Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen's survival when it's exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be targets for new therapies ...

A groundbreaking project to study potential HIV vaccines in several African countries has been derailed by an abrupt cut in funding from the United States government. As a result, several promising ...

Pamela Bjorkman of the California Institute of Technology won the prize for ‘offering new hope in the fight against ...

An American biochemist whose research has helped scientists make inroads on treating coronavirus and HIV has won this year’s ...

Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are ...

Two-year-old Evans was brought to the Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi, Kenya a year ago, suffering from HIV and tuberculosis. With no family to care for him, Evans was referred to the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's foreign aid freeze has upended the supply chain for medical products crucial for fighting diseases including HIV and malaria in some of the world's poorest ...

Children pick anti-retroviral drugs at the Nyumbani Children's Home orphanage that is heavily reliant on foreign donations in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) ...

In a study of nearly 600 people, published in Science on 20 February 1, the tool identified whether participants were healthy or had COVID-19, type 1 diabetes, HIV or the autoimmune disease lupus ...

The case of Urbanorum, a purportedly novel intestinal parasite reported from South America, illustrates the challenges in validating new pathogens. Compelling microscopic images have fostered belief ...

As the WHO stresses, emerging pathogens—newly identified or evolving ... USAID shutdown to affect HIV projects in various Indian pockets. We have earlier argued that the quantum of assistance ...

This has been the case with two standout viruses amongst others: COVID-19 and HIV. Some such pathogens also possess strong immune escape features that have enabled them to deploy mechanisms to thw ...