Immunity to COVID-19 May Be Boosted by Measles, Tuberculosis, Polio Vaccines

Medicine & Technology May 19, 2021

A recent analysis showed LAVs or live-attenuated vaccines like those injected for measles, tuberculosis and polio may be potential for immunity to COVID-19.

Gene Variant Evolution: How People Become Vulnerable to Tuberculosis

Mar 04, 2021

Scientists revealed how the evolution of a gene variant makes humans susceptible to tuberculosis. They were able to track the rise and fall of the illness for the past thousands of years.

New Study on Skeletons Reveal How Humans Adapt to Pandemics

Feb 26, 2021

A new skeleton study traces back to ancient pandemics - examining how humans have adapted to adapt against pathogens that have caused diseases such as leprosy, tuberculosis, and treponematoses - as a part of the global effort to understand COVID-19 better.

Scientists Are Working to Link Tuberculosis Vaccines and COVID-19

Jul 11, 2020

Tuberculosis vaccines may help reduce vulnerability to coronavirus and decrease mortality rates as well. Scientists are working on establishing a link between the Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine and Covid-19.

Emergent Nations to Experience 100K+ Tuberculosis Deaths Amid COVID-19 if Health Services Remain Futile: Study

Jun 25, 2020

In a new study, researchers find that the COVID-19 pandemic could naturally increase the global burden of tuberculosis due to delays in diagnosis, treatment, and interruptions to health services. They estimate about 110,000 additional deaths from TB in China, India, and South Africa over the next five years.

Tuberculosis Eradication by 2045

Mar 23, 2019

Experts have declared that they are looking at the eradication of the dreaded Tuberculosis by year 2045. Nobody has to die of it again.

Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Resurfaces:Threat To Humankind

Apr 18, 2017

The vaccine has been very effective in various diseases, however, the rate of infections it prevents are still increasing and continues to resurface as time passes by.

Anti-Tuberculosis Compound Found In Soil

Mar 02, 2017

Tuberculosis (TB) has been one of the leading causes of deaths worldwide. A new research finds the natural compunds found in soil useful in fighting the deadly disease.

Tuberculosis Elimination By 2035 In Peril After Research Funding Crashes

Nov 29, 2015

Treatment Action Group states that the financial situation of tuberculosis research is crashing down year-by-year.

Tuberculosis Kills Thousands Daily

Oct 30, 2015

Tuberculosis, declared as a curable and treatable infection, is killing an "unacceptably high" number of individuals per day close at hand with HIV/AIDS according to the World Health Organization's report last Wednesday.

Diabetes and Tuberculosis: When One Leads to the Other

Oct 29, 2014

Experts sound alarm as diabetes increases cases of TB.

(Editorial) Tuberculosis: Reports, Projections, and Aspirations

Oct 23, 2014

Can tuberculosis be fully eradicated considering the still high number of TB cases in recent years?