Public health campaigns had made significant strides toward eradicating diseases like elephantitis and river blindness. But this progress has since unraveled with the second Trump administration.

In Johnson County, Iowa, the number of tuberculosis cases has increased in recent years—and so has the cost of containing it.

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When drug use is criminalised without pathways to harm reduction, people who inject drugs share equipment and avoid health ...

Malaysia saw a 5.5% rise to 26,781 TB cases in 2023, and a 10% increase early 2026, highlighting the disease's resurgence.

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

San Francisco health officials have identified more than 200 latent cases of tuberculosis associated with an outbreak first reported at Archbishop Riordan High School in November.

South Africa will host SADC health ministers in Johannesburg next week for a high-level summit focused on strengthening regional collaboration to combat HIV, TB, malaria and emerging public health ...

A little-known form of “sleeping” tuberculosis (TB) that affects millions of Americans is making headlines after a local outbreak at a San Francisco school. The spate of cases is a reminder that ...

Tuberculosis has earned the undesirable distinction of being the world's top infectious disease killer — a mantle it took back from COVID in 2023. TB claimed the lives of 1.23 million people in 2024 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. An outbreak of tuberculosis was reported at a private Catholic high school in the Bay Area. Cases of TB have been ...

The San Francisco Public Health Department has launched a “large-scale TB contact investigation” after a tuberculosis outbreak last week at Archbishop Riordan High School infected at least three ...