WASHINGTON — Five patients died of liver failure and 16 others were hospitalized after they took a standard two-drug regimen to treat latent tuberculosis infections, federal health officials reported ...

Dear Doctors: I am 14 years old and recently had to test for tuberculosis. What is the common age range for tuberculosis? I did some research and learned that there are both latent and active ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health and U.K. health policy. Although it's often thought of as a disease of the past, tuberculosis is still found ...

Many people with tuberculosis stay in the latent infection stage, but some develop the active disease. Both stages are treatable. Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that usually affects the ...

Dr. Keith Roach is a physician at Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital. He writes an educational column on infectious diseases, public health and sports medicine. DEAR DR.

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that typically affects the lungs, though it can also involve other body parts. When it affects the lungs, it’s called pulmonary TB. TB outside of the lung is ...

Active tuberculosis (TB) disease can transmit from person to person, but latent TB infection is not contagious. Active TB typically transmits through droplets in the air. The bacterium Mycobacterium ...

WORCESTER ― On the surface, it might look like Worcester is facing a dangerous public health crisis. Tuberculosis cases in the city have skyrocketed, from 11 cases in 2019 to 1,154 cases last year, ...

Courtney is a registered nurse with over 13 years of experience in the clinical setting, helping individuals navigate their way through their healthcare journeys. She has been in the frontlines ...

This image depicts a large group of orange-colored, rod shaped, Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause tuberculosis. An active TB case was reported Monday in Tacoma by the local health ...