Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is a bacterial infection that primarily affects a person's lungs. Its symptoms vary widely depending on how the slow-growing mycobacterium that causes the infection ...

The Tulsa Health Department is conducting a public health investigation after an active tuberculosis case was linked to ...

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

Tuberculosis is the world's deadliest infectious disease, but Queensland researchers think vaccinating via the lungs could ...

Four people in Michigan developed a form of tuberculosis linked to deer between 2019 and 2022, according to a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. TB is a contagious illness that can ...

Researchers in the U.S. and U.K. have developed what they say is a more accurate way to scan for tuberculosis (TB) using positron emission tomography (PET) to detect the causative Mycobacterium ...

A pioneering study presented today at ESCMID Global 2025 has demonstrated that an AI-powered lung ultrasound outperforms human experts by 9% in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).

AMHERST — Tuberculosis, a potentially fatal disease of the lungs, still affects millions worldwide. University of Massachusetts Amherst Professor Alissa Rothchild aims to change that. Rothchild ...

A DNA project conducted last fall found a number of potential human pathogens in Charleston's waterways, with some of the top being tuberculosis, staph, cholera and E. coli.