COVID-19 surpassed TB as a killer over the past two years. [iStockphoto] Effective tuberculosis (TB) treatment has been available for the past 60 years. But TB remains the leading cause of death from ...

Few illnesses lay bare the inequities of the modern global health system like tuberculosis. In 2021 alone, the disease killed 1.6 million people worldwide, more than any other infectious illness ...

Despite being entirely preventable, tuberculosis remains a leading cause of death in South Africa. As the next generation ...

The World Health Organization 2022 Africa regional report underestimated the incidence rate of tuberculosis in sub-Saharan African individuals living with HIV, according to a recent analysis.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa, Colombia and other countries that lost out in the global race for coronavirus vaccines are taking a more combative approach towards drugmakers and pushing ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, in collaboration with colleagues in South Africa, have investigated whether ...

Graeme Hoddinott is a fellow of the African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence (ARISE) programme. His ARISE research is focused on optimising care for adolescents with tuberculosis. The ...

Tom Nyirenda is affiliated with European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership -EDCTP. The World Health Organization’s 2024 Global Tuberculosis report reveals a sobering reality.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vaccines against two big killers -- tuberculosis and pneumonia -- were launched among African children on Wednesday, both backed jointly by drugmakers and groups set up ...