In Japan, 10,096 people were newly registered as TB patients in 2023. Sixteen percent were born abroad, and more than 80 percent of them were from the six restricted countries.
The government in fiscal 2024 plans to require people in six countries to take tuberculosis tests before they enter Japan for visits exceeding three months, health minister Keizo Takemi said. The ...
An outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City area has grown into one of the largest ever recorded in the United States, with dozens of active cases of the infectious disease reported, according to ...
Crown Princess Kiko in April marked her 30th anniversary of becoming the president of the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, a public interest incorporated foundation. She has previously ...
Scientists have discovered three powerful new drug regimens that offer more effective treatment for tuberculosis—bringing ...