NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Tuberculosis patients who swallow their anti-tuberculosis pills under the watchful gaze of doctors fare just as well as patients trusted to self-medicate, according to a new analysis. Full story
Biometric systems are used to track people. A researcher from Microsoft is showing they can also help keep tabs on the spread of tuberculosis, and even stop it. Full story
Plucky, ailing Tiny Tim is one of the most enduring characters to come out of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella "A Christmas Carol." But Dickens never explains why Tiny Tim wears leg braces and uses a crutch, nor does he make clear what will kill the young boy if the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge doesn't cha Full story
The World Health Organization says over 2 million people between 2011 and 2015 will contract a form of tuberculosis that is resistant to treatment with many drugs. Full story
A tuberculosis outbreak among workers at a Tennessee elephant sanctuary is being blamed on the pachyderms. Full story
Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it. Full story
An emergency stop button is pictured in the P3 level research laboratory against tuberculosis at the School of Life Sciences of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Ecublens near Lausanne March 17, 2010. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
A man is x-rayed to detect tuberculosis during a medical examination, organized by the Belarusian Red Cross society, in Minsk, January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Belarussian men wait in a queue to get x-rayed to detect tuberculosis during a medical examination, organized by the Belarusian Red Cross society, in Minsk, January 29, 2013. The humanitarian organization assists homeless people while examining their lungs once a year and also helps to survive durin
