Dramatically Improved Potency When TB Vaccine Delivered Intravenously
Worldwide, more people die from tuberculosis (TB) than any other infectious disease, even though the vast majority were vaccinated. The vaccine just isn’t that reliable….
Tuberculosis
Digital Program on Mobile Phones Tames Tuberculosis
An interactive program using mobile phones helps more patients conclude treatment successfully. For tuberculosis patients, complying with a full course of treatment can be daunting…
New Strategy Against Life-Threatening Tuberculosis Infections
In search of new strategies against life-threatening tuberculosis infections, a team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), as well as Harvard University and Texas…
Study Reveals How Deadly Bacteria Trick the Immune System
A new study from UCLA suggests that certain bacteria can pretend to be viruses when infecting humans, allowing them to hijack the body’s immune response…
Drug Resistant Tuberculosis On The Rise
Back in 2005, doctors at a remote hospital in the village of Tugela Ferry, South Africa, were puzzled when patients with HIV, who were initially…
War of the Badgers Erupts in England
The issue at hand is that the common badger, Meles meles, one of the largest predators left in the British Isles, while loved by the…
Tuberculosis Resistance to Backup Drugs Increases
According to a new study, more than 40% of tuberculosis infections that are resistant to front-line antibiotic treatments have also become resistant to some common…
A Simple Cooler May Help Battle Drug-Resistant TB Strains
A Vodaphone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project award winner may now help in the fight against multidrug-resistant strains of tuberculosis. CoolComply, a modified soft-drink cooler,…
VPM1002 Tuberculosis Vaccine in Phase II Trial
It’s hard to believe that the only tuberculosis vaccine currently available is over 90 years old. Since the BCG vaccine only protects young children, scientists…
Highest Recorded Rates of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
Today the World Health Organization has released an updated report on the situation of drug-resistant tuberculosis around the world, and it’s reporting that drug-resistant TB…
Earliest Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Strains Were First Detected in Italy
Contrary to what was previously believed, the earliest cases of the Totally Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (TDR-TB) were not the current 12 known cases reported in Mumbai…