The Wider Image: 'White death' in Argentina: The hunger of poverty feeds tuberculosis (Reuters) - Tuberculosis replaced COVID-19 to become the top cause for infectious disease-related deaths in 2023, ...
The Church of Scotland Hospital in Tugela Ferry, South Africa, sits in an arid valley among the mountains of KwaZulu-Natal. Occupying a dozen or so tin-roofed, low-slung buildings, the hospital serves ...
NEWSWATCH SEVEN. ALL RIGHT, ABBY, THANK YOU. NOW, TUBERCULOSIS IS TREATABLE. BUT HERE’S THE PROBLEM. MAY MAYBE YOU MAY BE INFECTED FOR MONTHS, EVEN YEARS, WITHOUT SHOWING ANY SYMPTOMS. KETV NEWSWATCH ...
A grouping of red-colored, rod shaped, Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause tuberculosis, is seen in a microscopic image captured in 2010. Tuberculosis plagued Alaska in the 20th century, ...
Just a short time after “Gone With the Wind star” Vivien Leigh appeared at Atlanta’s Loews Grand Theatre for the 1939 premiere of the legendary film, the British actress caught tuberculosis on a trip ...
The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 was the highest in a decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced. The CDC said on its website Thursday that "overall, cases ...
Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization. A person infected with the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health and U.K. health policy. Although it's often thought of as a disease of the past, tuberculosis is still found ...
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and AlveoliX have developed the first human lung-on-chip model using stem cells ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A case of tuberculosis was recorded at a Portland-area middle school this week, and the news has sparked concerns among local families. “I thought we got rid of it. Why go ...
Almost forgotten today, tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the deadliest infectious diseases in the world. In an interview with Coliquio, Ronald D. Gerste, MD, PhD, an ophthalmologist and historian, ...