Tuberculosis, or TB, is an infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs but can also spread to other parts of the body.

DENVER, N.C. (WBTV) - A Lincoln County high school student tested positive for tuberculosis, health officials confirmed.

Treating all household contacts of someone with tuberculosis (TB) helped prevent active TB disease across age groups in the real world, but the effectiveness was highest when treating individuals who ...

Tuberculosis still kills quietly, despite modern medicine. Stigma, lack of awareness and drug resistance, keep the crisis ...

New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become ...

A woman with untreated tuberculosis has refused 16 court orders to isolate at home. She was last spotted boarding a bus to a casino in Tacoma, Washington. Tuberculosis can be treated with antibiotics, ...

TACOMA, Wash. — A Tacoma woman who has been avoiding treatment and isolation for tuberculosis (TB) for more than a year has been arrested so she can receive medical treatment in jail. Pierce County ...

TACOMA, Wash. — A Tacoma woman who has been avoiding treatment and isolation for tuberculosis (TB) for more than a year has received a yet another court order to submit to isolation, testing, and ...

The woman remained at large for more than three months. Now she is in an isolated jail cell after refusing tuberculosis treatments. A woman who refused tuberculosis treatment has been arrested.

The Department of Health in the Bicol region (DOH-5) has recorded 25,919 patients treated for tuberculosis (TB). Aida Ruby Jeremias, TB program coordinator, said a success rate of 94 percent from the ...