The rod-shaped tuberculosis (TB) bacterium, which the World Health Organization has once again ranked as the top infectious disease killer globally, is the first single-celled organism ever observed ...

Inside every cell, thousands of molecular signals collide, overlap, and compensate, obscuring the true drivers of gene expression. Scientists have now developed a way to silence that cellular noise, ...

A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain swelling it can cause in babies and toddlers. But the vaccine doesn't prevent adults ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen responsible for tuberculosis, has evolved a remarkably layered set of molecular ...

An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacterium that causes tuberculosis in humans. The ...

An outbreak struck a San Francisco high school, but the Bay Area has a long history as epicenter of tuberculosis in California.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health and U.K. health policy. Although it's often thought of as a disease of the past, tuberculosis is still found ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) has been linked to a San Francisco high school. The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) issued a health advisory on Jan. 29 about the outbreak, which has ...

A highly contagious and potentially deadly disease is seeing sharp upticks—and that's in addition to the measles outbreak we're dealing with already. Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that ...

Tuberculosis, the world’s oldest and deadliest pandemic, has been plaguing us for well over 4,000 years, with a relative of TB bacteria detected since the dinosaur age, and an ancestor having infected ...

Data shows 44 in every 100,000 residents in Harrow have active TB in Harrow.