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Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, led a special session on the development of a vaccine for SARS-CoV2.

Marked by global luminaries and held during the official centennial of The Union, the 51st Union World Conference on Lung Health provided an opportunity to celebrate a hundred years of leadership in lung health.

As The Union celebrates its one hundredth birthday, we embark upon the first-ever virtual Union World Conference, in an Opening Ceremony unprecedented for its line-up of international luminaries. Including President Bill Clinton and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros.

The latest Global Tuberculosis Report has been launched by the World Health Organization. José Luis Castro, Executive Director of The Union responds.

A commentary in the Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene explores the issue of how safe is it to fly…

World Mental Health Day, 10 October, provides a vital focal point to raise awareness of the significant role that mental health…

At the 71st session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee Meeting for the Western Pacific, being held virtually from…

They will address the opening ceremony of the 51st Union World Conference on Lung Health, taking place virtually 20-24 October 2020. TB survivors Tamaryn Green and Divya Sojan will also speak of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on those affected by TB in their respective countries.

The Union World Conference on Lung Health has long been a trusted and vital meeting place for all those working in tuberculosis…

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us to think outside the box and change the way services are delivered to meet patient needs. These may just become the new “best practices”.

Today, on World Lung Day, The Union joins with members of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) and other…

Dr Brian Allwood is a Consultant Pulmonologist at Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, South Africa, where he has…

Progress made in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) is in danger of being derailed and even reversed completely according…

UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, Shannon Hader, and Katherine Maher, CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation, and Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired of Jordan will speak at the conference.

In the context of the global pandemic, there is an urgent need for research that elucidates the relationship between COVID-19 and TB, the adoption of strategies that protect TB patients from infection by SARS-CoV-2, and the adoption and/or strengthening of strategies to ensure the diagnosis of TB during the pandemic period.

Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired of Jordan, Katherine Maher, CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Shannon Hader and Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of NIAID will all speak at the 51st Union World Conference on Lung Health, held virtually from 20-24 October.

Letter to the editors of IJTLD exploring the outcomes of patients with asthma in Northern Italy, exploring whether SARS-CoV-2 affected their asthma.

The TB survivor, journalist and activist from Mumbai, India, has been awarded the scholarship to Oxford University.

The Union congratulates Myanmar’s Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) for implementing a Code of Conduct that restricts staff and…

Letter to the editors of the IJTLD that highlights health care responses to COVID-19 that might help TB care in the longer term.

Rhea Lobo is a tuberculosis (TB) survivor, member of The Union's Community Advisory Panel (UCAP), and an international award-…

The Union is delighted to share the news that Professor Sir Alimuddin Zumla, Union Medal winner, supporter and friend of The Union, has been awarded the prestigious 2020 Mahathir Science Award.

Letter to the editors of the IJTLD describing a significant decline in TB detection during the COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai – highlighting the need for improved programmes to minimise the impact of any future lockdown on the control of TB.