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 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, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years.

NEW YORK 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 ...