Two strains of the bacterium causing tuberculosis have only minor genetic differences but attack the lungs in completely different fashion, according to researchers. Two strains of the bacterium ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the second most common cause of death worldwide by an infectious pathogen (after Covid-19), but many aspects of its long history with humans remain controversial. Researchers ...

Tuberculosis expert Philip Hopewell, MD, illustrates just how little the U.S. allocatesfor global TB funding when compared to San Francisco's Department of Public Health budget. NEW YORK, NY – March ...

Tuberculosis has been a scourge upon humanity throughout history. In killing more than a million each year worldwide, it remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious pathogen. While ...

TB remains the leading cause of death among people living with HIV. Uganda is a high TB-burden country, and HIV accelerates ...

The finding upends conventional wisdom regarding coughing, long thought to be the main route of transmission. By Apoorva Mandavilli Upending centuries of medical dogma, a team of South African ...

Houston Health Department officials have informed the University of Houston that a student is being treated for active tuberculosis. The university sent out an email to the community on Tuesday ...

Tuberculosis (TB) symptoms vary depending on whether the disease is active or latent. Symptoms typically affect the lungs and may include a persistent, productive cough, fatigue, and fever. TB is a ...