Then SARS-CoV-2 came along and grabbed the notorious title of #1 killer: In 2020, COVID-19 was responsible for 3.5 million deaths worldwide vs 1.5 million for TB. The 2024 Global Tuberculosis ...

Consumption, phthisis, the white plague – a killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ice age. Today, the disease – passed from those who are actively sick to ...

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

Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Two TB-related conditions exist ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of ...

The 40-year-old had been receiving treatment and mental health support for months at home after contracting drug-resistant TB, but those visits have all stopped. “Every trip is painful ...

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 ...

What to know about TB symptoms, spread, and treatment. Kansas is dealing with one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis recorded in a single year in the United States since the 1950s ...

The bacterial infection, also known as TB, spreads by breathing in the germs of an infected person. The disease usually infects the lungs, although it can also affect the brain, kidney and other ...