Following the success of recent clinical trials, several major infectious disease agencies updated treatment guidance for ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is facing major changes, with five senior leaders stepping down Tuesday. These exits follow three other recent departures, meaning that as ...

WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Preliminary data released this month by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that more than 10,300 tuberculosis (TB) cases ...

People who have had direct contact with a person with tuberculosis might be eligible for a free limited latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) test, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday ...

World Tuberculosis Day: India accounts for 30 per cent of the global TB burden and 62 per cent of multidrug-resistant cases. Despite a 17.7 per cent reduction in incidence since 2015, achieving the ...

CDC officials say the rise is the mainly due to international travel and migration. The vast majority of U.S. TB cases are diagnosed in people born in other countries. Other illnesses that weaken the ...

Everything patients need to know about the flu season and vaccine this year from Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH, acting director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease. Dr.