The Latest Breaking News from Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis Cases in the U.S. Just Hit a Multi-Decade High: Public Health Experts Are Alarmed

U.S. TB cases hit a 14-year high in 2024 and remain elevated in 2025. Experts warn underfunded contact tracing and screening gaps are leaving communities exposed.

Medical Daily · Jul 2

Experts Solve Botticelli’s Birth Of Venus Side‑Eye Mystery, And The Reason Is Devastating

A new study has suggested that Simonetta Vespucci may have succumbed to a far more serious illness than tuberculosis.

Bored Panda · Jun 19

How One Small Change Is Transforming TB Detection

What if one of India's biggest healthcare challenges could be tackled without a new medicine, expensive technology, or massive funding? What if the answer was something surprisingly simple? Across villages, towns, and cities, healthcare workers are discovering a quiet but powerful way to help people get screened for tuberculosis (TB).…

MyLifeXP · Jun 18

ICE guard lost a loaded gun inside country’s biggest detention center, government investigators say

Watchdog alleges ‘serious’ oversight issues at Camp East Montana after reports of homicide, tuberculosis and medical neglect

The Independent UK · Jun 9

Texas TB Surge Raises Alarm as Most Infected Residents Remain Unaware

For nearly three decades, tuberculosis followed a reassuring trajectory in the United States: case counts declining year after year, the disease receding from public consciousness, treated as a solved problem of the developing world rather than an active threat in American cities.

Medical Daily · Jun 3

Health officials sue New Jersey ICE jail over fears of disease outbreaks and ‘inadequate’ tuberculosis controls

Health investigators demand ‘immediate entry’ to Delaney Hall over fears of disease outbreaks and lack of adequate medical care

The Independent UK · Jun 2

Tuberculosis Is Surging in Chicago — A Disease the World Thought It Had Under Control

Illinois recorded 353 active tuberculosis cases in 2023, with 154 concentrated in Chicago alone. Experts call what's happening now a "rebound effect" from COVID-era disruptions — and preliminary data suggests 2025 case counts may have climbed another 10 to 20 percent nationally. The question is why city and state officials…

Medical Daily · May 26

AI-powered tool to screen for latent TB

Thailand's public health sector is turning to artificial intelligence and portable diagnostic technology in a new effort to combat latent tuberculosis (LTBI), with researchers launching an AI-assisted screening system known as "SERS-TB".

Bangkok Post · May 25

EU pledges €700m to the Global Fund as cuts worldwide threaten international health aid

The European Commission has lowered its contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria as donors worldwide scale back contributions to global health aid.

Euronews · Apr 8

Four times over target: India's TB elimination problem

India recorded about 2.7 million cases of tuberculosis in 2025. Based on population projections for that year, this translates to an incidence of about 185 cases per 100,000 population.

Newslaundry · Mar 30