Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, primarily attacking the lungs but ...

Among extrapulmonary cases, lymph node tuberculosis is the most frequently reported. It typically presents as painless ...

Tuberculosis, also called TB, is a preventable yet serious infectious disease that continues to claim lives worldwide, ...

A prolonged hospital stay for a hard-to-diagnose and rare illness drew lawyer and artist Maiko Sentina back to her childhood love of painting.

Tuberculosis can recur through relapse or new drug-resistant strains, often triggered by incomplete treatment, a weakened ...

There were an estimated 490,000 new cases of drug-resistant TB in 2016. Tuberculosis, a lung disease most often transmitted by breathing infected particles in the air, is the ninth leading cause of ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases despite being preventable and, in most cases, curable. It continues to claim lives, strain health systems, and ...

A resident in southern New Jersey recently tested positive for tuberculosis. Here's what you need to know about the spread of ...

The only tuberculosis vaccine we have is a century old and offers only limited efficacy in children. With leading South African researchers involved in the pivotal clinical trials of three new ...