Untreated tuberculosis may result in several long-term complications ... For example, the bacteria can spread to the bones, causing bone pain. Without treatment, active TB can be fatal.

A decades-old TB vaccine turned cancer therapy may unlock new immunotherapies by reprogramming immune cell development in the ...

More than three decades ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) as the first ...

such as a lymph node or bone. Most often, TB spreads through the air when an individual with TB speaks or coughs. M. tuberculosis can stay airborne for several hours and spreads more readily in ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease ... While rare, there have been reports of TB transmission through bone grafts, in which healthy, donated bone material is used to replace ...

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 ...

Kansas is facing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history ... MORE: What to know about TB after outbreak in Long Beach sickens 14 Cases linked to the outbreak were ...

It can also be a sign of cancer that started in a bone, such as osteosarcoma. This cancer develops most often in the long bones of the arms and the legs. The pain often gets worse at night and can ...

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Everything Is Tuberculosis takes on the history of the human response to and treatment of tuberculosis. The book, Green says, was partially inspired by a young boy named Henry whom the author met ...

It's unclear if the patient is a student, faculty member or staff member. A case of active tuberculosis has been confirmed at a Florida high school, according to state health officials.

There, he met Henry Reider — a vibrant, creative 17-year-old who was emaciated by tuberculosis that had grown resistant to standard treatment. The two struck up a long-distance friendship when ...