Tulane University professor of medicine Zhen Huang and his team of researchers have developed a simpler way to test for ...

Your doctor may use an acid-fast bacteria (AFB) stain test to see if you have a lung disease like tuberculosis (TB). In addition to showing tuberculosis, an AFB stain can also show if you have another ...

More than 80% of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the United States are a result of untreated latent TB infection that progresses to TB disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

Kansas is experiencing its largest tuberculosis outbreak in history, with 67 active cases and two deaths. The outbreak is contained to specific areas in Kansas and poses a low risk to the general ...

PACHECO, Calif. -- Public health officials in the Northern California's Contra Costa County are advising anyone who has spent time inside California Grand Casino in Pacheco since 2018 to consider ...

People at high risk for exposure to or infection with M tuberculosis People at high risk of progressing to TB disease after infection with M tuberculosis People who were born in or who frequently ...