Tuberculosis is prevalent in the US, but it's both preventable and curable.Early detection and treatment plans have helped ...

Tuberculosis is making headlines as the contagious respiratory disease spreads in the Midwest. Kansas is currently facing one ...

Tuberculosis spreads through germs released when a person with TB in their lungs coughs, speaks or sings. These bacteria can ...

There is a vaccine aimed at preventing TB called Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), but it’s not commonly used in the U.S., ...

Kansas is currently dealing with a tuberculosis outbreak that is unprecedented in the U.S. What we know about Delaware's ...

Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the vaccine for tuberculosis, but according to Collins, it is not routinely given in the U.S. According to the CDC, this is due to several reasons, including the mixed ...

You don’t need to have the vaccine to attend colleges in Kansas, but some do require you to get tested for tuberculosis ...

It’s easy to think that tuberculosis is an illness from another era. But the United States is actually experiencing the largest tuberculosis outbreak in its history.

The two types of TB infections have different signs and symptoms, the CDC and John Hopkins Medicine said. "Even if you do not feel sick, inactive TB can become active TB disease at any time and ...

No, you probably didn’t get tuberculosis at Sunday’s Chiefs game. A yearlong outbreak of the bacterial disease in the Kansas City metropolitan area has raised concerns about spread locally and ...

Kansas is currently experiencing a large tuberculosis outbreak, but federal health officials are countering the claim it’s a ...

As Kansas deals with an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak – the largest in recorded history in the United States – you might be wondering ... People with inactive TB do not have active TB disease.