Category: TB
Johns Hopkins Team Develops Therapeutic, Nasally Delivered DNA Vaccine for Tuberculosis
Newswise In a paper published today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, a research team at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health reports developing a therapeutic intranasal (nose-delivered) DNA vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) that fuses two genes with the goal of directing the immune system to fight drug-tolerant bacterial “persisters” […]
Apr 1, 2026
Phase III TB vaccines and MDR-TB treatments
Clinical Trials Arena GlobalData epidemiologists project TB cases across the 16 major markets to reach 4.5 million by 2033. It has been several years since a new tuberculosis (TB) drug advanced into Phase III trials, but momentum in the field is now picking up, with a vaccine and two novel treatments progressing through late-stage studies. […]
Mar 25, 2026
TB: After Hopes Of Eradication, The World’s Deadliest Infection Is Creeping Back In The US With A Vengeance
IFL Science Cases have been slowly rising in the US, the UK, and much of the world since 2021. The world’s top infectious killer, tuberculosis (TB), has plagued humans for thousands of years, and it isn’t going anywhere just yet. Since being scientifically identified in 1882, the disease has killed over 1 billion people – […]
Mar 25, 2026
Washington State: High School confirms active tuberculosis case, 130 people possibly exposed
KOMO News More than 100 people associated with Rainier Beach High School are being tested for Tuberculosis (TB) after one person was diagnosed and is now getting treatment for the serious, airborne disease. As a precaution, Public Health is recommending that about 130 people associated with the south Seattle school be evaluated, based on the amount of […]
Feb 25, 2026
California: TB outbreak at private highschool
SF Chronicle The San Francisco Department of Public Health said Tuesday that it has identified three active cases of tuberculosis at Archbishop Riordan High School since November. Health officials did not disclose whether the three people were students, teachers, staff members or other members of the school community. The department and school leadership have implemented a coordinated […]
Jan 28, 2026
New Antibiotic Stokes Hope for Still Lethal TB in Study
Bloomberg Thuto Pulane had just wrapped up a promising internship in marketing when she lost 13 kilos over two months and started coughing up green phlegm. She grew weaker and decided to visit a nearby clinic to get help after returning home from a family trip. Turns out Pulane had the world’s deadliest curable infectious […]
Nov 19, 2025
Five things to know about tuberculosis as it surfaces in Maine and North Carolina. Who is at risk?
Northeastern News One of the world’s most deadly infectious diseases, tuberculosis requires months of treatment. Tuberculosis, one of the world’s most deadly infectious diseases, has been reported in a handful of cases in Maine, North Carolina and California in recent weeks. Less transmissible than other respiratory illnesses such as the flu and COVID-19, tuberculosis is curable with up to nine […]
Sep 10, 2025
Tuberculosis Is Back in the Spotlight. Does the U.S. Even Care?
MedPage Today This is a column about tuberculosis (TB), the world’s single, most deadly-yet-curable infection that killed one in seven Americansopens in a new tab or window as recently as the 1880s. That said, it was not until 8 decades later that patients who received long courses of treatment were reliably cured. And even though rich countries […]
Apr 9, 2025
Tuberculosis was once a disease in decline, but a resurgence in cases has health officials puzzled
PBS Newshour An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of early March 2025. To date, 147 people have been reportedly diagnosed with TB in the outbreak, with 67 becoming […]
Mar 25, 2025
Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally
New York Times The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease. Dalvin Modore walked as if there were broken glass beneath his feet, stepping gingerly, his frail shoulders hunched against the anticipation of pain. His trousers […]
Mar 11, 2025