Tulane University researchers have developed an enhanced CRISPR-based tuberculosis test that works with a simple tongue swab, ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, an airborne bacterial respiratory infection, is one of humanity's oldest foes and is today the world's ...

Tuberculosis, one of the world's most deadly infectious diseases, has been reported in a handful of cases in Maine, North ...

Tuberculosis is a disease that most commonly causes an infection of the lungs. (Photo: Getty Images) With cases of tuberculosis (TB) cropping up at schools in different parts of the country — ...

New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) recently reported a rise in tuberculosis (TB) cases. SRHD said ...

Tuberculosis (TB) has been a serious health challenge globally. Its cases in India are also increasing the pressure on the health sector. TB is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium ...

**Note: the release below is a special early release from the ESCMID Global Congress (formerly ECCMID, Barcelona, Spain, 27-30 April). Please credit the congress if you use this story** **ECCMID has ...

Two strains of the bacterium causing tuberculosis have only minor genetic differences but attack the lungs in completely different fashion, according to Rutgers researchers. The findings, published in ...

Tulane University researchers have developed an enhanced CRISPR-based tuberculosis test that works with a simple tongue swab, a potential breakthrough ...

Therapy for the dangerous infectious disease of tuberculosis faces the challenge of pathogens frequently being resistant to several common antibiotics. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ...

A CRISPR mouth-swab test could transform TB screening with rapid, low-cost detection in low-resource and asymptomatic cases.