Written by Professor Helen Cox, head of Prevention of tuberculosis and other airborne pathogens.Today marks World TB Day, ...

World Tuberculosis Day is observed every year on March 23. This day is observed to raise public awareness about the global ...

As of early 2025, tuberculosis cases are increasing in the U.S. This disease causes significant lung damage and, if not ...

As 2005 marks the 100th anniversary of Robert Koch receiving the Nobel Prize for ... which would be instrumental in his discovery of M. tuberculosis. Working outside the university system, Koch ...

As of early 2025, tuberculosis cases are increasing in the U.S. This disease, often shortened to TB, causes significant lung ...

This day’s significance also lies in the discovery of bacterium that causes TB by Dr. Robert Koch in 1882. His discovery opened the way for diagnosing and curing this disease.

More than 100 years ago, the German physician and Nobel Prize winner Robert Koch predicted that “one day mankind will have to fight the burden of noise as fiercely as plague and cholera.” He was right ...

The awe-inspiring size of the experiments performed today — such as studies of entire microbial communities — is the result of a centuries-long path of discovery ... and Robert Koch's attempts ...