The incidence of active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and silicosis among gold miners remains high, but recent years have seen a slow decline in the rates of both diseases, according to a recent study.

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

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is among the most common breathing conditions. It's the result of damaged lung ...

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diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and immunosuppressive diseases beyond HIV are also associated with tuberculosis. Want more health and science stories in your inbox?

Dr. Todd Ellerin, Chief of Infectious Diseases at South Shore Health, talked to WCVB's Ed Harding about how likely it is to catch tuberculosis and whether it is a threat to public health.

But when someone’s immune system is not able to fight off the infection, or someone’s latent infection reactivates, it becomes tuberculosis disease. It typically starts off as a pulmonary ...

Health authorities have confirmed that additional employees at the Maître meal supplier in Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, ...

"BCG protects children from tuberculosis meningitis, but it doesn't effectively protect adults from pulmonary tuberculosis, which is why it's only used in high-incidence countries," said Dr. Dirk ...