What is TB? Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is a bacterial infection that primarily affects a person's lungs. Its symptoms vary widely depending on how the slow-growing mycobacterium that causes ...

A Washington woman who was arrested after she refused tuberculosis treatment has finally been cured. Local health officials obtained court orders to compel the patient to isolate and take ...

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease spread through the air that can impact the lungs, lymph nodes, bones, joints, brain and spine, according to the New York State Department of Health. It is ...

NEW YORK — Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years. More than 10,300 cases were reported last year, an 8% increase from ...

Tuberculosis is a curable disease. Progress of tuberculosis from infection to frank illness involves overcoming of the immune system defences by the bacteria. As the bacteria start to multiply, it ...

A new Danish study concludes that a quarter of the people on earth have the tuberculosis bacillus within their bodies. This disease preys on over 10 million people annually, and kills 2 million a ...

What is TB? Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is a bacterial infection that primarily affects a person's lungs. Its symptoms vary widely depending on how the slow-growing mycobacterium that causes ...

A major tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area has sickened dozens of people and killed two. What to know about TB symptoms, spread, and treatment. IE 11 is not supported.

A case of tuberculosis has been confirmed at a Gwinnett County high school. In a letter sent to parents Friday, the principal of Discovery High School said a student has been diagnosed with the ...

California is grappling with a “substantial” rise in tuberculosis cases, a February 2024 advisory from the California Department of Public Health reads, returning to levels not seen in four years.

Tuberculosis, like its vintage companions pertussis, measles, and mumps, was once all but gone from the United States. It re-emerged in the 1980s, a comeback corresponding to increased injection ...

VANCOUVER, Canada, Oct. 25, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Immune Network Ltd. (Pink Sheets:IMMFF) advises that a clinical trial of V5 Immunitor oral vaccine was published earlier this month ...