A new study in "Nature Medicine" estimates 2 million people are incorrectly told they have TB each year — and clinicians miss ...

Tuberculosis outbreak hits a San Franscisco high school, with 3 active TB cases and over 50 latent infections. Health ...

Students at Archbishop Riordan High School have to submit a negative tuberculosis test before they can attend school events.

Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that attack the lungs, and is spread through the air when an infected person coughs or ...

Malaysia's Health Ministry officials are working to limit the spread of the disease, said the health minister. Read more at ...

San Francisco officials say a TB outbreak at a private high school has led to three active cases and more than 50 latent ...

Sepsis is a leading global cause of hospital deaths, occurring when the body's response to infection damages tissue and ...

Detecting TB early goes a long way toward avoiding some of the disease's worst outcomes and preventing its spread to others.

TB did come under tighter control in the U.S. in the 1950s, thanks to public health efforts and the discovery of the antibiotic streptomycin. In the 1980s, Reagan-era public health cuts and the AIDS ...

The Patchogue-Medford School District said in a letter that the Suffolk County Department of Health alerted them about an infectious person in the school community.

Untreated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection markedly increases the risk of tuberculosis, which remains the most common cause of hospitalization and death globally among people with HIV ...

Outbreak of tuberculosis and COVID-19 at a massive immigration detention center in El Paso raises concerns about conditions and medical neglect.