Currently, several states have outbreaks. In Kansas City, where cases have increased 148%, two deaths have been reported ...

The smartphone-sized, battery-powered test is a cost-effective tool that can improve TB diagnoses, particularly in rural areas where facilities and equipment are less accessible. Dr. Tony Hu, a Tulane ...

Florida recorded 681 cases of TB in 2024, about 9% more than the previous year, federal data shows. California had the highest number of reported TB cases in 2024, with 2,100 cases. More than 30 other ...

tuberculosis, the slow-growing ... "When I was the TB controller in LA County," Kerndt recalled, "80% of our cases were in foreign-born people." In short, if we don't control TB globally, it ...

Each year, tuberculosis kills some 1.25 million people globally and more than 10 times that number become infected with the disease annually, according to the World Health Organization.

Globally, tuberculosis is responsible for the most deaths of any infectious disease. Around 1.25 million people died from the bacterial infection in 2023, the latest data available, and new cases ...

San Diego County public health officials on Tuesday were working with two agencies that offer aid to homeless people to notify those who may have been exposed to tuberculosis. The dates run in two ...

Dylan Scott covers health for Vox, guiding readers through the emerging opportunities and challenges in improving our health. He has reported on health policy for more than 10 years, writing for ...

When health workers stopped visiting her home in Pakistan to administer tuberculosis medication, Ratna Jamni began dragging herself to a clinic “step by painful step, when even standing feels ...

U.S.A.I.D. Global Health 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.