A TB blood test can find out whether you have the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria in your body. Whether you need to get tested and how often depends on your specific circumstances. A blood ...

People with latent infections cannot spread TB bacteria to others, but if the bacteria becomes active, latent infection can develop into TB disease. “TB is an infectious disease that most often ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) says Kansas is facing the largest documented tuberculosis outbreak in ...

Health officials in Kansas say there is no threat to the general public. TB is caused by bacteria that lives in the people’s lungs and spreads through the air when they talk, cough or sing.

People with latent infections cannot spread TB bacteria to others, but if the bacteria becomes active, latent infection can develop into TB disease. “TB is an infectious disease that most often ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a bacterial infection that primarily affects the lungs but can also spread to other parts of the body. It;s transmitted through the air when someone with TB coughs ...

But the high case counts in this outbreak were a “stark warning," he said. TB is caused by bacteria that lives in the people’s lungs and spreads through the air when they talk, cough or sing.