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Giving poor people cash reduced tuberculosis risks in Brazil - study
Researchers said the findings underscore the close link between poverty and tuberculosis, which sickens more than 10 million people per year.
TB is once again the world’s deadliest infectious disease
Tuberculosis killed an estimated 1.25 million people worldwide in 2023.
US tuberculosis cases were at the highest level in a decade in 2023
Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that usually attack the lungs, and is spread through the air when an infectious person coughs or sneezes.
Levofloxacin could be a cheap solution to drug-resistant tuberculosis
Levofloxacin demonstrates efficacy in curbing drug-resistant tuberculosis, offering a cost-effective solution with potential global implications.
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UN approves ambitious five-year plan to fight tuberculosis
World leaders at the United Nations have approved an ambitious plan to combat tuberculosis over the next five years.
WHO works with Ukraine and Poland to deal with increase in TB cases
The World Health Organisation is working closely with authorities in Ukraine and Poland to prevent TB from adding to the challenges faced by refugees.
Tuberculosis death rate in India has increased because of the COVID pandemic
Around half a million people died from Tuberculosis in India in 2020. That's a third of the global toll. It's the first time the death rates from TB rose in more than a decade. It follows the two-year COVID-19 pandemic when people in India were too worried about getting tested according to a doctor
Tuberculosis deaths increase for first time in 10 years due to COVID
Tuberculosis deaths are rising for the first time in more than a decade due to the COVID pandemic, the WHO has warned.
Millions at risk of tuberculosis amid COVID-19 lockdowns, warns study
As the world focuses on the coronavirus pandemic more cases of tuberculosis are going undetected and untreated, according to new research.
Has the key to a coronavirus vaccine been around since 1922?
Countries that apply mandatory tuberculosis vaccination policies have been found to have fewer COVID-19 deaths, a new study has found.
World leaders gather in France for Global Fund initiative
A conference in France, which kicked off on Wednesday, aims to raise funds to combat deadly diseases and condemn them to the history books.
Global Fund conference seeks €12 billion in fight against big killers
Global Fund conference aims to raise €12 billion for HIV, malaria and tuberculosis
Is TB spreading in Italy and should Salvini blame migrants?
We've tested Matteo Salvini's claim tuberculosis is spreading in Italy and his suggestion that uncontrolled immigration is to blame.
Finding better and quicker ways to tackle TB
Futuris' Julián López Gómez travels to Tanzania, Malawi and The Netherlands to meet those developing new ways to beat tuberculosis
