When TB affects the kidneys, symptoms are often different than when it affects the lungs. When symptoms appear, they often resemble those of a urinary tract infection. Timely treatment is important to ...

Tuberculosis is a disease that most commonly causes an infection of the lungs. (Photo: Getty Images) With cases of tuberculosis (TB) cropping up at schools in different parts of the country — ...

Ocular TB is a rare eye disease due to infection from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the same bacterium that causes tuberculosis, commonly known as TB. TB symptoms usually start in the lungs, but they ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of humanity’s oldest and most persistent health challenges. Despite significant medical advances, this infectious disease continues to affect millions globally, with ...

Tuberculosis (TB) symptoms vary depending on whether the disease is active or latent. Symptoms typically affect the lungs and may include a persistent, productive cough, fatigue, and fever. TB is a ...

Tuberculosis, one of the world's most deadly infectious diseases, has been reported in a handful of cases in Maine, North Carolina and California in recent weeks. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in the state's history, and while the risk of contracting the bacterial disease is low in Michigan, it's worth knowing what to look ...

TB continues to be one of the leading causes of death from infectious disease worldwide. The current disease burden remains ...

Kansas is dealing with one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis recorded in a single year in the United States since the 1950s, state health officials say. The outbreak in the Kansas City area has ...

Tuberculous spondylitis occurs when a tuberculous infection spreads to the spine. Bacterial damage to the spine can cause severe pain, abnormal back curvature, and paralysis. The condition is serious ...

This story has been updated to clarify some CDC statistics. An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in the state's history, and while the risk of contracting the bacterial ...