Kansas City Chiefs game drew lots of travelers. Should you be worried about tuberculosis?
No, you probably didn’t get tuberculosis at Sunday’s Chiefs game. A yearlong outbreak of the bacterial infection in the ...
Clinical trial finds three new ways to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis
The endTB trial is one of four recent randomized controlled trials testing new, shorter, and less toxic treatment regimens ...
New Hope in Fight Against Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Scientists have discovered three powerful new drug regimens that offer more effective treatment for tuberculosis—bringing ...
Is There a Vaccine for TB in the U.S.? Infectious Disease Doctors Explain Tuberculosis Prevention
There is a vaccine aimed at preventing TB called Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), but it’s not commonly used in the U.S., ...
What Is Tuberculosis And How Does It Spread?
Tuberculosis spreads through germs released when a person with TB in their lungs coughs, speaks or sings. These bacteria can ...
Kansas is in the middle of an ‘unprecedented’ tuberculosis outbreak. Here’s what to know
Common symptoms of active TB include coughing, chest pains, fever, fatigue and coughing up blood or phlegm. The airborne ...
Tuberculosis case confirmed at Ohio high school
WHITEHALL — A tuberculosis case has been confirmed in an Ohio high school. Columbus Public Health officials were notified about the case at Whitehall-Yearling High School, near Columbus, according to ...
Columbus Public Health confirms tuberculosis case at Whitehall-Yearling High School
WHITEHALL, Ohio — Columbus Public Health officials were notified of a tuberculosis case at Whitehall-Yearling High School.