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

A CDC spokesperson identified two outbreaks in the last decade linked to more tuberculosis cases than the ongoing outbreak ...

Trump Orders CDC, FDA, and Other Health Agencies to Go Dark Globally, experts have blamed the pressures of the pandemic for the recent uptick in TB, particularly in weakening screening and ...

Kansas City is currently facing the largest documented tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in the United States. According to the ...

In September 2023, a CDC report revealed that an outbreak of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB had driven up cases from 2019–2021 when recorded cases were between 37– 43 – a number that increased ...

Dec. 3, 2024 — An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to the bacterium that causes the human disease tuberculosis. The ...

Researchers have identified two microRNA that may predict which individuals with cancer are at elevated risk for COVID-19-related death.

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are infections caused by a wide variety of common and unusual bacteria, fungi, and viruses during the course of receiving medical care. Medical advances have ...

Assuring proper identification and treatment of persons who have TB disease Preventing the spread of disease to others Finding, screening and treating persons exposed to those with disease Targeting ...