On March 24, 1882, a German physician and researcher, Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (1814-1910), announced the discovery of ...

Check the World TB Day 2025 theme its history and why it matters Understand the risk factors of tuberculosis and how you can ...

March 24th marks World Tuberculosis Day, commemorating the day in 1882 when Dr . Robert Koch announced the discovery of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacillus .

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

As of early 2025, tuberculosis cases are increasing in the U.S. This disease, often shortened to TB, causes significant lung damage and, if not treated, is almost always lethal.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.