Prematurity – the single biggest killer identified by the WHO data – was responsible for the death of more than 920,000 children globally in 2023. This is around 59 times as many children as the ...

Each year, tuberculosis kills some 1.25 million people globally and more than 10 times that number become infected with the disease annually, according to the World Health Organization.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It primarily targets the lungs and spreads through airborne droplets when an infected individual coughs ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. The safety of a new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine is being tested in an Oxford University trial. In partnership with the Coler Lab at Seattle ...

When health workers stopped visiting her home in Pakistan to administer tuberculosis medication, Ratna Jamni began dragging herself to a clinic “step by painful step, when even standing feels ...

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"Measles, which killed more than 100,000 unvaccinated children last year in Africa and Asia owing to pneumonitis and encephalitis caused by the virus, had been eliminated from our shores." ...

In a step closer to the government’s goal of making India Tuberculosis-free by 2025, the public health department has identified 42,175 new Tuberculosis (TB) cases during its 100-day special TB ...

Getty Kansas has an outbreak of two diseases — measles and tuberculosis — as lawmakers loosen vaccine requirements for children. In a 103-15 vote on March 20, the Kansas House of ...

Rare cases also suffer swelling of the brain called encephalitis — which can lead to convulsions, deafness or intellectual disability. Fourteen percent of cases this year have required ...