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

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Based on 50 population surveys and more than 200 geolocated data points, the model estimates 1.28 million TB cases, revealing stark regional differences—with some areas reporting as few as 0.25 ...

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 ...

After steady decline, TB has increased every year since 2020 in U.S. But a CDC report describes the incidence of tuberculosis in the United States as still ‘among the lowest in the world ...

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 ...