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 ...

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

The treatment of TB involves a combination of several antibiotics. These are aimed at reducing the risk of transmission, ...

All of them require patients to cough up phlegm from deep within their lungs for sampling, which is nearly impossible for ...

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 ...

“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 ...