The San Francisco Department of Public Health said the risk of TB transmission at the high school was "moderate" during the ...

Though tuberculosis is rare in the United States as compared to developing countries, the region has some of the highest ...

Nearly one quarter of the world’s population is suspected to have been exposed to the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis, a disease that accounts for the highest global mortality from a bacterial ...

Tuberculosis has been a scourge upon humanity throughout history. In killing more than a million each year worldwide, it remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious pathogen. While ...

More than 50 latent TB cases and three active infections prompt Riordan High School to halt in‑person classes and expand testing in San Francisco.

TB remains the leading cause of death among people living with HIV. Uganda is a high TB-burden country, and HIV accelerates ...

San Francisco public health officials have identified three active tuberculosis cases among the school community at ...

Tuberculosis bacteria rely on a family of genes that help them survive the challenging journey from one person's lungs to another person's during coughing, sneezing or talking, according to ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the second most common cause of death worldwide by an infectious pathogen (after Covid-19), but many aspects of its long history with humans remain controversial. Researchers ...