Tuberculosis typically infects the lungs but can spread to the rest of the body. stockdevil/iStock via Getty Images Plus Tuberculosis is the world’s deadliest bacterial infection. It afflicted over 10 ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases we know. It commonly impacts the lungs, but can also affect other areas of the body like the spine, brain or kidneys.

A new nano-based drug delivery technology could outwit tuberculosis (TB)—one of humanity's most ancient diseases. At the Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform (WADDP), postdoctoral researcher Dr.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A meta-analysis revealed high risks for TB recurrence/relapse and mortality during treatment with tobacco use.

African scientists have developed a nanoscale drug delivery system to treat pericarditis, a drug-resistant and lethal ...

Treating all household contacts of someone with tuberculosis (TB) helped prevent active TB disease across age groups in the real world, but the effectiveness was highest when treating individuals who ...

A clinical drug trial conducted in five Sub-Sahara African countries shows that a shortened (four month) treatment for tuberculosis (TB) is well tolerated and may work well in subsets of TB patients, ...