Tulane University researchers have developed a new handheld TB test that significantly improves detection in people with HIV, ...

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 ...

Tuberculosis is once again the infectious disease responsible for the most deaths worldwide, according to a Tuesday announcement from the World Health Organization. Here's what you need to know.

Tuberculosis rates also are rising nationally, up 16% in 2023 compared with the previous year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. The 9,615 cases provisionally ...

The ancient scourge of tuberculosis for years was the deadliest infectious disease. Then SARS-CoV-2 came along and grabbed the notorious title of #1 killer: In 2020, COVID-19 was responsible for 3 ...

Each year, tuberculosis kills some 1.25 million people globally and more than 10 times that number become infected with the disease annually, according to the World Health Organization.

However, if not treated properly, TB disease can be fatal, according to the CDC.According to the health department, Douglas County had 15 confirmed cases in 2022 and 15 cases through September of ...

Cases of tuberculosis, which kills more people than any other infectious disease, rose in the U.S. during 2022 — and some doctors are concerned that limitations of testing at the border could be ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis disease associates with higher HIV-1-specific antibody responses. iScience , 2023; 26 (5): 106631 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106631 Cite This Page : ...

Tuberculosis is often seen as a threat of the past. But it remains a significant concern worldwide, with international travel spreading the disease. Over time, some granulomas may calcify, with ...

Tuberculosis deaths increased in 2020 for the first time since 2005, and the disruption is considered a setback in the global effort to control the disease, according to the World Health Organization.

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization.. A person infected ...