If generic medicines are not available, treatment will become difficult for low and middle income patients, especially in ...

Consumption, phthisis, the white plague—a killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ...

The treatment of TB involves a combination of several antibiotics. These are aimed at reducing the risk of transmission, ...

KARACHI: While final lab tests for confirmation of an active TB infection in two Safari Park elephants are yet to be ...

Trying to keep a resurgence of tuberculosis cases from exploding into an outbreak, the Vanderburgh County Health Department plans to open a new clinic.

Kansas faces one of the largest TB outbreaks in US history. TB, an enduring pandemic, thrives in poverty-stricken areas and ...

Without public health surveillance, officials trying to tackle outbreaks, identify threats and evaluate treatments are working ‘in the darkness of ignorance.’ ...

The new treatment regimen, recommended for patients aged three months to 16 years with non-severe drug-susceptible TB, is known as 2HRZE/2HR. It involves a two-month initial phase using four TB drugs, ...

Chest X-rays are used to identify lung abnormalities, while sputum tests may be conducted for older children to detect TB bacteria. A thorough clinical evaluation, including a detailed medical history ...