The international BRACE trial, investigating the BCG vaccine’s efficacy against COVID-19, has found it does not reduce healthcare workers’ risk of contracting the disease. Future…
A clinical trial testing a freeze-dried, temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in healthy adults found that it was safe and stimulated both antibodies and responses…
Driving force behind strange tuberculosis outbreak was solved by a Duke collaboration. Tuberculosis is most commonly associated with lung infections, however, in 2% of cases…
Researchers discover changes in metabolite and lipid profiles, providing clues for designing future vaccines for newborns. The century-old Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis is…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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,…
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…
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…
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…