In the 19th century, diseases that are relatively uncommon today were major causes of death in the United States. Infectious ...

Spain's wax museum of dermatology, once a treasured teaching tool for medical students, will be closing its doors. Founded in ...

Tuberculosis (TB) has had an incredibly large impact on human history. One staggering statistic? It’s been estimated that by the start of the 1800s, the disease had killed one in seven people who had ...

NEW YORK — Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, ... In the late 1800s, TB killed one out of every seven people living in the United States and Europe.

Tuberculosis was responsible for 25% of all deaths in Europe from the 1600s to the 1800s, according to the CDC. Hawkinson said treatment for a serious tuberculosis case usually lasts about six months.

Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, ... In the late 1800s, TB killed one out of every seven people living in the United States and Europe.

Tuberculosis, as PBS notes, was called consumption when it killed one in seven people in the 1800s. The iron lung — a full-body ventilator famously used to aid polio patients — was used as ...

Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, ... In the late 1800s, TB killed one out of every seven people living in the United States and Europe.