In 2023, after a brief hiatus, tuberculosis regained from COVID its status as the world’s deadliest infectious disease—a ...

Study by MIT and others identifies genes essential for tuberculosis bacterium’s survival during airborne transmission.

As of early 2025, tuberculosis cases are increasing in the U.S. This disease, often shortened to TB, causes significant lung ...

As of early 2025, tuberculosis cases are increasing in the U.S. This disease, often shortened to TB, causes significant lung damage and, if not treated, is almost always lethal. World TB Day on March ...

The international community will celebrate World Tuberculosis Day on Monday, 24 March this year. The theme for 2025 is “Yes!

In the United States, TB is often caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). However, different bacteria can cause TB in other countries. TB might be inactive and not ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) insisted as the March 24 Tuberculosis (TB) Day looms over that the disease remains one of ...

Live Science spoke with author John Green about his latest book, which explores both the history and current realities of ...

Even though effective tuberculosis treatments exist, they're so hard to access in the developing world that more than one ...

Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years.

Mycobacterium abscessus is a fast-growing, pathogenic mycobacteria that can cause lung infections, and people who have ...