Two new studies cast light on disease processes in tuberculosis (TB), identifying key genetic changes that cause damage in the lungs and a drug treatment that could speed up recovery. The findings are ...

Our lungs are amazing, quietly doing their thing to keep us breathing and alive. But when they are compromised by disease, the effects can be devastating. Two of the diseases that can have a serious ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with COPD in South Korea, with an intermediate tuberculosis burden, history of pulmonary TB was ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Previous tuberculosis in Gambian children was significantly associated with impaired lung function and ...

While the vaccines are products of private sector innovation, their evaluation has been firmly anchored in public science, ...

Tuberculosis infected more than 8 million people in 2024 — surpassing COVID-19 and marking a record high since 1995 — as a ...

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 ...

Two strains of the bacterium causing tuberculosis have only minor genetic differences but attack the lungs in completely different fashion, according to Rutgers researchers. The findings, published in ...

Researchers in the U.S. and U.K. have developed what they say is a more accurate way to scan for tuberculosis (TB) using positron emission tomography (PET) to detect the causative Mycobacterium ...

Cases of the respiratory disease tuberculosis are increasing in Colorado. Tuberculosis is a potentially serious infectious bacterial disease that mainly affects the lungs. After a decade-long drop in ...

Disseminated tuberculosis is a type of tuberculosis (TB) where mycobacteria spread via blood to other organs beyond the lungs. It can cause severe multiple-organ damage in the absence of early ...