Study finds many TB cases may have gone undetected in prisons in Europe and the Americas during COVID-19
A new study found that reported diagnoses of tuberculosis were consistently lower than expected throughout the pandemic, even ...
Medscape5d
Europe Grapples With Rising Childhood TB Amid Funding Uncertainty
Pediatric TB cases are rising across Europe and Central Asia, indicating ongoing transmission and raising concern around ...
Healthline5d
WHO Warns of Rising Tuberculosis Cases Amid Cuts to Funding From US
The WHO reports that tuberculosis cases in children are rising globally. Experts say a rise in TB cases in Europe could mean ...
WHO's Hans Kluge warns: Tuberculosis surge in Europe is a choice, not destiny
Kluge states: "The elimination of tuberculosis is not a dream, it is a choice. Unfortunately, the current burden of ...
EurekAlert!1d
Many TB cases may have gone undetected in prisons in Europe and the Americas during COVID-19
A new study published in The Lancet Public Health found that tuberculosis diagnoses plummeted as much as 100 percent in Central and North America in 2021, and nearly 87 percent in Western Europe in ...
Tuberculosis is the world’s top infectious killer. Aid groups say Trump’s funding freezes will cause more deaths
Doctors and aid workers warn that the freeze to USAID-funded TB programs is likely to cause thousands of unnecessary deaths ...
Euro Weekly News4d
Tuberculosis making a comeback in Spain
It’s back. Spain is witnessing a worrying uptick in cases of tuberculosis, a disease once dubbed the ‘white plague’ that ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists6d
We’re back: How tuberculosis is set to surge globally once again
On January 24th, 2025, the Trump administration announced a freeze on all foreign aid funding for 90 days, during which time the administration would evaluate which foreign aid contracts were in the ...