A little-known form of “sleeping” tuberculosis (TB) that affects millions of Americans is making headlines after a local outbreak at a San Francisco school. The spate of cases is a reminder that ...

A study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has found that certain antibodies inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the cause of tuberculosis (TB), the infectious disease that claims the ...

Tuberculosis has earned the undesirable distinction of being the world's top infectious disease killer — a mantle it took back from COVID in 2023. TB claimed the lives of 1.23 million people in 2024 ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. An outbreak of tuberculosis was reported at a private Catholic high school in the Bay Area. Cases of TB have been ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) has been linked to a San Francisco high school. The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) issued a health advisory on Jan. 29 about the outbreak, which has ...

The San Francisco Public Health Department has launched a "large-scale TB contact investigation" after a tuberculosis outbreak this week at Archbishop Riordan High School infected at least three ...

San Francisco health officials say more than 50 students and staff at Archbishop Riordan High School have now tested positive for latent tuberculosis, adding to the three confirmed active TB cases ...

San Francisco health officials sent out an advisory on Thursday after dozens of people at a high school were found to have the latent form of tuberculosis, or TB. The San Francisco Department of ...

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is investigating an active outbreak of tuberculosis at a local high school that has sickened at least three individuals. In an emailed statement to SFGATE ...

Parents in Pitt County were notified this week that a middle school student tested positive for tuberculosis (TB). “Though there is no immediate public health risk from this exposure, we are ...