Tuberculosis (TB) is once again the infectious disease responsible for the most deaths worldwide, according to a Tuesday announcement from the World Health Organization (WHO). The contagious disease ...

The outbreak started last January. Kansas health officials say numbers are trending downward, but they still expect to find more cases. This story has been updated to reflect that this is one of the ...

I knew of John Green from his excellent teen novels "The Fault in Our Stars," "Looking for Alaska" and "Turtles All the Way Down." When I heard he had written "Everything is Tuberculosis: The History ...

Health officials have confirmed almost 50 cases of tuberculosis in Wyandotte County, more than in all of Kansas last year. But the public risk remains low. The Kansas Department of Health and ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and predominantly affects the lungs, resulting in extensive tissue pathology. The disease is particularly ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and AlveoliX have developed the first human lung-on-chip model using stem cells ...

Dec. 14, 2025 Scientists are uncovering a new possibility behind long COVID’s stubborn symptoms: hidden infections that awaken or emerge alongside SARS-CoV-2. Evidence is mounting that viruses like ...

India's rural, tribal, and migrant communities face significant tuberculosis challenges, hampering elimination efforts amid socio-economic and health disparities.

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has rejected a report published by Daily Trust titled “How Nigerian Prisons Became ...

The Nigerian Correctional Service disputes a report calling prisons 'tuberculosis hotbeds,' citing its health, screening, and ...

Tuberculosis is an extremely infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It’s one of the top-10 causes of death worldwide. Tuberculosis (TB) is most common in developing ...