LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than half a million children who fall ill with tuberculosis each year are at risk of dying because of a lack of child-friendly treatments, experts said.

Children with HIV on dolutegravir (Tivicay)-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) can safely receive the standard prophylactic ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study conducted in South Africa suggests there is an association between passive smoking and increased risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children living in ...

The non-profit research and development organization Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has released results of a study in South Africa that will make it easier for healthcare workers to ...

TB alliance group and Unit Aid organizations announced the new fruit flavored drugs for children who are suffering from Tuberculosis (TB). The organizations recently announced that strawberry and ...

Children under 15 account for 4.3% of all new and relapsed tuberculosis (TB) cases in the WHO European Region, which includes Europe and Central Asia, compared with 3.9% in 2022, a 10% increase. The ...

GRAND FORKS - A student at Winship Elementary School in Grand Forks has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, state and local officials said today. Officials say this new case is a child connected to the ...

More children are likely to survive tuberculosis, the leading infectious disease killer, after Kenya introduces child-friendly medicines on Oct. 1 - the first country in the world to do so. Some ...

WHEN Tilly Rose tucked into a bowl of cereal aged five, no one could predict what was to come. Her innocent breakfast would ...