Tulane University researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind handheld diagnostic device that can deliver rapid, accurate tuberculosis diagnoses in under an hour, according to a study published in ...

These are uniquely challenging times in the fight against the enduring and accelerating scourge of tuberculosis (TB)—an ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis within Kansas City in the United States has been ongoing since Jan. 2024 and has highlighted new ...

Kenya ranks among the World Health Organisation’s 30 high-burden countries for TB and TB/HIV, with the disease claiming 32,000 lives in 2021 alone.

That same month, a confirmed case of active TB at Simon Sanchez ... DPHSS said the rise of drug-resistant TB strains makes existing medications less effective, and treatment is extremely difficult.

Treatment for active TB disease can take six to nine months depending on the treatment plan. So what are the symptoms? They ...

Indian Health Services, Yakama Tribal Health and the Yakima Health District are collaborating to address the increase in tuberculosis cases in the Lower Yakima Valley, including areas within the ...

Here's what tuberculosis is, how it's transmitted and how you can expect to have it treated if it affects you or someone you love.

In her email to the school community, Plascencia said that conditions like a persistent cough lasting three weeks or longer, coughing up blood, pain with breathing, chest pain, fatigue, weakness, ...

Bhutan is intensifying its efforts to combat tuberculosis (TB) with a comprehensive strategy aimed at reducing cases and ...

To stop latent TB infections from progressing into active disease, especially among high-risk groups like people living with HIV and household contacts of TB pa­tients, Lagos State has expanded ...

The Lake County Health Department confirmed to the school district that the person is isolated from others and undergoing treatment.