Kala Daniel found himself trapped in awaiting trial for six long months in a Nigerian correctional centre. Initially healthy, Daniel began serious coughing within weeks of his incarceration, only to later learn that he had contracted tuberculosis (TB). “Three weeks in and I started coughing uncontrollably,” Daniel recalls. Despite receiving so...
Tuberculosis remains the world’s leading infectious killer, claiming an estimated 1.23 million lives last year, the UN health organisation said yesterday as it warned that recent gains made against the disease were fragile. Deaths from TB were down three percent from 2023, while cases dropped by nearly two percent, the World Health Organisatio...
A tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City metropolitan area in the US has resulted in multiple illnesses and at least two deaths, as confirmed by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). The outbreak was initially identified in January 2024, with two associated fatalities reported last year, according to Jill Bronaugh, a spokes...
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