Kansas is experiencing one of the largest TB outbreaks on record as experts warn of a growing public health crisis, worsened ...

Early detection and treatment plans have helped limit further disease transmission in the US. However, we've seen numbers ...

Tuberculosis is a serious global health threat that infected more than 10 million people in 2022. Spread through the air and ...

Introduction Globally, tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading infectious causes of death, with 1.3 million deaths.

As Kansas deals with one of the largest tuberculous outbreaks in the nation since the 1950s, Californians may be wondering ...

Tuberculosis spreads through germs released when a person with TB in their lungs coughs, speaks or sings. These bacteria can stay in the air for prolonged periods of time and are more likely to spread ...

Tuberculosis is a serious global health threat that infected more than 10 million people in 2022. Spread through the air and into the lungs, the pathogen that causes "TB" can lead to chronic cough, ...

"Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by slow growing bacteria," said Dr. Nicholas Turner, an infectious disease specialist with Duke Health. "It usually affects the lungs, so most ...

The disease that was once Alaska’s top cause of death continues to circulate among descendants of those who lived during past ...

Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, spreads through germs from people with active illness, CDC says. Often, the telltale sign of active tuberculosis is ...