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 ...

Has the recent Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas got you worried about catching TB? Learn about the top symptoms to look out for and explore some tips on how to stop the spread.

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of ...

This is a column about tuberculosis (TB), the world's single, most deadly-yet-curable infection that killed one in seven Americans as recently as the 1880s. That said, it was not until 8 decades ...

Everything Is Tuberculosis John Green Crash Course Books, $28. A few years ago, renowned author John Green met a boy named Henry at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone.

Tuberculosis, a bacterial infection usually found in the lungs, remains the world’s top infectious killer, causing 1.25 million deaths worldwide in 2023, according to the World Health ...

Tuberculosis replaced COVID-19 to become the top cause for infectious disease-related deaths in 2023, according to a World Health Organization report published on Tuesday, highlighting the ...

Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases in human history – and it still kills more than a million people every year. In a new book, The Fault in Our Stars author John Green argues the ...

The way forward for new tuberculosis vaccines isn't clear, wrote editorialists Stephen M. Carpenter, MD, PhD, and W. Henry Boom, MD, both of University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.

A case of tuberculosis was reported at a Portland-area middle school, sparking concerns among local families, but public health officials are optimistic that community spread will not occur and ...

In Green’s telling, he has become obsessed with tuberculosis, seeing it as a window into “the folly and brilliance and cruelty and compassion of humans.” His book’s title is a nod to that.