Global efforts to protect children against diseases including measles, polio and tuberculosis have stalled since 2010, ...

A comprehensive study of 2,723 high-coverage whole-genome sequences from diverse Brazilian regions reveals >8 million newly identified single-nucleotide variants (SNVs), highlighting Brazil’s ...

The way forward for new tuberculosis vaccines isn't clear, wrote editorialists Stephen M. Carpenter, MD, PhD, and W. Henry Boom, MD, both of University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.

With one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, Brazil’s prison system has become a cauldron of disease and death. Inmates face a risk of contracting and dying from infectious diseases — ...

Overview of the TBTC The mission of the TBTC is to conduct programmatically relevant clinical, laboratory and epidemiologic research concerning the diagnosis, clinical management, and prevention of ...

The international community will celebrate World Tuberculosis Day on Monday, 24 March this year. The theme for 2025 is “Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver,” a call for optimism, ...

In 2023, Brazil registered 39.8 cases of tuberculosis for every 100 thousand people. The projections indicate that, by 2030, the incidence should be even higher—42.1 for every 100 thousand people.

A study published in the scientific journal Nature Medicine on Friday, January 3, showed the impact of the Bolsa Família Program (PBF) in reducing the incidence and mortality of tuberculosis in Brazil ...

A program in Brazil that gives a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.