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Clinical trial finds temperature-stable TB vaccine safe and effective

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...
The new treatment for TB that could save millions of lives

The new treatment for TB that could save millions of lives

Researchers from the University of St Andrews have developed a new treatment for TB (tuberculosis) that could shorten the therapeutic process by up to two...
New tuberculosis treatment framework launched by WHO

New tuberculosis treatment framework launched by WHO 

A new framework to improve tuberculosis treatment is being launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) to reduce the burden of the disease. WHO’s framework...
Study finds BCG tuberculosis vaccine offers immune boosting benefits

Study finds BCG tuberculosis vaccine offers immune boosting benefits

A study of the BCG tuberculosis vaccine discovers immune boosting benefits in infants over a year after vaccination. Researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and...
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New tuberculosis vaccine is safe and causes fewer side effects than BCG

Evidence suggests that a new tuberculosis vaccine – called VPM1002 – is equally as safe as the BCG vaccine and causes fewer side effects. Tuberculosis...
Tacking drug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria with new antibiotics

Tacking drug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria with new antibiotics

Researchers have discovered new antibiotics that have the potential to tackle drug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria. Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that mainly affects the lungs, causing...
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WHO: Urgent investment needed to enhance treatment for tuberculosis

With World TB Day approaching on March 24, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for investment to advance research, support, awareness, and treatment...
Improving the effectiveness of the tuberculosis vaccine

Improving the effectiveness of the tuberculosis vaccine

Researchers have found a new way to enhance the tuberculosis vaccine by adding an antibody that can improve long-term effectiveness. Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection...
Exploring the effectiveness of tuberculosis treatment in children

Exploring the effectiveness of tuberculosis treatment in children

An investigation into the effectiveness of tuberculosis treatment in children has driven a change in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global guidelines for managing...
Researchers discover potential new way of fighting TB

Researchers discover potential new way of fighting TB

A team of researchers believe they may have uncovered a new method of fighting tuberculosis (TB) – by starving it of a certain sugar. TB...
WHO says COVID-19 highlights urgent need for global effort to end TB

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...
Artificial Intelligence can design new TB drug regimens

Artificial Intelligence can design new TB drug regimens

Despite the availability of TB vaccines, 1.5 million people died from TB in 2018. With a shortage of new tuberculosis drugs in the pipeline, a...
Tuberculosis: scientists offer new insights into the pathogen

Tuberculosis: scientists offer new insights into the pathogen

Tuberculosis is a highly contagious infectious disease that is typically spread through aerosols and mainly affects the lungs. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO),...
Let’s bear WITNESS to the ground-breaking Philippines TB modelling

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...
EU awards 18 million euros for research into new antibiotics

EU awards 18 million euros for research into new antibiotics

An international consortium of research groups is aiming to develop novel new antibiotics to fight against the tuberculosis bacteria and two other deadly bacteria. Set...
Find out how cigarette smoking causes lung cell exhaustion leading to TB

Find out how cigarette smoking causes lung cell exhaustion leading to TB

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin unveiled how lung cell exhaustion caused by cigarette smoking affects their power to battle diseases such as TB. Cigarette smoking...
The dormant LTBI: dangers of neglecting latent tuberculosis infection

The dormant LTBI: dangers of neglecting latent tuberculosis infection

With all UN Member States pledging to end TB by 2030, can the dormant form of TB, latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), be managed? Recent studies...
WHO calls for urgent action to end the tuberculosis epidemic

WHO calls for urgent action to end the tuberculosis epidemic

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a 2018 edition of its Global Tuberculosis Report. The report provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of...
New blood test predicts onset of tuberculosis up to two years in advance

New blood test predicts onset of tuberculosis up to two years in advance

Newly published research has revealed that a new blood test can more accurately predict the development of tuberculosis (TB) up to two years before...
Number of tuberculosis cases falls by over a third in last six years

Number of tuberculosis cases falls by over a third in last six years

Newly released data from Public Health England (PHE) has shown a 9.3% decline in cases of tuberculosis (TB) in 2017, which represents the lowest...

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