The number of people diagnosed with tuberculosis worldwide rose again last year, eclipsing 2023's record total.

The bacteria that cause the disease can be spread through the air by coughing, sneezing or even just speaking. People nearby can inhale the airborne germs. The vaccine Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte – Mecklenburg School officials have confirmed that there’s a positive case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis that was discovered at North Mecklenburg High School in Huntersville.

Tuberculosis is a treatable bacterial disease that typically affects the lungs and gets spread frequently from person to person through the air. Bacteria from tuberculosis is usually put into the air ...

Kansas health officials said Nov. 14 “one of the largest” tuberculosis outbreaks in decades has ended in the Kansas City, KS, ...

NEWSWATCH SEVEN. ALL RIGHT, ABBY, THANK YOU. NOW, TUBERCULOSIS IS TREATABLE. BUT HERE’S THE PROBLEM. MAY MAYBE YOU MAY BE INFECTED FOR MONTHS, EVEN YEARS, WITHOUT SHOWING ANY SYMPTOMS. KETV NEWSWATCH ...

While rates of new TB cases and deaths fell in 2024, global health officials say global health funding cuts could endanger ...

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be one of the world's leading causes of infectious disease-related illness and death. Despite ...

Cases of tuberculosis (TB) — an illness that kills more people than any other infectious disease — rose in the U.S. during 2022, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And some ...

India has recorded a 21% fall in tuberculosis cases between 2015 and 2024, nearly twice the global average, according to the ...