But without treatment at this stage, it can develop into active tuberculosis, with symptoms such as a cough that lasts more ...

In an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care, Michael A. Bernstein, MD, stressed the need for effective ...

Early detection and treatment plans have helped limit further disease transmission in the US. However, we've seen numbers ...

Tuberculosis spreads through germs released when a person with TB in their lungs coughs, speaks or sings. These bacteria can ...

Kansas is currently experiencing a rare outbreak of tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest infectious disease. TB is spread ...

However, most people get infected with TB don’t get sick, according to NCDHSS. That’s because their bodies can fight the ...

As Kansas deals with one of the largest tuberculous outbreaks in the nation since the 1950s, Californians may be wondering ...

While TB cases have been rising nationally in recent years, public health officials continue to emphasize there is no threat ...

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear ...

The U.S. has historically been the largest funder of WHO, as well as global tuberculosis programs. On his first day in office ...

After the CDC said the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak isn't the largest in documented history, KDHE clarified they meant the ...

However, the CDC has refuted this assertion, pointing to two larger TB outbreaks in the U.S. in recent history. One, which spread through homeless shelters in Georgia between 2015 and 2017, saw 170 ...