Officials have confirmed a tuberculosis case at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It's unclear if the patient is a student, faculty member or staff member.

Tuberculosis is spread through air particles and impacts the lungs with a cough, fever and long illness. "Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by slow growing bacteria," said Dr. Nicholas ...

Health regulators in the United States are working to respond to a potential tuberculosis outbreak that's linked to a company's tainted bone graft products. Three new cases of the highly unusual ...

City officials declared a public health emergency Thursday after a tuberculosis outbreak left one person dead and nine others hospitalized. Health officials said the outbreak stemmed from a group ...

A Michigan woman has died just months following an elective back surgery after doctors discovered the bone graft material used in her surgery was contaminated with tuberculosis.

This is the second tuberculosis outbreak in two years linked to Aziyo Biologics. Eight people died in 2021, when the same type of bone repair product used in spinal and dental surgery was also ...

One person died as a result of a tuberculosis outbreak among residents of a single-room occupancy hotel in Long Beach, health officials announced Thursday. Nine other people have been hospitalized.

Active tuberculosis severely suppresses appetite, causing stomachaches and generally inhibiting the ability to eat, and once treatment commences and the infection begins to lessen, hunger roars back, ...

Tuberculosis (TB) may last for several months, with treatment. The length of time it takes to cure the condition can vary. It may depend on whether the TB is latent or active.