Tuberculosis (TB) is the second most common cause of death worldwide by an infectious pathogen (after Covid-19), but many aspects of its long history with humans remain controversial. Researchers ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, affecting millions annually despite being preventable and curable. Understanding how TB spreads is crucial for both ...

Superspreading became a familiar concept to many during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior studies examining infectious disease ...

Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are thrust into a comparatively hostile environment, with drastic changes to their ...

The number of human tuberculosis (TB) cases that are due to transmission from animals, as opposed to human-to-human transmission, may be much higher than previously estimated, according to an ...

Genomic epidemiology has transformed our understanding of how Mycobacterium tuberculosis spreads within and between communities. By sequencing whole bacterial genomes at high resolution, researchers ...

Superspreading became a familiar concept to many during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior studies examining infectious disease ...

Researchers have developed a fast, non-invasive tongue swab test for tuberculosis that could transform global TB diagnosis.

A simple swab of the tongue could make it easier to do tuberculosis testing and diagnose millions of cases earlier.

Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen's survival when it's exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be targets for new therapies ...

Nearly one quarter of the world’s population is suspected to have been exposed to the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis, a disease that accounts for the highest global mortality from a bacterial ...