The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse
In 2023, after a brief hiatus, tuberculosis regained from COVID its status as the world’s deadliest infectious disease—a ...
As tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence of a disease once in decline
An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...
Review: John Green makes a strong case that we should be obsessed with tuberculosis, too
Bestselling young adult author John Green's newest book is a nonfiction thesis on the deadliest infectious disease, which ...
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What to know about tuberculosis and skin rash
However, TB can spread to other organs and systems, including the glands, brain, bones, and skin. This article explains the skin symptoms of tuberculosis. nodules papules, which are small hard ...
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Deadly Diseases
In about 15 percent of cases, the disease may spread to other parts of the body, including lymph nodes, the gastrointestinal tract, bones, and joints. Though conventional tuberculosis is highly ...
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NJ high school student tests positive for tuberculosis
A high school student in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, has tested positive for tuberculosis, according to a letter from ...
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As tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence of a disease once in decline
Tuberculosis is spread by small infectious ... While rare, there have been reports of TB transmission through bone grafts, in which healthy, donated bone material is used to replace damaged ...