A team of Australian researchers recently found that health officials might be able to more strategically implement control measures for tuberculosis by taking country of birth in local areas into account.

A recent study conducted by Connecticut and Georgia researchers found that the QuantiFERON-TB Gold assay led to fewer false positives for tuberculosis than the tuberculin skin test.

While scientists have made progress to advance the development pipeline for a new tuberculosis vaccine in South Africa, more advances has been stalled by several gaps and challenges.