Sputum quality does not affect Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra accuracy for tuberculosis diagnosis in multi-country study
Does sputum quality matter for TB testing? A global study suggests maybe not
An observational study of 1855 people with presumptive TB across 7 countries found Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra positivity was not independently asso…
A global study finds that sputum quality doesn't significantly affect the accuracy of a common TB test, with high sensitivity and specificit…
Updated recommendations issued for tuberculosis prevention, control, and elimination
Health officials release updated recommendations for tuberculosis prevention and control
A public health program has released updated recommendations for tuberculosis prevention, control, and elimination.
Health officials released updated recommendations to guide tuberculosis prevention and control efforts.
Report describes tuberculosis-related practices among US health care providers
Report examines tuberculosis-related practices among U.S. health care providers
A non-research report describes tuberculosis-related practices among health care providers in the United States.
A new report describes tuberculosis-related practices among health care providers in the United States.
Report describes tuberculosis cases among incarcerated individuals in Washington state
Washington state prisons report tuberculosis cases among incarcerated people
A report describes tuberculosis cases among people incarcerated in Washington state.
Washington state prisons have reported tuberculosis cases among incarcerated people, confirming the disease is present in this setting.
Same-day ART initiation non-inferior to waiting for TB results for viral suppression in people with HIV
Study finds same-day HIV treatment works as well as waiting for tuberculosis test results
A randomized non-inferiority trial in 590 people with HIV and TB symptoms in Lesotho and Malawi found same-day ART initiation was non-inferi…
People with HIV and tuberculosis symptoms get their virus controlled just as well when starting treatment the same day as waiting for test r…
Protocol describes pediatric TB diagnostic study evaluating non-sputum assays in Kenyan children
Researchers plan study to test new tuberculosis tests for children in Kenya
This protocol outlines a prospective observational cohort study (PDTBDx) that will enroll >400 children <15 years with TB symptoms in Nairob…
New tuberculosis tests for children in Kenya do not require coughing to help diagnose the disease and track treatment response up to two yea…
PEPFAR programs show trends in TB preventive treatment initiation and completion among people with HIV
Are more people with HIV getting protection from tuberculosis?
A report describes trends in tuberculosis preventive treatment initiation and completion among people with HIV across PEPFAR-supported progr…
A new report tracks preventive TB treatment trends for people with HIV across 36 countries, highlighting the importance of monitoring this l…
U.S. tuberculosis incidence data reported for 2021 in observational analysis
What happened to tuberculosis rates in the US during the pandemic?
An observational report described tuberculosis incidence in the United States population for 2021.
A new report checks tuberculosis cases across the entire United States population for the year 2021.
Global TB remains leading infectious disease killer, especially deadly for persons with HIV
What's the world's deadliest single infectious disease? It's still tuberculosis
An epidemiological report on global tuberculosis trends indicates TB is the leading cause of death from a single infectious disease worldwid…
Tuberculosis remains the world's deadliest single infectious disease, claiming more lives than malaria or HIV/AIDS, especially for people li…
Progress toward tuberculosis elimination in the United States has slowed
Why is progress against tuberculosis slowing down in the United States?
A report on tuberculosis elimination in the United States indicates that progress has slowed.
Progress toward eliminating tuberculosis in the United States has slowed, signaling that current efforts are no longer moving fast enough to…
Global report assesses progress toward tuberculosis incidence reduction targets
Global health report examines progress toward tuberculosis reduction targets
A worldwide epidemiological report evaluated progress toward global tuberculosis incidence reduction targets.
A global health report tracks worldwide progress toward reducing tuberculosis cases and meeting international reduction targets.
Report describes changes in tuberculosis incidence across the United States population
Report examines tuberculosis incidence trends across the United States
A report describes changes in tuberculosis incidence in the United States population.
A new report describes changes in tuberculosis incidence across the United States, but the main results were not shared with readers.