There is a test that is usually carried out to find out whether a child has tuberculosis or not, namely the Mantoux test. The ...

TB reclaims title of deadliest infectious disease. That's an 'outrage' says WHO : Goats and Soda DIslodged by COVID early in the pandemic, tuberculosis is once again the infectious disease that ...

Not only does TB still simmer and sometimes flare here at home, as evidenced by a recent outbreak in Kansas, 2025 marked the third consecutive year of rising U.S. case counts.

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 ...

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 ...

A major tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area has sickened dozens of people and killed two. What to know about TB symptoms, spread, and treatment.

Despite being in a high-resource setting, infants with congenital tuberculosis (TB) across Europe were more likely to have been born preterm and had low birth weights than those with postnatal TB ...

Multnomah County officials say TB is less likely to spread than you think. by: Aimee Plante. Posted: May 16, 2025 / 11:59 AM PDT. Updated: May 16, 2025 / 05:16 PM PDT. SHARE.

How common is TB in the United States? There were 9,633 cases of TB disease reported in the U.S. in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up from 8,332 in 2022.. In ...