As young children have an increased risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) disease during the first year after infection, childhood TB serves as an indicator of ongoing transmission within a community.

Amid longstanding debate on the effectiveness of the tuberculosis vaccine, a new study suggests that the vaccine is protective against TB in children under 5, but adolescents and adults in high-burden ...

According to a recent meta-analysis, higher-dose tuberculosis treatment regimens in children, following 2010 World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, were associated with significantly higher rates ...

An international trial exploring the effectiveness of tuberculosis (TB) treatment in children has led to a change in the World Health Organization's global guidelines for managing the disease. A ...

Health officials in Omaha, Nebraska, are wasting no time in testing over 500 infants, toddlers, and children who may have been exposed to an active tuberculosis case at a local daycare. The Douglas ...

Tuberculosis testing for hundreds of children in Omaha began Saturday, after a large group of infants, toddlers and children was potentially exposed to infection through a drop-in day-care program.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officials in Nebraska are testing more than 500 children and staff at an Omaha area YMCA drop-in day care center for possible ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Public health officials are testing more than 500 children and staff members who might have been exposed to tuberculosis at an ...

Since tuberculosis in children is a highly debilitating and severe disease, BCG vaccination should continue to be used." However, since the results show that the vaccine was ineffective in adolescents ...

The notification rate of tuberculosis (TB) went up from 2 to 2.5 per 100,000 population. But overall, numbers of notified paediatric cases remain relatively low across the region. As young children ...