The Latest Breaking News from Tuberculosis

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Tuberculosis cases have increased for the second year in a row, according to a March 2023 report from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While incidence of tuberculosis within the U.S. declined substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic, cases of the disease are now returning to pre-pandemic levels.

Once branded an "incurable scourge", tuberculosis rates dropped off a cliff in the post-war era in part thanks to a mass radiography campaign that saw millions of Brits line up to be x-rayed.

The Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) has signed an MoU with AEC Healthcare on the transfer of DMSc-TB FastAmp (TB-LAMP) kit production technology, aiming to support tuberculosis (TB) control.

She died 24 hours after receiving the diagnosis

Authorities in Washington State are set to arrest a woman who has been avoiding tuberculosis treatment and isolation for more than a year.

Health authorities are working to contain an outbreak of tuberculosis on the APY Lands in South Australia's far north, with 10 cases of the preventable disease diagnosed so far.

South Australian health authorities have expressed concern over a spate of tuberculosis cases in the state's Indigenous lands.

Responding to COVID-19 has taken so much attention and energy that some public health workers believe it pushed tuberculosis off people’s radar.