India: A recent study conducted in a high-endemic region highlights the role of chest X-rays (CXR) in identifying ...

A 40-year-old male presented to the emergency room with a three-month history of cough, fever, and weight loss. Twenty-four hours later, he also presented sudden hemoptysis. A chest X-ray revealed ...

The best-selling author “got a little emotional” while talking with The Times about tuberculosis. Listen to the conversation. science talks The best-selling author “got a little emotional ...

Once it reaches the skin, TB can cause a variety of lesions, most often on the legs, hands, or face. In the United States, TB is often caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.

World Tuberculosis Day is observed every year on March 24 to raise awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis (TB) and to step up efforts to end the ...

Few realise that tuberculosis (TB) has been the world’s deadliest infectious disease for decades – claiming over 1 million lives every year, briefly surpassed only by COVID-19. The number of ...

This is a form of TB that also causes neck swelling and lesions, a condition called scrofula. During the Middle Ages, people believed that the touch of a king could cure a person from this form of ...

Consumption, phthisis, the white plague – a killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ice age. Today, the disease – passed from those who are actively sick to ...

On March 5th, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning that the funding cuts to USAID would lead to a resurgence of tuberculosis (TB) globally. A broad swath of Americans may be less ...

A second scan two weeks after that showed that the lesion had swelled to an abscess and was filled with 15ml of fluid. The tuberculosis symptoms to watch out for It normally affects the lungs ...