SPOKANE, Wash. - The Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) recently reported a rise in tuberculosis (TB) cases. SRHD said ...

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Tuberculosis still kills quietly, despite modern medicine. Stigma, lack of awareness and drug resistance, keep the crisis ...

A Washington state woman who was arrested after she refused for more than a year to consistently isolate or take medication for tuberculosis has finally been cured of the disease. The Tacoma-Pierce ...

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Local health officials obtained court orders to compel the patient to isolate and take medication, but she repeatedly violated them. The Health Department said Monday that the woman had tested ...