Undetected Tuberculosis Crisis Plagues Europe; WHO Rolls Out New Diagnostic Tools 24/03/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Widespread undetected tuberculosis is leaving one in five patients across the European region without crucial care, as health services fail to identify a vast number of infections. This critical diagnostic gap was highlighted in a joint surveillance report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and […] Continue reading -> Aid Cuts Jeopardise 2024’s Slight Global Progress Against Tuberculosis 12/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Last year, the global battle to reduce tuberculosis infections and deaths showed small signs of recovery following three disruptive COVID-19 years – but this year’s precipitous drop in development aid is likely to cause new setbacks, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). TB killed 1.23 million people in 2024 and made 10.7 million people […] Continue reading -> Collaboration Enabled South Africa’s Success in Tackling Tuberculosis – But Funding Cuts Threaten Progress 07/08/2025 Kerry Cullinan Close collaboration between researchers and community groups has been key to South Africa more than halving the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in the past decade, according to researchers and community activists. Women researchers and advocates have been at the heart of the country’s fight against TB, and several South African scientists have also led global […] Continue reading -> Promising Phase 3 Trial of Tuberculosis Vaccine is Running Ahead of Schedule 21/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan A Phase 3 trial for the tuberculosis vaccine known as M72/AS01E is running a year ahead of schedule and has already recruited 90% of the 20,000 people it needs, according to Dr Alemnew Dagnew, who leads its clinical development. The vaccine aims to prevent adolescents and adults already infected with latent TB from developing pulmonary […] Continue reading -> Huge Risk of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Wake of Abrupt US Funding Cuts 06/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Years of progress against tuberculosis, the world’s most deadliest infectious disease are being derailed by the abrupt funding cuts by the United States to the sector, according to a survey of 180 affected organisations released late Wednesday. As many as a quarter of the 180 survey respondents from 31 countries have had to close in […] Continue reading -> Tuberculosis Advocates Push for Cheaper Tests 12/11/2024 Disha Shetty Dozens of tuberculosis (TB) activists took to the stage during the opening of the annual World Conference on Lung Health in Bali, Indonesia, to demand that the price of GeneXpert tests to detect TB is slashed to $5 in low- and middle-income countries. Medical test maker Cepheid and its parent corporation Danaher were asked […] Continue reading -> It’s Time to Stop the World’s Oldest Pandemic: We Need a New Tuberculosis Vaccine 12/11/2024 Shelly Malhotra & Mike Frick This week, experts and policymakers are convening at the Union’s World Conference on Lung Health to discuss tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest and most neglected infectious disease. Since the turn of the 20th century, over one billion people have died from TB – a death toll greater than that from malaria, smallpox, HIV/AIDS, cholera, plague […] Continue reading -> WHO Report Reveals Tuberculosis as 2023’s Deadliest Infectious Disease 29/10/2024 Maayan Hoffman Shaka Brown was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in November 2023. “I was dropped off at the emergency room in Miami, Florida,” he recalled. “In September, I thought I’d caught the flu, but after weeks of night sweats, fainting spells, and losing my hearing in my left ear—and over 50 pounds—I knew something was wrong.” Brown […] Continue reading -> New Technology Enables Philippines to Bring Tuberculosis Diagnosis Closer to People 25/03/2024 James Cruz A woman walks to an open tent and stands before a “camera” on a tripod, with a green curtain serving as her backdrop. “One, two, three…hold still…deep breath,” instructs the man in a black vest, speaking in Filipino, then presses the shutter. Within five minutes, the photo is ready. But this is no ordinary snapshot […] Continue reading -> Tuberculosis and Inequality: How Race, Caste, and Class Impact Access to Medicines 16/12/2023 Maayan Hoffman The elimination of tuberculosis cannot be achieved if medicines are locked in a “patent panoply,” according to Indian author and journalist Vidya Kishnan. Speaking to Garry Aslanyan on the most recent episode of Dialogues, a new series from the Global Health Matters podcast, the author of “Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History” said that “everything […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Aid Cuts Jeopardise 2024’s Slight Global Progress Against Tuberculosis 12/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Last year, the global battle to reduce tuberculosis infections and deaths showed small signs of recovery following three disruptive COVID-19 years – but this year’s precipitous drop in development aid is likely to cause new setbacks, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). TB killed 1.23 million people in 2024 and made 10.7 million people […] Continue reading -> Collaboration Enabled South Africa’s Success in Tackling Tuberculosis – But Funding Cuts Threaten Progress 07/08/2025 Kerry Cullinan Close collaboration between researchers and community groups has been key to South Africa more than halving the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in the past decade, according to researchers and community activists. Women researchers and advocates have been at the heart of the country’s fight against TB, and several South African scientists have also led global […] Continue reading -> Promising Phase 3 Trial of Tuberculosis Vaccine is Running Ahead of Schedule 21/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan A Phase 3 trial for the tuberculosis vaccine known as M72/AS01E is running a year ahead of schedule and has already recruited 90% of the 20,000 people it needs, according to Dr Alemnew Dagnew, who leads its clinical development. The vaccine aims to prevent adolescents and adults already infected with latent TB from developing pulmonary […] Continue reading -> Huge Risk of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Wake of Abrupt US Funding Cuts 06/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Years of progress against tuberculosis, the world’s most deadliest infectious disease are being derailed by the abrupt funding cuts by the United States to the sector, according to a survey of 180 affected organisations released late Wednesday. As many as a quarter of the 180 survey respondents from 31 countries have had to close in […] Continue reading -> Tuberculosis Advocates Push for Cheaper Tests 12/11/2024 Disha Shetty Dozens of tuberculosis (TB) activists took to the stage during the opening of the annual World Conference on Lung Health in Bali, Indonesia, to demand that the price of GeneXpert tests to detect TB is slashed to $5 in low- and middle-income countries. Medical test maker Cepheid and its parent corporation Danaher were asked […] Continue reading -> It’s Time to Stop the World’s Oldest Pandemic: We Need a New Tuberculosis Vaccine 12/11/2024 Shelly Malhotra & Mike Frick This week, experts and policymakers are convening at the Union’s World Conference on Lung Health to discuss tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest and most neglected infectious disease. Since the turn of the 20th century, over one billion people have died from TB – a death toll greater than that from malaria, smallpox, HIV/AIDS, cholera, plague […] Continue reading -> WHO Report Reveals Tuberculosis as 2023’s Deadliest Infectious Disease 29/10/2024 Maayan Hoffman Shaka Brown was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in November 2023. “I was dropped off at the emergency room in Miami, Florida,” he recalled. “In September, I thought I’d caught the flu, but after weeks of night sweats, fainting spells, and losing my hearing in my left ear—and over 50 pounds—I knew something was wrong.” Brown […] Continue reading -> New Technology Enables Philippines to Bring Tuberculosis Diagnosis Closer to People 25/03/2024 James Cruz A woman walks to an open tent and stands before a “camera” on a tripod, with a green curtain serving as her backdrop. “One, two, three…hold still…deep breath,” instructs the man in a black vest, speaking in Filipino, then presses the shutter. Within five minutes, the photo is ready. But this is no ordinary snapshot […] Continue reading -> Tuberculosis and Inequality: How Race, Caste, and Class Impact Access to Medicines 16/12/2023 Maayan Hoffman The elimination of tuberculosis cannot be achieved if medicines are locked in a “patent panoply,” according to Indian author and journalist Vidya Kishnan. Speaking to Garry Aslanyan on the most recent episode of Dialogues, a new series from the Global Health Matters podcast, the author of “Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History” said that “everything […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Collaboration Enabled South Africa’s Success in Tackling Tuberculosis – But Funding Cuts Threaten Progress 07/08/2025 Kerry Cullinan Close collaboration between researchers and community groups has been key to South Africa more than halving the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in the past decade, according to researchers and community activists. Women researchers and advocates have been at the heart of the country’s fight against TB, and several South African scientists have also led global […] Continue reading -> Promising Phase 3 Trial of Tuberculosis Vaccine is Running Ahead of Schedule 21/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan A Phase 3 trial for the tuberculosis vaccine known as M72/AS01E is running a year ahead of schedule and has already recruited 90% of the 20,000 people it needs, according to Dr Alemnew Dagnew, who leads its clinical development. The vaccine aims to prevent adolescents and adults already infected with latent TB from developing pulmonary […] Continue reading -> Huge Risk of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Wake of Abrupt US Funding Cuts 06/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Years of progress against tuberculosis, the world’s most deadliest infectious disease are being derailed by the abrupt funding cuts by the United States to the sector, according to a survey of 180 affected organisations released late Wednesday. As many as a quarter of the 180 survey respondents from 31 countries have had to close in […] Continue reading -> Tuberculosis Advocates Push for Cheaper Tests 12/11/2024 Disha Shetty Dozens of tuberculosis (TB) activists took to the stage during the opening of the annual World Conference on Lung Health in Bali, Indonesia, to demand that the price of GeneXpert tests to detect TB is slashed to $5 in low- and middle-income countries. Medical test maker Cepheid and its parent corporation Danaher were asked […] Continue reading -> It’s Time to Stop the World’s Oldest Pandemic: We Need a New Tuberculosis Vaccine 12/11/2024 Shelly Malhotra & Mike Frick This week, experts and policymakers are convening at the Union’s World Conference on Lung Health to discuss tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest and most neglected infectious disease. Since the turn of the 20th century, over one billion people have died from TB – a death toll greater than that from malaria, smallpox, HIV/AIDS, cholera, plague […] Continue reading -> WHO Report Reveals Tuberculosis as 2023’s Deadliest Infectious Disease 29/10/2024 Maayan Hoffman Shaka Brown was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in November 2023. “I was dropped off at the emergency room in Miami, Florida,” he recalled. “In September, I thought I’d caught the flu, but after weeks of night sweats, fainting spells, and losing my hearing in my left ear—and over 50 pounds—I knew something was wrong.” Brown […] Continue reading -> New Technology Enables Philippines to Bring Tuberculosis Diagnosis Closer to People 25/03/2024 James Cruz A woman walks to an open tent and stands before a “camera” on a tripod, with a green curtain serving as her backdrop. “One, two, three…hold still…deep breath,” instructs the man in a black vest, speaking in Filipino, then presses the shutter. Within five minutes, the photo is ready. But this is no ordinary snapshot […] Continue reading -> Tuberculosis and Inequality: How Race, Caste, and Class Impact Access to Medicines 16/12/2023 Maayan Hoffman The elimination of tuberculosis cannot be achieved if medicines are locked in a “patent panoply,” according to Indian author and journalist Vidya Kishnan. Speaking to Garry Aslanyan on the most recent episode of Dialogues, a new series from the Global Health Matters podcast, the author of “Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History” said that “everything […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Promising Phase 3 Trial of Tuberculosis Vaccine is Running Ahead of Schedule 21/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan A Phase 3 trial for the tuberculosis vaccine known as M72/AS01E is running a year ahead of schedule and has already recruited 90% of the 20,000 people it needs, according to Dr Alemnew Dagnew, who leads its clinical development. The vaccine aims to prevent adolescents and adults already infected with latent TB from developing pulmonary […] Continue reading -> Huge Risk of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Wake of Abrupt US Funding Cuts 06/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Years of progress against tuberculosis, the world’s most deadliest infectious disease are being derailed by the abrupt funding cuts by the United States to the sector, according to a survey of 180 affected organisations released late Wednesday. As many as a quarter of the 180 survey respondents from 31 countries have had to close in […] Continue reading -> Tuberculosis Advocates Push for Cheaper Tests 12/11/2024 Disha Shetty Dozens of tuberculosis (TB) activists took to the stage during the opening of the annual World Conference on Lung Health in Bali, Indonesia, to demand that the price of GeneXpert tests to detect TB is slashed to $5 in low- and middle-income countries. Medical test maker Cepheid and its parent corporation Danaher were asked […] Continue reading -> It’s Time to Stop the World’s Oldest Pandemic: We Need a New Tuberculosis Vaccine 12/11/2024 Shelly Malhotra & Mike Frick This week, experts and policymakers are convening at the Union’s World Conference on Lung Health to discuss tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest and most neglected infectious disease. Since the turn of the 20th century, over one billion people have died from TB – a death toll greater than that from malaria, smallpox, HIV/AIDS, cholera, plague […] Continue reading -> WHO Report Reveals Tuberculosis as 2023’s Deadliest Infectious Disease 29/10/2024 Maayan Hoffman Shaka Brown was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in November 2023. “I was dropped off at the emergency room in Miami, Florida,” he recalled. “In September, I thought I’d caught the flu, but after weeks of night sweats, fainting spells, and losing my hearing in my left ear—and over 50 pounds—I knew something was wrong.” Brown […] Continue reading -> New Technology Enables Philippines to Bring Tuberculosis Diagnosis Closer to People 25/03/2024 James Cruz A woman walks to an open tent and stands before a “camera” on a tripod, with a green curtain serving as her backdrop. “One, two, three…hold still…deep breath,” instructs the man in a black vest, speaking in Filipino, then presses the shutter. Within five minutes, the photo is ready. But this is no ordinary snapshot […] Continue reading -> Tuberculosis and Inequality: How Race, Caste, and Class Impact Access to Medicines 16/12/2023 Maayan Hoffman The elimination of tuberculosis cannot be achieved if medicines are locked in a “patent panoply,” according to Indian author and journalist Vidya Kishnan. Speaking to Garry Aslanyan on the most recent episode of Dialogues, a new series from the Global Health Matters podcast, the author of “Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History” said that “everything […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Huge Risk of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Wake of Abrupt US Funding Cuts 06/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Years of progress against tuberculosis, the world’s most deadliest infectious disease are being derailed by the abrupt funding cuts by the United States to the sector, according to a survey of 180 affected organisations released late Wednesday. As many as a quarter of the 180 survey respondents from 31 countries have had to close in […] Continue reading -> Tuberculosis Advocates Push for Cheaper Tests 12/11/2024 Disha Shetty Dozens of tuberculosis (TB) activists took to the stage during the opening of the annual World Conference on Lung Health in Bali, Indonesia, to demand that the price of GeneXpert tests to detect TB is slashed to $5 in low- and middle-income countries. Medical test maker Cepheid and its parent corporation Danaher were asked […] Continue reading -> It’s Time to Stop the World’s Oldest Pandemic: We Need a New Tuberculosis Vaccine 12/11/2024 Shelly Malhotra & Mike Frick This week, experts and policymakers are convening at the Union’s World Conference on Lung Health to discuss tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest and most neglected infectious disease. Since the turn of the 20th century, over one billion people have died from TB – a death toll greater than that from malaria, smallpox, HIV/AIDS, cholera, plague […] Continue reading -> WHO Report Reveals Tuberculosis as 2023’s Deadliest Infectious Disease 29/10/2024 Maayan Hoffman Shaka Brown was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in November 2023. “I was dropped off at the emergency room in Miami, Florida,” he recalled. “In September, I thought I’d caught the flu, but after weeks of night sweats, fainting spells, and losing my hearing in my left ear—and over 50 pounds—I knew something was wrong.” Brown […] Continue reading -> New Technology Enables Philippines to Bring Tuberculosis Diagnosis Closer to People 25/03/2024 James Cruz A woman walks to an open tent and stands before a “camera” on a tripod, with a green curtain serving as her backdrop. “One, two, three…hold still…deep breath,” instructs the man in a black vest, speaking in Filipino, then presses the shutter. Within five minutes, the photo is ready. But this is no ordinary snapshot […] Continue reading -> Tuberculosis and Inequality: How Race, Caste, and Class Impact Access to Medicines 16/12/2023 Maayan Hoffman The elimination of tuberculosis cannot be achieved if medicines are locked in a “patent panoply,” according to Indian author and journalist Vidya Kishnan. Speaking to Garry Aslanyan on the most recent episode of Dialogues, a new series from the Global Health Matters podcast, the author of “Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History” said that “everything […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Tuberculosis Advocates Push for Cheaper Tests 12/11/2024 Disha Shetty Dozens of tuberculosis (TB) activists took to the stage during the opening of the annual World Conference on Lung Health in Bali, Indonesia, to demand that the price of GeneXpert tests to detect TB is slashed to $5 in low- and middle-income countries. Medical test maker Cepheid and its parent corporation Danaher were asked […] Continue reading -> It’s Time to Stop the World’s Oldest Pandemic: We Need a New Tuberculosis Vaccine 12/11/2024 Shelly Malhotra & Mike Frick This week, experts and policymakers are convening at the Union’s World Conference on Lung Health to discuss tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest and most neglected infectious disease. Since the turn of the 20th century, over one billion people have died from TB – a death toll greater than that from malaria, smallpox, HIV/AIDS, cholera, plague […] Continue reading -> WHO Report Reveals Tuberculosis as 2023’s Deadliest Infectious Disease 29/10/2024 Maayan Hoffman Shaka Brown was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in November 2023. “I was dropped off at the emergency room in Miami, Florida,” he recalled. “In September, I thought I’d caught the flu, but after weeks of night sweats, fainting spells, and losing my hearing in my left ear—and over 50 pounds—I knew something was wrong.” Brown […] Continue reading -> New Technology Enables Philippines to Bring Tuberculosis Diagnosis Closer to People 25/03/2024 James Cruz A woman walks to an open tent and stands before a “camera” on a tripod, with a green curtain serving as her backdrop. “One, two, three…hold still…deep breath,” instructs the man in a black vest, speaking in Filipino, then presses the shutter. Within five minutes, the photo is ready. But this is no ordinary snapshot […] Continue reading -> Tuberculosis and Inequality: How Race, Caste, and Class Impact Access to Medicines 16/12/2023 Maayan Hoffman The elimination of tuberculosis cannot be achieved if medicines are locked in a “patent panoply,” according to Indian author and journalist Vidya Kishnan. Speaking to Garry Aslanyan on the most recent episode of Dialogues, a new series from the Global Health Matters podcast, the author of “Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History” said that “everything […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
It’s Time to Stop the World’s Oldest Pandemic: We Need a New Tuberculosis Vaccine 12/11/2024 Shelly Malhotra & Mike Frick This week, experts and policymakers are convening at the Union’s World Conference on Lung Health to discuss tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest and most neglected infectious disease. Since the turn of the 20th century, over one billion people have died from TB – a death toll greater than that from malaria, smallpox, HIV/AIDS, cholera, plague […] Continue reading -> WHO Report Reveals Tuberculosis as 2023’s Deadliest Infectious Disease 29/10/2024 Maayan Hoffman Shaka Brown was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in November 2023. “I was dropped off at the emergency room in Miami, Florida,” he recalled. “In September, I thought I’d caught the flu, but after weeks of night sweats, fainting spells, and losing my hearing in my left ear—and over 50 pounds—I knew something was wrong.” Brown […] Continue reading -> New Technology Enables Philippines to Bring Tuberculosis Diagnosis Closer to People 25/03/2024 James Cruz A woman walks to an open tent and stands before a “camera” on a tripod, with a green curtain serving as her backdrop. “One, two, three…hold still…deep breath,” instructs the man in a black vest, speaking in Filipino, then presses the shutter. Within five minutes, the photo is ready. But this is no ordinary snapshot […] Continue reading -> Tuberculosis and Inequality: How Race, Caste, and Class Impact Access to Medicines 16/12/2023 Maayan Hoffman The elimination of tuberculosis cannot be achieved if medicines are locked in a “patent panoply,” according to Indian author and journalist Vidya Kishnan. Speaking to Garry Aslanyan on the most recent episode of Dialogues, a new series from the Global Health Matters podcast, the author of “Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History” said that “everything […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
WHO Report Reveals Tuberculosis as 2023’s Deadliest Infectious Disease 29/10/2024 Maayan Hoffman Shaka Brown was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in November 2023. “I was dropped off at the emergency room in Miami, Florida,” he recalled. “In September, I thought I’d caught the flu, but after weeks of night sweats, fainting spells, and losing my hearing in my left ear—and over 50 pounds—I knew something was wrong.” Brown […] Continue reading -> New Technology Enables Philippines to Bring Tuberculosis Diagnosis Closer to People 25/03/2024 James Cruz A woman walks to an open tent and stands before a “camera” on a tripod, with a green curtain serving as her backdrop. “One, two, three…hold still…deep breath,” instructs the man in a black vest, speaking in Filipino, then presses the shutter. Within five minutes, the photo is ready. But this is no ordinary snapshot […] Continue reading -> Tuberculosis and Inequality: How Race, Caste, and Class Impact Access to Medicines 16/12/2023 Maayan Hoffman The elimination of tuberculosis cannot be achieved if medicines are locked in a “patent panoply,” according to Indian author and journalist Vidya Kishnan. Speaking to Garry Aslanyan on the most recent episode of Dialogues, a new series from the Global Health Matters podcast, the author of “Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History” said that “everything […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
New Technology Enables Philippines to Bring Tuberculosis Diagnosis Closer to People 25/03/2024 James Cruz A woman walks to an open tent and stands before a “camera” on a tripod, with a green curtain serving as her backdrop. “One, two, three…hold still…deep breath,” instructs the man in a black vest, speaking in Filipino, then presses the shutter. Within five minutes, the photo is ready. But this is no ordinary snapshot […] Continue reading -> Tuberculosis and Inequality: How Race, Caste, and Class Impact Access to Medicines 16/12/2023 Maayan Hoffman The elimination of tuberculosis cannot be achieved if medicines are locked in a “patent panoply,” according to Indian author and journalist Vidya Kishnan. Speaking to Garry Aslanyan on the most recent episode of Dialogues, a new series from the Global Health Matters podcast, the author of “Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History” said that “everything […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Tuberculosis and Inequality: How Race, Caste, and Class Impact Access to Medicines 16/12/2023 Maayan Hoffman The elimination of tuberculosis cannot be achieved if medicines are locked in a “patent panoply,” according to Indian author and journalist Vidya Kishnan. Speaking to Garry Aslanyan on the most recent episode of Dialogues, a new series from the Global Health Matters podcast, the author of “Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History” said that “everything […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts