Florida recorded 681 cases of TB in 2024, about 9% more than the previous year, federal data shows. California had the ...

Tuberculosis is the world's deadliest infectious disease, due in part to its ability to hide out for years in the lungs ...

Tuberculosis, the world's deadliest infectious disease, is estimated to infect around 10 million people each year, and kills ...

Officials have confirmed a tuberculosis case at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It's unclear if the patient ...

Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacterium that spreads through the air when an infected person talks, laughs, sneezes or coughs. It's an airborne disease, though it doesn't ...

Days after a case of active tuberculosis was found in a Broward high school, the federal detention center in Miami has ...

By Fernanda Lopez Halvorson, County of San Diego Communications Office The County’s Tuberculosis Control Program is working ...

A closely watched clinical trial testing what could be the world’s first new tuberculosis vaccine in a century has hit its ...

Last year, the U.S. saw more than 10,000 cases, according to federal data. That’s the highest level in over a dozen years. California, New York, and Texas topped the list. Florida had more than 600 ...

Mar. 10, 2025 — Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen's survival when it's exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be ...

The BCG vaccine protects against tuberculosis, but by inducing trained immunity it also protects against many more ...

More TB cases have been recorded in Florida and other parts of the U.S. since 2021, the year after COVID struck.