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 ...

More than 1 million children fall ill with TB each year and more than half go undiagnosed or unreported, according to the ...

March 24, 2025, was set aside by the World Health Organisation as World Tuberculosis Day to commemorate the day in 1882 when one of the true giants of early medicine, Dr Robert Koch, announced his ...

More than 1 million children fall ill with TB each year and more than half go undiagnosed or unreported, according to the World Health Organization. Tuberculosis is the world’s deadliest ...

Since it was launched by former President George W. Bush in 2003, PEPFAR has saved 25 million lives globally, supported 7 ...

More than 1 million children fall ill with TB each year and more than half go undiagnosed or unreported, according to the World Health Organization. Tuberculosis is the world’s deadliest infectious ...

AscentXmedia/Getty Images The WHO reports that the number of tuberculosis cases in children is rising in Europe. The health officials add that the treatment success rate for the disease is also ...

Getty Kansas has an outbreak of two diseases — measles and tuberculosis — as lawmakers loosen vaccine requirements for children. In a 103-15 vote on March 20, the Kansas House of ...