Estudiantes, personal y visitantes de la Escuela Secundaria Southwest en Nestor podrían haber estado expuestos a la tuberculosis el otoño pasado, advirtió el condado el lunes por la noche. El condado ...

Los funcionarios de salud del condado de San Diego advierten a los residentes, empleados y visitantes actuales o anteriores de un asilo de ancianos de La Jolla que pueden haber estado expuestos a la ...

County heath officials Thursday warned that current or former residents, employees, and visitors of a La Jolla nursing home may have been exposed to tuberculosis. The potential exposure concerns The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health and U.K. health policy. Although it's often thought of as a disease of the past, tuberculosis is still found ...

Tuberculosis (TB) primarily affects the lungs. However, TB-causing bacteria can lead to pus collecting in the tissues. This is known as an abscess. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) is the ...

The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease. Global Health The United States ...

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 ...

Worldwide, approximately 2 million children younger than 15 years of age are infected with multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis, with MDR tuberculosis developing in approximately ...

Skin tuberculosis is just one of the ways that this bacterial infection can affect your body. While less contagious than some types of tuberculosis, it can still be spread from person to person. Skin ...