Tuberculosis under the sea: A marine sponge microbe provides insights into the bacterium's evolution. Story by Science X staff • 1w. T he surprising discovery of a bacterium in a marine sponge ...

While studying anthrax, Koch detected shiny, bead-like spores in samples under his microscope. Under certain conditions, the spores grew into the rodlike anthrax bacilli that cause the disease.

An outbreak of tuberculosis within Kansas City in the United States has been ongoing since Jan. 2024 and has highlighted new trends of TB in the United States. According to March 2025 U.S. Centers for ...

Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years. More than 10,300 cases were reported last year, an 8% increase from 2023 and the ...