Tuberculosis is once again the infectious disease responsible for the most deaths worldwide, according to a Tuesday ...

In 2023, tuberculosis overtook COVID-19 as the deadliest infectious disease, according to a recent World Health Organization ...

Per HIPAA guidelines, the department and district are not allowed to release the names of those who have been possibly ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Around 300 students and staff members at Walton High School will be tested for tuberculosis on Tuesday ...

Tuberculosis is caused by airborne bacteria that mostly affects the lungs. Roughly a quarter of the global population is ...

Tuberculosis is back to being the leading infectious disease killer across the globe, surpassing COVID-19, according to a ...

About 300 students and faculty at Walton High School in Marietta are being tested for tuberculosis on Tuesday after what local officials call a “possible exposure.”The source of the exposure has not ...

More than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) last year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, the ...

The state has been granted a temporary restraining order to cease the transfer and release of ICE detainees who were potentially exposed to tuberculosis, until they are medically cleared by state ...

TB is an airborne disease with a long history, now primarily treated with antibiotics, but drug resistance remains a challenge. The COVID-19 pandemic led to underdiagnosis and increased TB mortality, ...

Advocacy groups, including Doctors Without Borders, have long called for the U.S. company Cepheid, which produces TB tests used in poorer countries, to make them available for $5 per test to ...

Mingioli/CDC/The Associated Press ... calling on them to ''prioritize people's lives'' and to urgently help make TB testing more widespread globally. The Associated Press Health and Science ...