An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...

A Tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, has people on edge, with not much public knowledge about the disease or ...

Trying to keep a resurgence of tuberculosis cases from exploding into an outbreak, the Vanderburgh County Health Department plans to open a new clinic.

Slashing tuberculosis aid could endanger millions of lives abroad, health authorities say, with potential consequences for ...

With one of the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in US history, Kansas has more to worry about than its recent Super Bowl ...

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to use infectious disease as a reason to reduce the flow of migrants. But ...

Chest X-rays are used to identify lung abnormalities, while sputum tests may be conducted for older children to detect TB bacteria. A thorough clinical evaluation, including a detailed medical history ...

Two testing clinics will be held in Manchester next week, after a person who spent time at the Families in Transition Adult Shelter and the 1269 Café tested positive for tuberculosis, state health ...

Chaudhary and lakhs of ASHA workers in remote areas of the country face the daunting challenge of convincing people to attend ...

X-rays are one way to confirm an active TB infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While some detainees tested positive for TB with a skin test, further testing ...

Similarly, it was called the white plague or white death – due to anemia from the disease, with people appearing pallid or chalky – leading to near-certain death. Untreated active TB ...