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Active Tuberculosis (TB)
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTuberculosis (TB) can be an active infection or a latent infection. In an active TB infection, the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria multiply in the...
Prevention of Tuberculosis: 8 Ways to Slow Transmission
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTuberculosis (TB) is a preventable bacterial infection. Prevention focuses on treating latent TB...
What Is Skin Tuberculosis?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSkin tuberculosis (TB), also known as cutaneous TB, is an infection most often caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria. It spreads through...
Signs and Symptoms of Tuberculosis
Health via Yahoo News· 10 months agoTuberculosis (TB) is an airborne bacterial infection, meaning that it can spread from person to person through the air. When a person with tuberculosis...
Tuberculosis Is Making a Comeback in the U.S.
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTuberculosis has likely reclaimed its spot as the world’s deadliest infectious disease. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
What Is Pulmonary Tuberculosis?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is an infection with the tuberculosis bacterium that specifically affects the lungs. It’s likely the form of tuberculosis...
Tuberculosis Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHere’s a look at Tuberculosis (also known as TB), an infection, caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that usually affects the lungs....
Tuberculosis cases are way up in Worcester: Should residents be concerned?
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWORCESTER ― On the surface, it might look like Worcester is facing a dangerous public health crisis....
Tuberculosis cases at highest level in a decade in US: report
NY Post via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade, according to a new...
Tuberculosis is spreading in California, officials say. Silent bacteria could be why
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCalifornia is facing a steep rise in tuberculosis cases. In 2023, the number of tuberculosis cases...
