Researchers in Boston are working to determine if an old tuberculosis vaccine could be the key to treating type 1 diabetes.

A new nano-based drug delivery technology could outwit tuberculosis (TB)—one of humanity's most ancient diseases.

Experts warn that extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis is emerging as a ‘quietly growing monster’ that could undermine ...

Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have demonstrated that doxycycline, a commonly available and inexpensive antibiotic, can improve ...

PH has the third highest burden of TB worldwide. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines ranked third ...

The bacteria that cause tuberculosis harbor some natural resistance to fluoroquinolones, but biophysicists from Johns Hopkins in Baltimore may have discovered why that is and how to make the ...

A new compound called CMX410 may change the fight against tuberculosis. It targets a weak point in the bacteria’s defenses, ...

Tufts University researchers’ approach uncovers how TB treatments can best work together at the cellular level to speed better cures Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s deadliest infectious disease—and ...

For 2007, the WHO estimated 511,000 cases of multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB, representing approximately 5% of all TB cases worldwide. Extensively drug-resistant (XDR-TB) strains have been detected in at ...

* Drugs could be used to fight dangerous forms of TB * Compounds already proven in humans By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, July 2 (Reuters) - Drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease show promise as a new ...

The Department of Health is targeting to screen 12 million Filipinos nationwide in an effort to curb tuberculosis in the ...