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 ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the No.1 cause of death due to a single infectious agent in the world today. According to the global report from World Health Organization, one third of world population is ...

Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed the first non-antibiotic drug to successfully treat tuberculosis in animals. The team hope the compound -developed after 10 years of ...

San Antonio, Texas (December 17, 2019) - A major goal of tuberculosis (TB) research is to find a way to treat people with the latent (or inactive) form of the disease to keep them from developing ...

Federal health researchers say they have discovered how to make a century-old vaccine better protect against tuberculosis, a leading cause of death worldwide. In a study with monkeys, the researchers ...