Having tuberculosis patients wear a surgical mask all day cuts the likelihood of them transmitting the infection through the air by nearly half, according to a new study from South Africa.

County officials in Arizona have taken the highly unusual and extreme step of jailing a 27-year-old tuberculosis patient who refuses to wear a mask in public to prevent the spread of the disease.

The meme claims that preventive COVID-19 measures, such as mask-wearing, social distancing and closing public spaces and businesses, have not been prioritized for tuberculosis despite its deadliness.

Face masks worn by patients infected with tuberculosis (TB) may be able to significantly cut transmission rates to non-infected patients, according to a new study. The study was conducted in a ...

These findings may help speed up clean-air measures to improve public health and may lead to the discovery of new ways to fight extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis, or XDR TB, the researchers said.

Tuberculosis: It’s a good idea to mask up in public places. People who are malnourished, immunocompromised, prolonged steroids use, diabetes, cardiac ailments, ...

Passengers aboard US Airways Flight 2846 were waiting on the tarmac at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport when their pilot came on the intercom. “We’ve been notified about a health emergency ...

A relative adjusts the oxygen mask of a tuberculosis patient at a TB hospital on World Tuberculosis Day in Hyderabad, India, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A., File) A relative adjusts the ...

Mask mandates would no longer be allowed in Kansas under a bill the Legislature sent to the governor’s desk Friday. The state would bar any public officials — including state and local ...

The new legislation primarily targets mask mandates and quarantine orders. It also has a watered-down anti-vaccine provision. There is no provision on ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine as off ...