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TB Can Use the Immune System to Boost Infection

People and animals are very susceptible to infections from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the bacterium that causes ...
Yahoo

Global tuberculosis diagnoses rise to a record, but deaths fall, WHO reports

FILE - This 1966 microscope photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli, the organism responsible for causing the disease ...
Yahoo

There's a growing TB outbreak in Kansas. What are the symptoms and should you be worried?

Kansas is dealing with one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis recorded in a single year in the United States since the 1950s, state health officials say. The outbreak in the Kansas City area has ...

TB harnesses part of immune defense system to cause infection, study finds

Scientists have made a discovery that helps explain why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting tuberculosis (TB ...
The Tufts Daily

Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City

An outbreak of tuberculosis within Kansas City in the United States has been ongoing since Jan. 2024 and has highlighted new trends of TB in the United States. According to March 2025 U.S. Centers for ...