Tuberculosis deaths, new infections, and cases have declined since 2000 according to a recent Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study…
First, the good news: Death rates for people with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria all have decreased globally since the Millennium…
A newly discovered way of testing people for tuberculosis (TB) dramatically cuts the time it takes for a diagnosis to…
The world needs to act now to stem the growing global public health challenges posed by tuberculosis (TB), says a…
While high profile global health issues like AIDS and malaria garner more attention and funding, tuberculosis (TB) is increasingly becoming…
Washington, DC – Jake paused when he entered the room. He pulled out his phone to take a picture of the empty…
All geared up for dealing with EbolaBoston University The world was briefly alarmed, or, well, the media has tried to…
Vaccines are widely, legitimately, hailed as one of medicine’s most powerful weapons in the fight against infectious disease. Millions of lives are saved, deaths prevented, every year using this simple tool that can cost as little as a handful of pennies. So it’s unfortunate we know so little about how vaccines actually work
MSF Drug resistant tuberculosis is a serious global problem, especially those forms of drug-resistant TB that can fend off multiple…
Guest post by Katie Leach-Kemon, a policy translation specialist from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. The…