China's largest biotechnology company and a non-profit product developer are teaming up to develop new tuberculosis vaccines.

Indian health officials are describing hard to treat cases of TB as 'extra XDR-TB' amid warnings that the disease is not being managed properly.

Antibiotic resistance may travel though communities via roads, finds a new study conducted in Ecuador.

Growing bacteria emit heat that might provide the quick, cheap TB diagnosis the developing world needs, say scientists.

A urine test for TB may be a boon for developing countries for cheapness and accuracy.

Commercial blood tests for tuberculosis are unreliable and should not be used, says the WHO, calling for more research.

Fevers once misdiagnosed as malaria are now being erroneously treated with antibiotics, due to the success of rapid diagnostic tests.

India's top medical officials see research and interpretations of the latest 'superbug' study as motivated.

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs have been found in water sources in India, underscoring the looming threat of resistance worldwide.

A call for more research and funding to stop the spread of malaria drug resistance has been issued by the WHO.

A malaria therapy for pregnant women and babies should be changed after the discovery of resistance among P. falciparum in the Amazon, say scientists.

The global nature of antibiotic resistance means that developing countries must lie at the heart of any solutions, a conference has agreed.

Field trials suggest that a new tuberculosis test could dramatically improve detection rates, but there are still hurdles such as cost.

The Indian government has rejected an international study about a new superbug gene that includes 'New Delhi' in its name.

Sleeping sickness parasites can rapidly develop resistance to a drug used in a promising new treatment, say scientists.

A web-based system could enable the diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis in seconds, using the Internet and mobile phones.

Exposure to antibiotics at home, and to those intended for animals, increases children’s risks of harbouring drug-resistant E. coli, says a study in Peru.

Indian scientists say that new anti-TB drugs can be based on the fact that the TB bacterium depends on crucial human proteins for its survival.

Antibiotic use increased 9.8% between 1997 and 2007 in the eight countries with the largest pharmaceutical markets in the region, says a study.

Drug therapies for tuberculosis could emerge four times faster than normal, thanks to a new approach that pools research.