Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious infectious disease that spreads through the air and affects millions worldwide but the good news is that TB is preventable with the right precautions. Understand how you ...

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

A confirmed case of tuberculosis at a Joliet high school earlier this week was the second in the Chicago area this month, leaving many to wonder if they should be cautious about the disease often ...

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

T his is a column about tuberculosis (TB), the world's single, most deadly-yet-curable infection that killed one in seven ...

The Trump administration wants the agency to focus on infectious disease. Other areas of public health were hit hardest.

Carolina, an African giant pouched rat, recently retired from her job of detecting tuberculosis cases medical tests had missed. At her retirement this past November, colleagues lined up to applaud ...

Indian Health Services, Yakama Tribal Health and the Yakima Health District are collaborating to address the increase in ...

Preliminary data released this month by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that more than 10,300 tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported last year.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A case of tuberculosis occurred at the freshman/sophomore campus at Waukegan High School, officials said.

While an official list and specific numbers of fired workers are not available from HHS, CDC employees shared lists of ...

As a result, two TB-related conditions exist: inactive TB (or latent TB infection) and active TB disease,” the CDC website states. “If not treated properly, TB disease can be fatal.” The disease ...