It's easy to think that tuberculosis is an illness from another era. But the United States is actually experiencing the largest tuberculosis outbreak in its history. The outbreak, which is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - This 1966 microscope photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...

TB is an airborne disease with a long history, now primarily treated with antibiotics, but drug resistance remains a challenge. The COVID-19 pandemic led to underdiagnosis and increased TB mortality, ...

In 1992, a blue-ribbon panel commissioned by the Institute of Medicine published “Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Human Health in the United States.” The report was a broadside aimed at the ...

Almost forgotten today, tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the deadliest infectious diseases in the world. In an interview with Coliquio, Ronald D. Gerste, MD, PhD, an ophthalmologist and historian, ...

The rise of race -- The fall of race -- The challenge of tuberculosis -- Preventing TB : American Indians and the BCG vaccine -- BCG goes global -- Questioning BCG : mass resistance in India -- Faith, ...

The Unified Government Public Health Department of Wyandotte County in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas, area has taken local experts aback, ...

When most of us think of serious diseases that kill millions of people, the ones that come to mind are often the ones that get the most attention: cancer, COVID-19, heart disease and diabetes. But a ...

A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, has become the largest documented on record in the United States. As of Jan. 24, 2025, there have been 67 active cases reported in Wyandotte County (60) ...

FILE - This 1966 microscope photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli, the organism responsible for causing the disease ...