A Tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, has people on edge, with not much public knowledge about the disease or ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...

Consumption, phthisis, the white plague—a killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ...

A person in Manchester who spent time in one of the city's homeless shelters has tested positive for tuberculosis, state health officials confirmed Thursday. Jake Leon, the director of communications ...

WHO warns of a potential global surge in tuberculosis cases due to USAID funding cuts risking millions of lives Learn how ...

TB elimination campaign screens high-risk individuals using chest X-rays, but faces limitations in detection and reach.

Two testing clinics will be held in Manchester next week, after a person who spent time at the Families in Transition Adult Shelter and the 1269 Café tested positive for tuberculosis, state health ...

Chest X-rays are used to identify lung abnormalities, while sputum tests may be conducted for older children to detect TB bacteria. A thorough clinical evaluation, including a detailed medical history ...

Providing well-tolerated, preventive TB treatment can reduce the risk of developing active TB disease by 85 per cent in the ...

Widespread screening for subclinical TB using X-ray machines to diagnose and treat asymptomatic cases early in Kerala.

Finding cases and treating TB illness early, before symptoms begin, is important because it not only reduces the spread of disease but also greatly reduces drug toxicity. What should people be ...