An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...

Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... germs unless it is active in the body and you are experiencing symptoms. That doesn't mean that latent TB isn't a big deal.

TB is caused by a type of bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Typical symptoms include a bad cough that lasts 3 weeks or longer, chest pain, and coughing up blood or phlegm from your lungs.

Kansas is dealing with the largest TB outbreak in modern U.S. history. Here's what to know about tuberculosis testing and cases in Tennessee in 2025.

While TB cases have been rising nationally in recent years, public health officials continue to emphasize there is no threat ...

As it happens, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes ... years or decades for an infection to result in symptoms. This is why the current outbreaks have actually been brewing ...

Working toward more effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed two strains of ...

Symptoms of TB in other parts of the body ... After being dormant in the body for years, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis can suddenly multiply and cause an active TB infection. Photo by the National ...