The Latest Breaking News from Tuberculosis

Rowan County Confirms Tuberculosis Case Linked to Rowan-Salisbury Schools and Offers Free Testing to Exposed Students and Staff

Rowan County confirmed a TB case involving Rowan-Salisbury Schools and is offering free testing to close contacts. What families should know now.

Medical Daily · Sep 30

Extremely rare fungal infection kills man in Bangladesh after causing 16kg weight loss

Doctors first suspected the man’s persistent pain was caused by intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn’s disease

The Independent UK · Sep 21

Meet Austin Jin, 16, who built a CRISPR blood test for tuberculosis

Most teenagers go to a pathology office for a blood test. For Austin Jin, it was the launch pad to address one of medicine’s oldest and most enduring problems: diagnosing tuberculosis. A 16-year-old senior at William A. Shine Great Neck South High School in Great Neck, NY, developed M-CATCH, a…

The Times of India · Sep 16

Leaders of BRICS countries call for stronger cooperation in health, endorse initiatives on tuberculosis

BRICS leaders agreed to strengthen health cooperation and share best practices. They endorsed initiatives focusing on tuberculosis and digital healthcare systems. Leaders also supported efforts for healthy lifestyles and mental well-being programs. Pandemic preparedness and response capacities were emphasized by the group. Cooperation on traditional medicine and health workforce development…

The Economic Times · Sep 12

A Tuberculosis Vaccine Altered Brain Immune Activity in a Small Trial as Dementia Signals Widen Beyond Shingles

New BCG and high-dose flu vaccine findings widen the dementia signal beyond shingles. None of the research shows tthat he shots prevent dementia.

Medical Daily · Sep 9

Colorado Spent Two Months Trying to Investigate a Tuberculosis Case Inside an ICE Facility Before Suing

Court filings show Colorado officials were blocked from a TB investigation at the Aurora ICE facility for over two months before the state sued.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

A Man Coughed Blood for Six Months and Doctors Found Real Bone Growing Inside His Lungs

A 34-year-old was repeatedly told he had tuberculosis. A lung biopsy instead found mature bone and marrow growing inside his lung tissue.

Medical Daily · Sep 1

Her Back Pain Was Treated as Tuberculosis for a Year Before Sequencing Found a Parasite in Her Spine

A woman's spine was being eaten away. Doctors treated tuberculosis for 12 months before sequencing found a parasite from surgery eight years earlier.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Experimental Tuberculosis Vaccine Fell Short of BCG in Nearly Seven Thousand African Newborns but Questions Remain

The phase 3 priMe trial found that VPM1002 was not noninferior to BCG in nearly 7,000 newborns, but the result is hard to interpret.

Medical Daily · Aug 26

Vulnerability to wildfire smoke is in our genes, thanks to an evolutionary quirk

When the sky becomes orange and hazy from wildfire smoke, modern humans are at greater risk than our earlier ancestors would have been.

The Conversation · Aug 25