A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear ...

Emerging drug-resistant strains are posing significant challenges to the global fight against tuberculosis (TB) and it is a critical task to detect treatment failure as early as possible.

An outbreak of the infectious lung disease TB in Kansas is one of the largest ever recorded in the US. What is TB, and why ...

The United States is experiencing one of its largest outbreaks of tuberculosis since the CDC began reporting in the 1950s.

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer A tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in the Kansas City area has gained national attention this week, ...

Health officials are downplaying the TB danger, although the outbreak has continued for a full year with no end in sight.

Health officials are monitoring a tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City, with 67 active cases and at least two deaths, though ...

TB is a disease caused by a type of bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, according to the CDC. It is one of the world's leading infectious disease killers, the federal health agency says.

Getty Stock image of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes tuberculosis. Related: Surgeons Perform First-Ever Robotic Double Lung Transplant on 57-Year-Old 'Adrenaline Junkie' (Exclusive) A ...

TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It spreads between people through the air and typically affects the lungs, though it can invade elsewhere. Acute cases of TB usually result in ...