There is a test that is usually carried out to find out whether a child has tuberculosis or not, namely the Mantoux test. The ...

Your healthcare provider may also recommend a TB test — either a blood test or a skin test. For the skin test, you will need ...

A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain swelling it can cause in babies and toddlers.

TB can be cured, but ridding the body of the bug often takes many months and usually requires taking four or more medicines. In this special briefing, Spotlight zooms in on what makes the TB bacterium ...

A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...

If you’re one of the many people who suffer from a lung condition such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), ...

The WHO’s 2025 policy brief highlights how tuberculosis disproportionately affects marginalized and high-risk populations due ...

A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain swelling ...

First-ever clinical trial exclusively conducted among people with hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis known as pre-extensively drug-resistant TB shows many patients benefit from shorter, simpler ...

Quick screening helps identify undiagnosed TB cases within the patient’s family, enabling early treatment and preventing ...