Tuberculosis spreads through germs released when a person with TB in their lungs coughs, speaks or sings. These bacteria can ...

While TB cases have been rising nationally in recent years, public health officials continue to emphasize there is no threat ...

A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has killed two people and caused at least 146 to become infected with the potentially ...

However, most people get infected with TB don’t get sick, according to NCDHSS. That’s because their bodies can fight the ...

State health officials said that dozens of people in the Kansas City, Kan., area have the disease, which has drawn a federal ...

Early detection and treatment plans have helped limit further disease transmission in the US. However, we've seen numbers ...

TB is a serious infection that if left untreated can be fatal. As of Jan. 24, at least 67 people are being treated for active ...

The U.S. has historically been the largest funder of WHO, as well as global tuberculosis programs. On his first day in office ...

A wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area has caused dozens of illnesses and at least two deaths, according to the state health department.

As Kansas deals with one of the largest tuberculous outbreaks in the nation since the 1950s, Californians may be wondering ...

There is a vaccine aimed at preventing TB called Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), but it’s not commonly used in the U.S., ...

Kansas is currently experiencing a rare outbreak of tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest infectious disease. TB is spread ...