The lab's 25 or so full-time employees were put on administrative leave on March 27, forcing it to shut down operations.

However, infectious diseases that were hitherto under control are re-emerging globally and the pathogens of these diseases are highly resistant to known antibiotics.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reinstated more than 400 employees who had previously been laid off, the ...

ABSTRACT Background: Tuberculosis remains a major global health concern and a leading cause of mortality. In Morocco, various forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis are prevalent. This systematic review ...

Global efforts to protect children against diseases including measles, polio and tuberculosis have stalled since 2010, ...

The package of interventions consisting of pre-test and post-test tuberculosis counselling with conditional cash transfers significantly reduced the risk of unsuccessful tuberculosis patient outcomes, ...

Lubbock Public Health is facing potential federal cuts to their budget, including a proposed 50% reduction in CDC funding, as ...

AI accelerates TB drug discovery and treatment monitoring Despite longstanding reliance on sputum smear microscopy, culture methods, and chest X-rays, conventional TB diagnostics remain plagued by ...

New CDC advisers will skip some expected topics and explore a target of antivaccine activists They will take up a longtime target of anti-vaccine groups: the preservative thimerosal in flu vaccines ...

Dr. Fiona Havers, who studied medicine at the University of Washington, says the wholesale dismissal of the CDC's scientific advisers crossed the line for her.