Indeed, the pathogen seems like ancient history — but as recent developments indicate, tuberculosis isn’t done with us yet.

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear ...

The endTB trial is one of four recent randomized controlled trials testing new, shorter, and less toxic treatment regimens ...

Currently, the most widely used vaccine against TB is the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Developed in 1921, the vaccine ...

While TB cases have been rising nationally in recent years, public health officials continue to emphasize there is no threat ...

A wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area has caused dozens of illnesses and at least two ...

Kansas City-area residents may be alarmed to hear that Wyandotte County is at the epicenter of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to state health officials.

Immunocompromised people are especially at risk for developing active tuberculosis. According to a World Health Organization report, tuberculosis is a factor in 30 percent of the world’s AIDS ...

In a study in Belarus and Uzbekistan, 96% of patients with drug-resistant TB who received the regimens had successful treatment outcomes.

In an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care, Michael A. Bernstein, MD, stressed the need for effective ...