Tuberculosis spreads through germs released when a person with TB in their lungs coughs, speaks or sings. These bacteria can ...

The endTB trial is one of four recent randomized controlled trials testing new, shorter, and less toxic treatment regimens ...

In an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care, Michael A. Bernstein, MD, stressed the need for effective ...

As Kansas deals with one of the largest tuberculous outbreaks in the nation since the 1950s, Californians may be wondering ...

Scientists have discovered three powerful new drug regimens that offer more effective treatment for tuberculosis—bringing ...

The goal was to improve treatment for patients with tuberculosis resistant to rifampin. The WHO estimates that some 410,000 ...

Kansas City-area residents may be alarmed to hear that Wyandotte County is at the epicenter of the largest recorded ...

This study presents TBorNotTB, a CDSS designed to improve TB evaluation and streamline isolation decisions, reducing labor ...

You don’t need to have the vaccine to attend colleges in Kansas, but some do require you to get tested for tuberculosis ...

Patients with tuberculosis symptoms can expect a “relatively long treatment,” Blumberg said. Treatment for active TB patients can last up to nine months, the CDC said. Patients are given a ...