This handheld device is the first that can detect tuberculosis in saliva, in addition to blood and sputum samples, an important breakthrough for testing children and HIV patients, who struggle to ...

Carolina, an African giant pouched rat, recently retired from her job of detecting tuberculosis cases medical tests had missed. At her retirement this past November, colleagues lined up to applaud ...

In a significant step toward eradicating tuberculosis (TB), 41 gram panchayats in Mandya district have been declared TB-free. This milestone was announced by Mandya district’s Minister in charge ...

Proper planning, monitoring and timely medical care for patients have resulted in 35 gram panchayats in Dharwad district being declared TB-free even as efforts are on to make the entire district ...

Shimla Deputy Commissioner Anupam Kashyap announced a special TB awareness campaign to be conducted in all gram sabhas. The initiative aims to educate people about TB prevention, treatment ...

World Tuberculosis Day 2025: Tuberculosis (TB), one of the deadliest illnesses globally, is ranked the 10th leading cause of death across borders by the World Health Organization (WHO). Each year, WHO ...

EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection, by John Green Tuberculosis kills more people — over a million a year worldwide — than any other infectious ...

Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today? The author John Green on how Trump cuts to aid will kill TB patients — and what we can do about it. Dylan Scott covers health for Vox ...

And while we now have a cure for TB, "the disease is where the cure is not," Green notes, paraphrasing a Ugandan doctor who said the same about HIV/AIDS treatments. Annually, there are more than ...

A Colonia High School student who tested positive for tuberculosis is responding well to treatment, the school district announced late last week after it was notified by the Middlesex County ...

In January, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) and started a six-month course of antibiotics to treat it. Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.

John Green's new book "Everything is Tuberculosis" will release on Tuesday. The Indy-based author kicked off his book tour in Indianapolis over the weekend. Here's everything you need to know.