Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health and U.K. health policy. Although it's often thought of as a disease of the past, tuberculosis is still found ...

The definition of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has been revised by the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Global TB Programme, who have also defined pre-XDR-TB for the first time, ...

Across Europe, tuberculosis (TB) is once again raising alarm, particularly the extensively drug-resistant form (XDR-TB), which is proving as deadly as before antibiotics were discovered. A large ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world's most serious public health threats, with approximately one-quarter of the global ...

Researchers have succeeded in identifying and synthesizing a group of molecules that can act against the cause of tuberculosis in a new way. They describe that the so-called callyaerins act against ...

The annual “World TB Day,” which will be taking place on Tuesday, serves as an opportunity to raise public awareness about ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, affecting millions annually despite being preventable and curable. Understanding how TB spreads is crucial for both ...

Tuberculosis is an extremely infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It’s one of the top-10 causes of death worldwide. Tuberculosis (TB) is most common in developing ...

DEFINITION: A contagious bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

The number of human tuberculosis (TB) cases that are due to transmission from animals, as opposed to human-to-human transmission, may be much higher than previously estimated, according to an ...