KALAMAZOO, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - An active case of tuberculosis has been diagnosed in Kalamazoo, the Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department reported. The case involves someone at ...

Tuberculosis cases are on the rise, including in North Carolina. The Kansas City area is currently at the epicenter of an unusual tuberculosis outbreak, where 67 people are being treated for the ...

Alaska’s rates of tuberculosis inched up in the past year, continuing the state’s long pattern of having the nation’s highest or nearly highest rates of this respiratory disease, according ...

WHITEHALL, Ohio (WKRC) - A case of tuberculosis (TB) was confirmed at a high school in Ohio. According to WBNS, public health officials in Columbus were notified of a tuberculosis case at ...

TB is an airborne bacterial infection caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It primarily affects the lungs. If left untreated, the infection can spread to other organs and tissues and ...

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Tuberculosis, or TB, is a bacterial infection that primarily affects the lungs but can also spread to other parts of the body. It;s transmitted through the air when someone with TB coughs ...

Infectious disease doctors break it down. Tuberculosis is a disease that’s usually caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, according to the CDC. The disease can be broken into ...

Health officials are raising the alarm over a large and ongoing tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas. According to data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), the cases have ...

Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, spreads through germs from people with active illness, CDC says. Often, the telltale sign of active tuberculosis is ...

A colorized X-ray of a patient's chest shows lesions (tubercles, pink) caused by tuberculosis (TB) consisting of infected dead tissue. Treatment for the highly contagious disease requires ...

(AP produced by Javier Arciga) This 1966 microscope photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli, the organism responsible for causing ...