Chest X-rays are used to identify lung abnormalities, while sputum tests may be conducted for older children to detect TB bacteria. A thorough clinical evaluation, including a detailed medical history ...

The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests ...

Prior to being diagnosed with bronchiectasis, many patients reported living with symptoms for multiple years, according to ...

Pope Francis has been in hospital for more than two weeks with what some media reports are now calling “double pneumonia”.

World TB Day I spent a day accompanying TB affected street activists (TASA) - women who help homeless women and female ...

Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are ...

Research analysts at StockNews.com began coverage on shares of T2 Biosystems (NASDAQ:TTOO – Get Free Report) in a report released on Monday. The brokerage set a “sell” rating on the medical equipment ...

The system of finding, diagnosing and treating TB has collapsed in dozens of countries across Africa and Asia since President Trump ordered the aid freeze.

A team of expert doctors at Narayana Health Hospital, Bangalore, recently saved the life of a 50-year-old patient who was ...

Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen's survival when it's exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be targets for new therapies ...

IC31 did not reduce the risk of recurrent disease in individuals who completed treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis.

According to PROMIS-I data published in the journal of The Lancet Respiratory Medicine showed that individuals with ...