Currently, the most widely used vaccine against TB is the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Developed in 1921, the vaccine ...

A preliminary medical examination of two elephants at Safari Park Zoo by a veterinary team of Four Paws, an international animal welfare organisation, has revealed protein deficiency and traces of ...

SEREMBAN: The leprosy situation in the two Orang Asli villages in Kuala Pilah near here is under control, with no necessity to isolate the eight patients, said the Health Ministry.

Indeed, the pathogen seems like ancient history — but as recent developments indicate, tuberculosis isn’t done with us yet.

Australian researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine for tuberculosis, showing effective results in mice. The vaccine ...

According to the Global TB Report by WHO, India has seen a decline of 16 per cent in TB incidence (new cases emerging each ...

Mammalian hosts coordinate various cell death pathways as part of the immune defense system against pathogens including ...

Our family moved from Orlando, Florida, to Boston last fall. I’m going stir crazy in the winter weather and want to try hiking. As a native Floridian, I’m ...

Mammalian hosts coordinate various cell death pathways as part of the immune defense system against pathogens including Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...

Every year, 10 million people contract tuberculosis (TB), a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), and approximately 1.5 million patients succumb to the disease. Treatment ...

Römpp, A., Treu, A., Kokesch-Himmelreich, J. et al. The clinical-stage drug BTZ-043 accumulates in murine tuberculosis lesions and efficiently acts against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nat Commun 16, ...

A simple model projected which strains were likely to be highly transmissible, with implications for public health.