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

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 ...

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, ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease kiler, affecting the most vulnerable, including refugees ...

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.

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 ...

Spokane County is seeing a rise in tuberculosis (TB) cases, with health officials noting an increase in the number of reported cases.

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 ...