Three patients at Narva Hospital may have been exposed to tuberculosis (TB) through contaminated medical equipment, prompting ...

Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen's survival when it's exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be targets for new therapies ...

Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are ...

Study by MIT and others identifies genes essential for tuberculosis bacterium’s survival during airborne transmission.

Pathogen’s perspective Tuberculosis is a respiratory disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacterium that most commonly affects the lungs and is transmitted through droplets that an ...

African giant pouched rats like Carolina prevented nearly 400,000 new cases of a deadly disease. It's possible because of ...

Tuberculosis bacteria rely on a family of genes that help them survive the challenging journey from one person's lungs to another person's during coughing, sneezing or talking, according to ...