A new study presented today at ADLM 2026 in Anaheim, California found that a simple blood test could accurately identify ...

New research led by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientist shows for the first time how Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the germ responsible for TB, uses a system for releasing proteins ...

A single Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium is small enough to ride an exhaled droplet all the way down into the deepest pocket of the lung, where a single layer of alveolar cells is all that ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is commonly associated with the lungs, but the infection can affect other parts of the body, including the digestive system. Intestinal tuberculosis, also known as abdominal TB when ...

A cough that continues for weeks despite one or more courses of antibiotics should not be ignored. In India, fungal lung infections are sometimes mistaken for bacterial pneumonia or smear-negative ...

The immune system remains seriously out-of-whack—in an inflammatory state of overactivation and impaired functionality—following the international gold standard for treating people with latent ...

LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - Scientists have identified a key enzyme responsible for destroying lung tissue in tuberculosis (TB) and say the finding could lead swiftly to new treatments for the highly ...

More than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, the highest number recorded since the U.N. health agency began keeping track. About 1 ...

Tuberculosis (TB) bacteria appear in red inside a lung granuloma from a mouse infected with Mycbacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB. A new genetic study of the bacterium in mice sheds ...

Men are more likely than women to catch tuberculosis (TB), finds a new study led by UCL (University College London) researchers. Globally, men account for around two-thirds of people diagnosed with TB ...