A resident in southern New Jersey recently tested positive for tuberculosis. Here's what you need to know about the spread of ...

When most of us think of serious diseases that kill millions of people, the ones that come to mind are often the ones that get the most attention: cancer, COVID-19, heart disease and diabetes. But a ...

In Johnson County, Iowa, the number of tuberculosis cases has increased in recent years—and so has the cost of containing it.

Although tuberculosis cases in California have risen and fallen in recent years, the overall statewide total has declined.

Positive diabetes status among index patients with TB was not associated with increased risk for TB transmission in HHCs.

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Ocular TB is a rare eye disease due to infection from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the same bacterium that causes tuberculosis, commonly known as TB. TB symptoms usually start in the lungs, but they ...

Tuberculosis (TB) can transmit via the air, and the risk of infection depends on several factors. These can include the duration of exposure, proximity to a person with the infection, and immune ...

A Broward County high school has confirmed an active case of tuberculosis, one of the deadliest, but treatable, infectious diseases in the world. The bacterial infection, also known as TB, spreads ...

A CDC webpage detailing tuberculosis (TB) trends among Asian persons is no longer accessible on the agency's website. The page cited federal surveillance data showing that Asian persons had the ...

Earlier this month, a high school student in Joliet, Ill. tested positive for a highly contagious disease that has claimed more lives than any other throughout human history. Many mistakenly believe ...

Students at Archbishop Riordan High School have to submit a negative tuberculosis test before they can attend school events Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously ...