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

Consumption, phthisis, the white plague—a killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ...

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

The infection spreads to the brain or spinal column.” Others “suffer a sudden, uncontrollable hemorrhage, leading to a quick ...

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

Tuberculosis bacteria rely on a family of genes that ... The researchers developed a more realistic fluid based on analyses of infected lung tissues from patients. It is similar in composition, ...

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 targets for new therapies ...

All of them require patients to cough up phlegm from deep within their lungs for sampling, which is nearly impossible for children and the very sick. It’s why millions of people go undiagnosed each ...

“Patients may get a diagnosis of TB after they’ve left the clinic because ... Left untreated, the bacterial infection can damage the lungs and spread to other parts of their body such as ...