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.

Some patients with highly drug-resistant tuberculosis could benefit from a shorter treatment with fewer drugs, while others ...

A new article published in Nature offers a promising path toward a shorter, more effective treatment for tuberculosis (TB), a bacterial disease that affects millions worldwide.

For miliary tuberculosis, blood, bone marrow and bronchoalveolar lavage studies (culture and PCR) are required and for the tuberculosis of extrapulmonary organs, tissue samples should be obtained.

Did you know that tuberculosis (TB) brought us the Adirondack chair? TB patients used to recline, completely immobile, upon that now-iconic piece of furniture on the orders of their doctors. TB ...