While there is a vaccine for TB, it’s not generally recommended in the U.S. because of the low risk of severe disease in the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found another unusual way animals can get humans sick. Luckily, this one doesn't involve kisses from your pet. After two decades of hunting, a ...

TB disease affects Asian persons more than others.‎ In 2023, TB disease was reported among 2,887 non-Hispanic Asian persons in the United States. This accounts for 30.0% of all people reported with TB ...

Health officials are trying to identify who else may have been exposed.

More than 10,300 cases of tuberculosis were reported last year in the U.S., which is an 8% increase compared to 2023. What to know about this disease ...

The school is preparing to shift to a "modified instruction," according to a report from KRON4.

AVERY COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - An active tuberculosis case has been confirmed in Western North Carolina, health officials said. The Toe River Health District said it was working with the state health ...

Yolo County officials traced contacts after a TB case surfaced at Cache Creek Casino. California saw 2,100 TB cases in 2024, with a rising mortality rate of 14%. Health agencies stress screening and ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) has been linked to a San Francisco high school. The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) issued a health advisory on Jan. 29 about the outbreak, which has ...

The Patchogue-Medford School District said in a letter that the Suffolk County Department of Health alerted them about an infectious person in the school community.

Certain antibodies inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the cause of tuberculosis (TB), the infectious disease that claims the most lives worldwide, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center ...

District officials say in a letter to families that the person who contracted the viral infection is no longer contagious.