to fast-track the development of innovative Tuberculosis (TB) treatments, announced the start of its phase 2B/C clinical trial ...

Vietnamese doctor Truong Duc Thai and a colleague check the X-ray film of a drug-resistant tuberculosis patient at National Lung Hospital in Hanoi. TB kills more people than any other infectious ...

The Global TB Program has focused on the seamless integration of TB and HIV care and treatment across our network of African partner sites and expanded efforts to support the eight clinical centers of ...

Young people are at risk of falling seriously unwell with tuberculosis and spreading the disease. Therefore, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, among others, have mapped key factors that ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Today marks World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, and the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts (RHHD) are encouraging community members to seek preventative care and screening for TB.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is expanding its Tuberculosis Research Units (TBRU) program in an effort to drive ...

New Mexico Department of Health marked World Tuberculosis Day, March 24, with a reminder to providers and residents that tuberculosis is still a health concern in the state. Program manager Brenda ...