Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial disease that affects mostly the lungs. TB remains a deadly condition, especially in some ...

Your healthcare provider may also recommend a TB test — either a blood test or a skin test. For the skin test, you will need ...

Tuberculosis (TB) belongs to infectious diseases leading to the high mortality and morbidity worldwide. Since long-term ...

New research has found that delivering a stronger form of the tuberculosis vaccine directly to the lungs can help generate ...

First-ever clinical trial exclusively conducted among people with hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis known as pre-extensively ...

The potential for thousands of new deaths from TB is not worth the less than 1% in federal savings that came from cutting ...

A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain swelling ...

DeKalb County has the highest rate of tuberculosis cases in Georgia. Next week, it’s opening a new clinic to help test for the disease and treat it.

In Germany, it is often overlooked that diseases once thought to be defeated, like tuberculosis, still exist and that the ...

A higher dose of rifampicin -- a bactericidal antibiotic used primarily to treat tuberculosis (TB)-may be safe, and its use can potentially lead to recurrence-free survival in ...

New tuberculosis services will soon benefit residents of Laredo as the Laredo Public Health Department acquires a new X-ray ...

New drugs that target "zombie" tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...