Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization.. A person infected ...

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 ...

What to know about TB symptoms, spread, and treatment. A major tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area has sickened dozens of people and killed two. IE 11 is not supported.