The infection spreads to the brain or spinal column.” Others “suffer a sudden, uncontrollable hemorrhage, leading to a quick ...
African giant pouched rats like Carolina prevented nearly 400,000 new cases of a deadly disease. It's possible because of ...
Consumption, phthisis, the white plague—a killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ...
Trying to keep a resurgence of tuberculosis cases from exploding into an outbreak, the Vanderburgh County Health Department plans to open a new clinic.
Many Indians are exposed to silica dust, but experts and patients lament the lack of information and health services related to silicosis. Sophie Cousins reports from West Bengal.
USAID was integral to Bangladesh's fight against tuberculosis but cuts now leave tens of thousands at risk.
World TB Day is March 24. We bet you thought tuberculosis or TB was a disease of the past. Guess what, it’s not. Except for during the COVID-19 pandemic, TB is the world’s biggest infectious ki ...
A Tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, has people on edge, with not much public knowledge about the disease or ...
Reports of TB date back to around 410-400 B.C.E., when the physician Hippocrates termed the disease phthisis, an archaic word that means a progressive “wasting away,” due to the way people with the ...
A 15-year study by Kaiser Permanente Northern California reveals significant gaps in LTBI testing practices, highlighting the need for targeted strategies to prevent active TB cases.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The World Health Organization estimates more than a million people died from tuberculosis ...
In the early 20th century, these Black nurses came to New York City from the Jim Crow South to join the fight against the ...
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