A tuberculosis outbreak at a San Francisco Catholic high school has infected or exposed nearly one in five students and staff ...

California health officials are scrambling after tuberculosis exposures were confirmed at multiple schools as cases of the ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease that can be very serious if not treated. TB can stay dormant in your body for decades, but it’s contagious only when you have active symptoms. Tuberculosis ...

Household contacts of people with tuberculosis (TB) have a high risk of getting TB themselves, at around 2%. It is currently ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

"Our immune system has co-evolved with this organism." ...

Untreated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection markedly increases the risk of tuberculosis, which remains the most common cause of hospitalization and death globally among people with HIV ...

Household contacts of people with tuberculosis (TB) have a high risk of getting TB themselves, at around 2 percent. It is ...

BALTIMORE —Tuberculosis infected more than 8 million people in 2024 — surpassing COVID-19 and marking a record high since 1995 — as a new Johns Hopkins-developed vaccine emerges amid rising antibiotic ...

Disseminated tuberculosis is a type of tuberculosis (TB) where mycobacteria spread via blood to other organs beyond the lungs. It can cause severe multiple-organ damage in the absence of early ...