A second active tuberculosis case has been identified in the Chicago suburbs, this time at Joliet West High School.School ...

Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is a bacterial infection that primarily affects a person's lungs. Its symptoms vary widely depending on how the slow-growing mycobacterium that causes the infection ...

Learn about the primary ways tuberculosis spreads through airborne transmission, high-risk settings, and effective prevention ...

Health officials issued a warning this week after someone at a suburban Chicago high school was diagnosed with active ...

Tuberculosis is a "near-perfect predator," John Green said in his book "Everything is Tuberculosis." The bacterial infection, ...

A CASE of the “world’s deadliest infectious disease” has been detected in an East Sussex primary school – prompting a ...

Day. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) TB is an infectious disease caused by a type of bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB most commonly affects the lungs, when it is called ...

Currently, the main diagnostic strategy for tuberculosis focuses on sputum samples, which are obtained by deep coughing and expectoration of secretions produced in the lungs. ‘New study supports ...

The safety of a new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine is being tested in an Oxford University trial. In partnership with the Coler ...