The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests ...

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

Our state continues to see new laws introduced each year that diminish funding and the authority of health departments — just ...

Justin Trudeau was reduced to tears at a press conference on Thursday night, after reports of a profanity-laden phone call ...

Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are ...

A Tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, has people on edge, with not much public knowledge about the disease or ...

In the early 20th century, these Black nurses came to New York City from the Jim Crow South to join the fight against the disease—and they ultimately helped find a cure.

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 ...

Leading UCSF physician-scientists are developing targeted treatments, earlier diagnostics, and helping to solve tuberculosis’ ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...

The system of finding, diagnosing and treating TB has collapsed in dozens of countries across Africa and Asia since President Trump ordered the aid freeze.