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 ...

Presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) as acute pneumonia in severely-malnourished and HIV-positive children has received very little attention, although this is very important in the management ...

New findings also indicate that children who live in settings with a high burden of TB have a consistently high annual risk of developing TB infection throughout childhood. An estimated 1.2 million ...

A new study projects that US funding cuts to global health aid will have a catastrophic effect on pediatric TB, with children ...

Despite global efforts, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children is rising at an alarming rate, with younger children at the highest risk of mortality—urgent action is needed to reverse the trend.

ABOUT THE DISEASE AND HOW IT’S TRANSMITTED. NEW HAMPSHIRE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY ALL CHILDREN AND STAFF AT AN UNNAMED DAYCARE IN MANCHESTER WERE EXPOSED TO A PERSON WITH ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS BETWEEN ...

Children born in the United States are 6 times more likely to have tuberculosis (TB) if at least 1 parent was born abroad, according to a study published online February 10 in Pediatrics. The finding ...

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 ...

Cuts to US health aid could cause 2.5 million more child TB cases and 340,000 deaths in low- and middle-income countries by ...

Children and staff at a Manchester child care facility were exposed to an individual with tuberculosis over a five-month period, according to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human ...

Tuberculosis. It’s an old disease, but it’s far from gone. And now it’s showing up more in a group we should all care deeply about: children. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported a rise in ...

A new study has assessed TB infection and active TB disease during children's first decade of life in high-burden settings. The new results found that there was a consistently high rate of annual TB ...