Plasmids are self-replicating genetic elements that float separately from a bacterium’s own chromosomes. Plasmids evolve ...

Tulane University professor of medicine Zhen Huang and his team of researchers have developed a simpler way to test for ...

Researchers in the TB Alliance informed the Union Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen that Sorbequiline, a new antibiotic ...

The number of people diagnosed with tuberculosis worldwide rose again last year, eclipsing 2023's record total.

So, even once the bacteria are vanquished, a person most likely will continue to test positive, as the immune system will ...

Over the last decade, there's been growing evidence that people can have TB without having any symptoms. But there is still much uncertainty over how such asymptomatic TB functions in the body and how ...

Healthcare systems in Ghana and much of sub-Saharan Africa face significant hurdles . Infectious diseases like tuberculosis, ...

Those found in coastal South America, Southeast Asia, and equatorial Africa are more likely to harbor dangerous pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2, Marburg, and Nipah viruses.

Tuberculosis (TB) remains the world's leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. A new study recently published in The Lancet Global Health and supported by the World Health Organization ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Health officials in the Charlotte area are investigating a case of active tuberculosis at a local high school. The Lincoln County ...