The immune system remains seriously out-of-whack—in an inflammatory state of overactivation and impaired ...

AS a director of the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc. (PTSI), my advocacy extends beyond treating TB — it must also confront one of the strongest drivers of the disease: smoking in all its forms, ...

Tuberculosis (TB) can transmit via the air, and the risk of infection depends on several factors. These can include the duration of exposure, proximity to a person with the infection, and immune ...

Patient choice in taking treatment is framed by the physiological and psychological impacts of the disease and also by the social and cultural structures in which the person is immersed. [68] Patient ...

The ongoing yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in the Kansas City, Kansas, area continues to perplex health authorities, a full year after it began. The TB outbreak has led to 67 active cases that ...

After being dormant in the body for years, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis can suddenly multiply and cause an active TB infection. Photo by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ...

A patient who was diagnosed with tuberculosis holds his chest x-rays while consulting with a doctor at the Médecins Sans Frontières clinic in Mumbai, which treats people with drug-resistant ...

Yolo County officials traced contacts after a TB case surfaced at Cache Creek Casino. California saw 2,100 TB cases in 2024, with a rising mortality rate of 14%. Health agencies stress screening and ...