In Germany, it is often overlooked that diseases once thought to be defeated, like tuberculosis, still exist and that the ...

AI also supports reverse vaccinology, where pathogen genomes are computationally analyzed to identify immunogenic regions ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

New research identifies key genes in "zombie" TB cells resistant to antibiotics, bringing new drugs one step closer.

New drugs that target "zombie" tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...

Tulane University researchers have developed a new handheld TB test that significantly improves detection in people with HIV, ...

Differentiated TB care involves tailoring services to individual needs of patients. Researchers pitch it as a model that can ...

The National Institutes of Health is in the process of suspending funding for 40 experiments because of fears that the ...

Current tuberculosis infection tests struggle to detect the disease in those with HIV. A common co-infection, HIV can hide TB ...

By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office, surrounded by top health officials, vowing a crackdown on “dangerous gain-of-function research” on viruses and pathogens that ...