TUBERCULOSIS, a disease once thought to be under control, remains one of the most significant health challenges in Nigeria.

These are just some of the responses I’ve had when telling people that I was diagnosed with tuberculosis last year. The ...

In about 15 percent of cases, the disease may spread to other parts of the body, including lymph nodes, the gastrointestinal tract, bones, and joints. Though conventional tuberculosis is highly ...

A Georgetown University community member at the school’s Capitol Campus was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB), a treatable but ...

Diabetes, a disorder that hinders immune system function, makes people more susceptible to tuberculosis infection.

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Tuberculosis cases are on the rise in Arkansas, reaching their highest point in over a decade, the Arkansas Department of Health announced Friday morning. The case count ...

Of the 226 persons tested with 4 mg. per kilogram of body weight, 209 had active tuberculosis. Approximately two fifths showed less than 0.8 and a third have shown less than 0.4 microgm.

Despite its pulmonary-sounding name, the respiratory burst takes place in immune cells throughout the body. Two strains of the bacterium causing tuberculosis have only minor genetic differences ...

Tuberculosis remains difficult to eradicate ... It is easy to transmit and TB remains dormant in a human body for years even without showing any symptoms. TB also weakens the immune system of ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has endorsed a new test for tuberculosis (TB) to fasten efforts to eradicate one of the ...