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

In an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care, Michael A. Bernstein, MD, stressed the need for effective ...

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

Michael A. Bernstein, MD, Stamford Health, address common misconceptions about tuberculosis amid the outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas.

The endTB trial is one of four recent randomized controlled trials testing new, shorter, and less toxic treatment regimens ...

More than 60 people were being treated in the Kansas City area as of Friday, according to the state health department.

You don’t need to have the vaccine to attend colleges in Kansas, but some do require you to get tested for tuberculosis ...

The goal was to improve treatment for patients with tuberculosis resistant to rifampin. The WHO estimates that some 410,000 ...

Patients with tuberculosis symptoms can expect a “relatively long treatment,” Blumberg said. Treatment for active TB patients can last up to nine months, the CDC said. Patients are given a ...

Emerging drug-resistant strains are posing significant challenges to the global fight against tuberculosis (TB) and it is a critical task to detect treatment failure as early as possible.

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