The World Health Organization aims to reduce TB cases by 80% by 2030. The United Kingdom reported a 13% rise in TB cases in ...

Here's what tuberculosis is, how it's transmitted and how you can expect to have it treated if it affects you or someone you ...

Officials in suburban Joliet have confirmed a student was diagnosed with tuberculosis in recent days. According to a ...

When people hear about tuberculosis, they tend to assume it's long gone. However, as the most deadly infectious disease on the planet, it's still alive and well. Just this week, a case of TB was ...

Globally, about 3,500 people lose their lives to tuberculosis every day, and nearly 30,000 people fall ill from this preventable and curable disease. According to the World Health Organization's ...

JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- A south suburban student has been diagnosed with active tuberculosis, school officials said on Monday. Joliet West High School sent a letter to students and staff who may have ...

After an adult was diagnosed with tuberculosis after visiting two locations in Manchester in January, officials are ...

According to Joliet West officials, tuberculosis is contagious and spreads through the air when people with active cases cough, speak or sing. It is not spread as easily as other illnesses ...

Conventional thinking held that enclosed spaces where people spent long periods of time together, were where most TB ...

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, was responsible for 1.25 million deaths in 2023, 13% of which were among people living with HIV. Currently, the main ...