The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that up to 13 million people in the United States have latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. These patients do not feel sick, do not show ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) now recommends shortened treatment for children with mild tuberculosis (TB), as well as two oral TB treatments (bedaquiline and delamanid) for use in children of ...

Shorter duration, fully oral treatment regimens for tuberculosis (TB) are now recommended for most adults and children. Updated joint guidelines from the American Thoracic Society, the CDC, European ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The CDC, IDSA and other agencies created updated guidance for treating drug-susceptible and drug-resistant TB.

A new study published in PLOS Global Public Health contributes to the growing evidence that nutrition should be treated as a ...

International guidelines for treating tuberculosis are due for specific improvements, according to two research papers published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. Public health ...

The American Thoracic Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, European Respiratory Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America have published an official clinical guideline on ...

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation has released new guidelines to tackle tuberculosis and undernutrition, recommending that food assistance be provided to households with TB patients while the ...

The CDC and National Tuberculosis Controllers Association, or NTCA, has published updated recommendations for latent tuberculosis, or LTBI, in the MMWR for the first time since 2000. To develop the ...

Tuberculosis remains one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, disproportionately affecting populations grappling with poverty and undernutrition. For decades, tuberculosis control strategies ...

Despite strong national programmes, late diagnosis, treatment gaps, private-sector fragmentation, and poor adherence remain ...