Using QuantiFERON-TB Gold as the sole screening test before starting biologic therapy reduces TB diagnoses compared with ...

In a new book, author John Green writes about visiting a tuberculosis hospital in Sierra Leone, where he met a TB patient not unlike his son. The following is an excerpt from Everything Is ...

"As long as you breathe, you are at risk anywhere in the world," says physician Lucica Ditiu. The risk she's referring to is catching tuberculosis. While it may seem like a disease from the past, this ...

In 2023, tuberculosis (TB) killed about 1.25 million people worldwide, more than any other infectious disease on Earth — even though it is curable. Months- or even years-long regimens of potent ...

A new all-oral treatment regimen for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis has commenced in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Implemented by the National Tuberculosis Program in Papua New Guinea, with ...

A patient we'll call Juliet is a young woman you wouldn't have noticed if you had happened upon her in the market or on a bus in the African country where she lived. She looks healthy. But she isn’t.

Spokane County is seeing a rise in tuberculosis (TB) cases, with health officials noting an increase in the number of reported cases.

In February 1906, teburculosis killed 372 people across the state. A monthly newsletter from the Indiana Department of Health noted the disease, labeled as “consumption” in several references, created ...

That number could increase dramatically because of the Trump administration's cuts to foreign assistance, according to a new ...