A few weeks ago, we wrote about a positive test for latent tuberculosis and treating that infection with antibiotics. On the heels of that column, we received some follow-up questions from readers.

The agency said $5B is needed annually for TB research, but funding cuts have made it difficult to reach that goal. HealthDay News — The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to move ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, ...

Nearly one in five students and staff at San Francisco’s Archbishop Riordan High School have been diagnosed with latent or active tuberculosis, the latest development in an outbreak that started in ...

PACHECO, Calif. -- Public health officials in the Northern California's Contra Costa County are advising anyone who has spent time inside California Grand Casino in Pacheco since 2018 to consider ...

Those flagged will be required to do a follow-up chest X-ray to determine if they have active TB or latent TB infection, the ...

SAN ANTONIO – Letters to parents at several Northside ISD schools last week warned that one student tested positive for tuberculosis and that other students will need to be tested for the infectious ...

PACHECO, Calif. (KGO) -- Contra Costa County public health officials are advising anyone who has spent time inside California Grand Casino in Pacheco since 2018 to consider getting a tuberculosis test ...

On March 24, a day widely recognized as World TB Day 2026, the agency released new guidance supporting simpler tests that can be done near where patients get care, instead of only in certain labs. WHO ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to move faster to detect and treat one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases: tuberculosis (TB). On March 24, a day widely recognized as ...