WEBVTT THE BACTERIA GETS IN THE AIR ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL IN ATLANTA, WHEN AN INFECTED PERSON COUGHS, SPEAKS OR EVEN SINGS... WHEN A PERSON BREATHES IN TUBERCULOSIS BACTERIA, THE ...

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. — Jerry and Cheryl Sistad noticed something strange about Minnesota’s Bovine Tuberculosis Management Zone map at last week’s Thief River Falls TB informational meeting. The ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attack the lungs. But, TB bacteria can attack any part of the body such as the kidney, spine, ...

When you have a contagious disease like tuberculosis (TB), refusing treatment and refusing to isolate are not personal choices. Such choices affect not only you but also everyone around you, at least ...

The National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination works with state and local health agencies to prevent and control tuberculosis. This is the primary site for US ...

Since 2021, Kentucky has had 118 confirmed cases of TB, according to information from Louisville's health department.

Brentwood Borough School District will remain open as officials there and at the Allegheny County Health Department continue to investigate the presence of tuberculosis in a student and five employees ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A day after 2 On Your Side confirmed a case of tuberculosis among a group of 570 asylum seekers currently being housed in Erie County, the Erie County Department of Health provided ...

Davis High students and staff possibly exposed to tuberculosis will undergo tests after school officials learned one of its pupils was diagnosed with the active form of the bacterial infection. The ...

A confirmed case of tuberculosis (TB) at a Long Island high school has students, parents, and teachers on edge – and district administrators on defense. The case was confirmed at Sachem High School ...