Without a correct diagnosis and treatment, tuberculosis can sometimes be a serious, potentially life threatening infection. However, with the right steps, it is curable. Tuberculosis (TB) is a ...

Sanatoria used to treat tuberculosis patients in the late-19th and 20th centuries served as inspiration for many Modernist architects, according CityLab. 1. Tuberculosis death rates skyrocketed in the ...

We recently chatted with Dr. Mel Spigelman, the president of TB Alliance, and he answered five common questions about tuberculosis. We edited his responses for length and clarity. How contagious is TB ...

Treating all household contacts of someone with tuberculosis (TB) helped prevent active TB disease across age groups in the real world, but the effectiveness was highest when treating individuals who ...

TB can be cured, but ridding the body of the bug often takes many months and usually requires taking four or more medicines. In this special briefing, Spotlight zooms in on what makes the TB bacterium ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Breaking racial barriers, they risked their lives to care for those left to languish and die of incurable tuberculosis. But the day-to-day skill and care they provided New York ...

Tuberculosis (TB) has a long history that dates back thousands of years. Advances in research and understanding of how the infection transmits have led to improvements in treatments and preventive ...

Dr. Kayvan Zainabadi (center) is working with colleagues in Pune, India, to test the RNA-based TB diagnostic he is developing. From left: Dr. Mandar Paradkar (co-PI, pediatrician), Vidyulata Kamble, ...

For those living in affluent countries, it’s easy to forget about tuberculosis, which seems like a disease of the Victorian era. In the U.S., thanks to investments in public health and TB surveillance ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Now, a federal judge in Maryland is blocking the Trump-Musk dismantling of USAID, as we mentioned. Author John Green argues the Trump administration’s ...

A wanted woman who public health officials said refused a court order to receive treatment for tuberculosis for more than a year is now jailed in Washington state. The woman, identified in documents ...