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

Tuberculosis usually affects the lungs, but it spread to the brain, spine, and kidneys. Not everyone infected with the ...

Tuberculosis spreads through germs released when a person with TB in their lungs coughs, speaks or sings. These bacteria can ...

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

Hundreds of people in New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania are sickened with TB every year, but a recent deadly outbreak in ...

Kansas is currently dealing with a tuberculosis outbreak that is unprecedented in the U.S. What we know about Delaware's ...

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear ...

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

The U.S. has historically been the largest funder of WHO, as well as global tuberculosis programs. On his first day in office ...

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

While TB cases have been rising nationally in recent years, public health officials continue to emphasize there is no threat ...

Unlike other infectious diseases like COVID, you can't spread tuberculosis germs unless it is active in the body and you are experiencing symptoms. That doesn't mean that latent TB isn't a big deal.