Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but TB bacteria can attack any part of the body such as the kidney, spine, and brain ...

March 24 is observed every year as World Tuberculosis Day. Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that can infect people, irrespective of their age and gender. There is a lack of sensitivity and ...

Tuberculosis cases have increased in Tulare County this year, which inspired the county’s Health & Human Services Agency to issue a warning about the disease.

New clinical trial results presented by TB Alliance at the Union World Conference on Lung Health show that the novel antibiotic candidate sorfequiline (TBAJ-876), a next-generation diarylquinoline, ...

Every year on March 24, World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is observed to raise awareness about this deadly infectious disease and its global impact. Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection caused by ...

Tuberculosis stands second to AIDS as the world’s deadliest infectious disease, killing about 1.5 million people in 2014. Only a small percentage of those deaths took place in the United States, yet ...

A tuberculosis (TB) outbreak has been declared in Edmonton’s inner-city. The outbreak was declared on Thursday afternoon by ...

Fact: TB is not inherited since genes have no influence on how the disease develops or spreads. The TB bacteria takes time to develop in a person's body and is transmitted by being around other active ...

• Each year, 10 million people worldwide contract tuberculosis and 1.5 million people die from TB, according to the World Health Organization. • But COVID-19 is far more prevalent in the United States ...