Every year, we observe World Tuberculosis Day on March 24. The day is all about creating awareness about this serious ...

Latent Tuberculosis can remain silent for years but may turn active when immunity drops. Know early symptoms, causes and prevention to avoid serious complications.

Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have uncovered how the bacteria that causes tuberculosis fuels itself during infection, providing new insights into one of the world's ...

Researchers from Imperial and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have discovered a drug target that ...

Dear Doctors: I am 14 years old and recently had to test for tuberculosis. What is the common age range for tuberculosis? I did some research and learned that there are both latent and active ...

To find new treatments for tuberculosis, researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH's) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases turned to the natural enemies of the pathogen ...

A resident in southern New Jersey recently tested positive for tuberculosis. Here's what you need to know about the spread of TB and Delaware cases ...

Scrofula occurs when tuberculosis bacteria affects an area outside the lungs. The main symptom is swelling on one side of the neck due to swollen lymph nodes. Scrofula is uncommon in the United States ...

EVERY March 24, the world observes World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, which marks the 1882 discovery of the bacterium that causes the disease. More than a century later, tuberculosis remains one of the ...

Tuberculous peritonitis is a bacterial infection that affects the peritoneum. It commonly causes abdominal pain and fever, but symptoms may also include weight loss, tiredness, and a loss of appetite.