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 ...

After an active case of tuberculosis was detected in the Sacramento area, you may be wondering about your risks of contracting the highly contagious disease. An individual with contagious tuberculosis ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes the potentially fatal respiratory infection of the same name, was found to use a system known as PrrAB to ...

Out of an abundance of caution and consistent with recommendations from the California Department of Public Health, UC Davis offers the following public health information: An individual with ...

A man in Ireland earned the unpleasant distinction of developing an exceedingly rare infection on his penis—one that has a puzzling origin, but may be connected to his work with dead animals.

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — Public Health – Seattle & King County is actively addressing a confirmed case of active tuberculosis (TB) linked to the Aegis Living retirement community in Issaquah. The health ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The number of people diagnosed with tuberculosis worldwide rose again last year, eclipsing 2023’s record total, World Health Organization officials said Wednesday. About 8.3 million ...

Researchers in Boston are working to determine if an old tuberculosis vaccine could be the key to treating type 1 diabetes. At just 14-years-old, Cam Power has not known a life without diabetes. "I ...

As it does every autumn, the New York Academy of Medicine conducted a notable series of lectures and hospital demonstrations for the benefit of practicing physicians during the past fortnight. The ...

Across Europe, tuberculosis (TB) is once again raising alarm, particularly the extensively drug-resistant form (XDR-TB), which is proving as deadly as before antibiotics were discovered. A large ...