An estimated 1.2 million children develop tuberculosis disease (TB) and 200,000 kids die from TB worldwide each year, but the risk of developing TB infection and disease throughout childhood ...

The findings come as deaths from TB are rising as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hindered efforts to find and treat patients. In 2020, according to the WHO, an estimated 1.5 million ...

Researchers say TB rates in children may be 25% higher than current estimates by the World Health Organization.

While the findings of the SHINE trial on shorter TB treatment course for children have been approved by WHO, it will depend on India’s Central TB Division to adopt them for implementation in the ...

Children who do not receive appropriate and timely treatment for tuberculosis, especially those aged younger than 5 years, have an elevated risk for death, according to recent study findings. In ...

Their findings revealed that while MDR-TB incidence showed different trends over time, the overall estimated annual percentage change (EAPC) was 4.15% (95% uncertainty interval [UI]: 1.10–12.19% ...

A vaccine aimed at protecting children in developing countries from deadly tuberculosis may be killing and sickening some vulnerable infants infected with the AIDS virus, researchers said on Friday.

"Our findings indicate that BCG vaccination is effective at preventing tuberculosis in young children. Since tuberculosis in children is a highly debilitating and severe disease, BCG vaccination ...

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