Parents in Pitt County were notified this week that a middle school student tested positive for tuberculosis (TB). “Though there is no immediate public health risk from this exposure, we are ...

After an active case of tuberculosis was detected in the Sacramento area, you may be wondering about your risks of contracting the highly contagious disease. An individual with contagious tuberculosis ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes the potentially fatal respiratory infection of the same name, was found to use a system known as PrrAB to ...

A man in Ireland earned the unpleasant distinction of developing an exceedingly rare infection on his penis—one that has a puzzling origin, but may be connected to his work with dead animals.

NEW YORK (AP) — The number of people diagnosed with tuberculosis worldwide rose again last year, eclipsing 2023’s record total, World Health Organization officials said Wednesday. About 8.3 million ...

Nov 12 (Reuters) - Global tuberculosis rates fell about 2% in 2024 from the previous year, according to a World Health Organization report, after rising for three consecutive years due to ...

A new compound called CMX410 may change the fight against tuberculosis. It targets a weak point in the bacteria’s defenses, even in drug-resistant forms of the disease. Created using a cutting-edge ...

WMUR IS MIKE MOSES HAS THOSE DETAILS. I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS TB GOING AROUND. CHRIS WILLETT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE TWO NEW CONFIRMED CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS. JUST HOW CONTAGIOUS IT IS. AND ...

A month after a Western North Carolina individual was diagnosed with tuberculosis, news outlets are reporting on another case in Wake County. ABC reported Sept. 8 that a case of TB was present in Wake ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health has confirmed a case of tuberculosis in Wake County. Officials said a person with an active ...

There are three active cases of tuberculosis in Maine as of this week as TB continues to increase across the country, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported, according to the ...