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

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

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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 ...

BHUBANESWAR: More than 40 per cent of the population in India carry the tuberculosis bacteria though their microbiological ...

Officials in suburban Joliet have confirmed a student was diagnosed with tuberculosis in recent days. According to a ...

“Whatever infectious disease is ‘over there,’ it could be imported here,” added Schaffner. “The TB bacteria does not need a ...

The Xpert MTB/Ultra molecular diagnostic test may become a viable option for detecting tuberculosis (TB) in the stool of ...

Active TB commonly affects the lungs, but can spread to other parts of the body like the spine, brain, liver or kidneys, ...

Kansas has an outbreak of two diseases — measles and tuberculosis — as lawmakers loosen vaccine requirements for children.

Drug-resistant infections - especially from deadly bacteria like tuberculosis and staph - are a growing global health crisis.