Though tuberculosis is rare in the United States as compared to developing countries, the region has some of the highest ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major unrecognized cause of deadly sepsis among people with HIV in Africa, a sweeping new study reveals. Beginning treatment for TB immediately – even before sepsis patients are ...

Shorter duration, fully oral treatment regimens for tuberculosis (TB) are now recommended for most adults and children. Updated joint guidelines from the American Thoracic Society, the CDC, European ...

Treating all household contacts of someone with tuberculosis (TB) helped prevent active TB disease across age groups in the real world, but the effectiveness was highest when treating individuals who ...

Researcher found that exposed individuals with confirmed TB infection -- i.e. a positive skin or blood test -- should receive priority treatment in settings with a low prevalence of the disease, ...

Fungi from U.S. peat bogs may hold the key to new tuberculosis (TB) treatments, a new study has revealed. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have identified fungal compounds that could ...

More than 50 latent TB cases and three active infections prompt Riordan High School to halt in‑person classes and expand ...

The immune system remains seriously out-of-whack—in an inflammatory state of overactivation and impaired ...

Some survivors of tuberculosis (TB) have urged those living with the condition to make taking their medication their optimum goal if they want to stay alive ...

It's "really bad." ...