As tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence of a disease once in decline
An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...
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There is no imminent infectious disease crisis at the border
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to use infectious disease as a reason to reduce the flow of migrants. But ...
Why increasing rates of tuberculosis in the UK and US should concern everyone
With one of the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in US history, Kansas has more to worry about than its recent Super Bowl ...
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The Fight Against TB Was Frozen in Time, Until Now. See Its Future
Tuberculosis has stalked humanity for as nearly as long as we've been on earth. In this article, we take a look at how UCSF ...
Program: Tuberculosis is curable, so why isn't it eradicated?
In his latest book John Green writes about the history and injustice of tuberculosis, a disease which kills 1.25 million ...
Tuberculosis case confirmed in Manchester, state health officials say
A person in Manchester who spent time in one of the city's homeless shelters has tested positive for tuberculosis, state health officials confirmed Thursday. Jake Leon, the director of communications ...
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Evaluating H56:IC31 vaccine in tuberculosis recurrence prevention
Tuberculosis remains one of the most lethal infectious diseases caused by a single pathogen. According to the latest global ...
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COVID-19 is the latest epidemic to show biomedical breakthroughs aren't enough to eliminate a disease
Sustained focus and resources aimed at helping the most socially and economically vulnerable are essential, too — as the ...
Free testing clinics for tuberculosis scheduled in Manchester following confirmed case
Two testing clinics will be held in Manchester next week, after a person who spent time at the Families in Transition Adult Shelter and the 1269 Café tested positive for tuberculosis, state health ...
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Tuberculosis testing underway after case identified in person at Manchester shelter
"The individual is receiving treatment and is no longer in the shelter or community organization environments," a state ...
State, feds test vaccinating wild deer to stem persistent bovine tuberculosis infection
Michigan has the only persisting bovine tuberculosis outbreak in wild deer anywhere in the U.S. — and it occasionally spills ...
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As tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence of a disease once in decline
(THE CONVERSATION) An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and ...