Therefore, the incidence of NTM is probably underestimated in many tuberculosis-endemic countries where there ... or automatically using the Artisan Acid-Fast Bacillus (AFB) Stain Kit and the Artisan ...

The World Health Organization warned last week that the sweeping funding cuts could endanger millions of lives, since many countries depend on foreign aid for TB prevention, testing and treatment.

Getty Images For more than a year, local, state and federal public health officials have been tracking one of the nation’s largest outbreaks of tuberculosis in decades. So far, 67 communicable ...

“Now we have a sense, through these genes, of the tools tuberculosis uses to protect itself,” said Dr. Lydia Bourouiba, who was co-senior author of the paper, which was published in PNAS.

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (KFOR) – The possibility of layoffs at Tinker Air force Base has people on edge, including business owners who rely on the base for a lot of their business. Possible layoffs ...

Background: Adolescents comprise one-third of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) cases in the United States, but there are few specific data on the epidemiology and clinical course in this population.

This large case series illustrates several features of adolescent TB. First, most patients were identified after presenting with symptoms. Second, the rates of extrathoracic TB were high ...

W orking toward more effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed two strains of mycobacteria with "kill switches" that can be triggered to stop the ...

TB disease and TB infection are both reportable diseases in Ontario. Patient consent is not required for reporting this information according to the Health Protection and Promotion Act, (HPPA).Please ...

TAMPA — Siudy Garrido will present “Bailaora” on Sunday, March 16, 7:30 p.m., at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, 1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa. Tickets start at $15.