Tuberculosis

5-20-2019It’s time to strengthen our efforts to test and treat latent TB infection, especially among people living with HIV.

3-7-2019In Latin America, people with HIV diagnosed with TB were about twice as likely to die in 10 years as people not initially diagnosed with TB.

11-27-2018A CDC-sponsored special issue of the American Journal of Public Health  presents emerging and best-available methods, metrics, and indicators for moni…

7-25-2018To discuss news about the global response to HIV coming out of the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) today, we spoke with Hank Tomlinson, PhD, Dire…

7-12-2018The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated recommendations for use of once-weekly isoniazid-rifapentine for 12 weeks (3HP) for treatm…

3-23-2018On World Tuberculosis Day 2018, we find ourselves at a critical moment in the global fight against this curable and preventable infectious disease. We can find,…

3-6-2018Advances in HIV research are being shared this week at the 2018 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston, and HIV.gov is here sh…

3-5-2018A one-month antibiotic regimen to prevent active tuberculosis (TB) disease was at least as safe and effective as the standard nine-month therapy for people livi…

2-8-2018Under the leadership of President Donald Trump, and thanks to the generosity of the American people, 13 high-HIV-burden countries are now poised to achieve epid…

5-20-2017HIV is a virus that can multiply quickly and damage the body’s immune system, making it hard to fight off infections and cancers. While no cure exists for HIV…