WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The hardest-to-treat form of drug-resistant tuberculosis is a growing threat in many parts of the world, but remains quite rare in the United States, U.S. government health ...

8-year-old Asma, a TB patient who nears completion of her treatment, receives consultation at the Government General Hospital Samanabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Despite being preventable and curable, ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization. A person infected with the ...

Genitourinary TB is on the rise, but it is difficult to diagnose, leading to a delay in treatment that worsens renal damage, a urologist warns. The infection manifests as pyelonephritis, renal colic, ...

Patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) require special precautions in healthcare facilities, and cases of TB have been rising in the US over the past several years. These precautions include ...

"As long as you breathe, you are at risk anywhere in the world," says physician Lucica Ditiu. The risk she's referring to is catching tuberculosis. While it may seem like a disease from the past, this ...

Diagnosing TB in children has long been a challenge, but that is set to change. qXR from Qure.ai is the first AI-enabled ...

Kansas is experiencing its largest tuberculosis outbreak in history, with 67 active cases and two deaths. The outbreak is contained to specific areas in Kansas and poses a low risk to the general ...

A wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area has caused dozens of illnesses and at least two deaths, according to the state health department. Cases related to the outbreak ...

A self-destructing vaccine administered intravenously provides additional safety and protection against tuberculosis (TB) in macaque monkeys, suggests new University of Pittsburgh research published ...