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Clinical trial finds temperature-stable TB vaccine safe and effective
A clinical trial testing a freeze-dried, temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in healthy adults found it was safe.
A phase 1 trial, supported by the...
Common heartburn drugs could accelerate TB treatment
Researchers have found that over-the-counter heartburn medications could shorten tuberculosis (TB) treatment.
TB typically takes months to treat, using a range of drugs. As a...
The TB vaccine does not protect elderly patients from COVID-19
The TB vaccine does not protect the elderly against disease symptoms caused by COVID-19, according to researchers in the Netherlands.
These findings come from a...
WHO publish updated guidelines on drug-resistant TB treatment
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated guidelines on drug-resistant TB treatment.
The guidelines feature improvements in treatment options for people with multidrug-resistant...
$1.5m funding will further research towards TB vaccine
The VALIDATE Network has received a $1.5m funding boost to support its development of a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have...
Reducing tuberculosis in England with a long-term action plan
A new five-year action plan to reduce cases of tuberculosis (TB) in England has been launched by the UK Health Security Agency, working with...
Mental illness linked to increased risk of TB
Mental illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia are associated with an increased risk of tuberculosis (TB), new research has shown.
A recent study set out...
New findings could help to protect lungs from tuberculosis
Scientists have discovered new insights on tuberculosis, which could lead to new drug treatments to speed up recovery.
Two new studies from the University of...
WHO says COVID-19 highlights urgent need to end TB
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the urgent need to reboot global efforts to bring an end to...
TB vaccine could protect babies against new infectious diseases
A new study has shown that a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine could help to protect newborn babies against a number of different infectious diseases –...
Let’s bear WITNESS to the ground-breaking Philippines TB modelling
One million people in the Philippines have active TB, a figure which is reportedly on the rise – could the WITNESS project use TB...
Can we end tuberculosis?
Following from the first-ever UN High-Level Meeting on TB, Yuliya Chorna, of TB Europe Coalition, reflects on the global movement to end tuberculosis.
The first...