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

In the early 1800s, the doctor René Laënnec invented the stethoscope and used it to listen in on the rattling lungs of people with tuberculosis, creating the first modern diagnosis of the disease.

1882 – German doctor Robert Koch identifies the bacterial strain as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 1800s – Tuberculosis causes as much as one-quarter of all deaths in Europe during the 19th century.

1800s – Tuberculosis causes as much as one-quarter of all deaths in Europe during the 19th century. Famous people who die from tuberculosis include John Keats, Frédéric Chopin, Charlotte ...

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

In this gallery, we examine the 'Mortality of the United States' 1860 census report, providing intriguing insights into how individuals met their demise during this era. If you are curious, click on ...

Tuberculosis case confirmed at suburban high school. What we know so far According to the Lake County Health Department, the case was confirmed at Waukegan High School, where an unidentified ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

Throughout the 1800s, tuberculosis was a much bigger killer than the COVID-19 pandemic in its peak year. Over the past two centuries, tuberculosis has likely killed 1 billion people.

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 2023 and the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...