In the wake of a recent outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) and latent TB cases at a local San Francisco high school, IGHS's Priya ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of early March ...

Is it TB or not TB? A new study estimates the number of people told they have tuberculosis when they have a different respiratory ailment — and those who do have TB but aren't accurately diagnosed.

When most of us think of serious diseases that kill millions of people, the ones that come to mind are often the ones that get the most attention: cancer, COVID-19, heart disease and diabetes. But a ...

The ancient scourge of tuberculosis for years was the deadliest infectious disease. Then SARS-CoV-2 came along and grabbed the notorious title of #1 killer: In 2020, COVID-19 was responsible for 3.5 ...

Vietnamese doctor Truong Duc Thai and a colleague check the X-ray film of a drug-resistant tuberculosis patient at National Lung Hospital in Hanoi. TB kills more people than any other infectious ...

Detecting TB early goes a long way toward avoiding some of the disease's worst outcomes and preventing its spread to others.

Many people with tuberculosis stay in the latent infection stage, but some develop the active disease. Both stages are treatable. Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that usually affects the ...

Kashmir has long been admired for its natural beauty and resilient people, but beneath the picturesque landscape lies a ...

The public is advised not to panic, but instead undergo immediate screening if they have symptoms or a history of close contact to curb the spread ...