Tuberculosis cases in the United States rose 9.4% in the past year after falling almost 20% in 2020, though the latest rates are still significantly lower than before the pandemic, according to a ...

To achieve the target, programs of TB control have focused on detecting and treating active TB cases to reduce their infectiousness, thus breaking the transmission chain. The senior author of the ...

Without HIV, the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic would now be in decline almost everywhere. However, instead of looking forward to the demise of TB, countries that are badly affected by HIV are ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a tuberculosis infection-control program should consist of administrative controls, environmental controls and a respiratory-protection ...

We estimated tuberculosis-related morbidity, mortality, and costs associated with radiographic screening and existing tuberculosis-control programs over a period of 20 years among Mexican-born ...

Understanding tuberculosis—its causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention—empowers individuals and communities to participate actively in TB control efforts.

Tuberculosis Is Not Under Control, Says World Health Organization : The Two-Way A new report shows tuberculosis was one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide in 2015, ...

Drug-resistant tuberculosis in the United States is still quite rare. There were 91 such cases in the U.S. in 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But foreign-born ...

The Indian tuberculosis-control program is now one of the largest public health programs in the world. The program has been remarkably successful, although it still faces many challenges.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the bacteria usually attacks a person's lungs, but can also ...

The agency’s 2022 tuberculosis summary indicated 536 people were confirmed to have the disease in New York City last year, representing a rate of 6.1 cases per 100,000 people and signaling a ...