Global World News Tuberculosis Has Overtaken Covid As World S Deadliest Infectious Disease

Scientists reveal how they could eliminate tuberculosis: the world's deadliest infectious disease

Researchers agree that TB remains the deadliest infectious disease, a finding that reflects both its lethality and the historical neglect of research and funding. The bacteria responsible for ... Read More

Scientists Just Discovered How to Wipe Out the World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease

Turning off the genetic switch to its respiratory system might finally eliminate the bacteria behind tuberculosis. Read More

Scientists say they’ve found a way to wipe out the deadliest disease

Scientists say they are closing in on a strategy that could finally eliminate the world’s deadliest infectious disease, a pathogen that has quietly outkilled every pandemic of the modern era. The ... Read More

AI steps in to detect the world's deadliest infectious disease

Many low- and middle-income countries are using AI to screen for tuberculosis. This AI model produces what looks like a heat map with spots highlighted in yellow-red that indicate the algorithm ... Read More

This new drug candidate might finally outsmart tuberculosis

A new compound called CMX410 may change the fight against tuberculosis. It targets a weak point in the bacteria’s defenses, even in drug-resistant forms of the disease. Created using a cutting-edge ... Read More

Why some health clinics are turning to AI to screen for tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is the world's deadliest infectious disease, but detecting it in remote and war-torn regions can be difficult. That's why some health clinics are now using AI to screen for the illness. Read More

Global tuberculosis diagnoses rise to a record, but deaths fall, WHO reports

FILE - This 1966 microscope photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli, the organism responsible for causing the disease ... Read More

AI steps in to detect the world's deadliest infectious disease

On a Thursday morning last month, Boniaba Community Health Center in Mali was running a TB screening. There was no doctor in sight. Yet, a mother plagued by coughing got an answer in a matter of ... Read More

Global tuberculosis diagnoses rise to a record, but deaths fall, World Health Organization reports

NEW YORK – The number of people diagnosed with tuberculosis worldwide rose again last year, eclipsing 2023's record total, World Health Organization officials said Wednesday. About 8.3 million people ... Read More