Early detection and treatment plans have helped limit further disease transmission in the US. However, we've seen numbers ...

Despite decades of efforts, tuberculosis remains a global health crisis, claiming over 1.3 million lives annually.

The goal was to improve treatment for patients with tuberculosis resistant to rifampin which sickens about 410,000 people each year. Only 40 percent are diagnosed and treated, 65 percent of them ...

Tuberculosis is making headlines as the contagious respiratory disease spreads in the Midwest. Kansas is currently facing one ...

For decades, poor treatment options and low-quality evidence plagued care for patients with rifampin-resistant tuberculosis. The advent of new drugs to treat tuberculosis and enhanced funding now ...

However, most people get infected with TB don’t get sick, according to NCDHSS. That’s because their bodies can fight the ...

UCSF model shortens tuberculosis treatment by over three months through optimal combinations UCSF creates a groundbreaking approach to tuberculosis management by optimizing antibiotic therapies.

As Kansas deals with one of the largest tuberculous outbreaks in the nation since the 1950s, Californians may be wondering ...

More than 60 people were being treated in the Kansas City area as of Friday, according to the state health department.

In active cases, people develop symptoms and can pass on the disease. Without treatment, a latent tuberculosis infection may still become active, should a person's immune system fail to keep ...

Kansas is currently experiencing a rare outbreak of tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest infectious disease. TB is spread ...

A large outbreak of tuberculosis has been reported in Kansas; is tuberculosis a public health concern in Louisiana? Find out ...