Tuberculosis is prevalent in the US, but it's both preventable and curable. Early detection and treatment plans have helped limit further disease transmission in the US. However, we've seen ...

Although vitamin D supplementation during tuberculosis (TB) treatment doesn’t accelerate the clearance of TB bacilli, it is safe and improves patients’ clinical symptoms. Patients with tuberculosis ...

People with latent TB do not develop symptoms and aren't contagious, so they can't spread the infection to others. However, people with latent TB can still develop active TB at any time.

LUCENA CITY, Quezon (PIA) – More than 9,000 individuals in Quezon province have received treatment for tuberculosis as the Quezon Provincial Health Office (PHO) intensifies efforts to detect and ...

People with inactive TB do not have active TB disease. They don’t feel sick or have any symptoms and can’t spread the disease to others. Without treatment, inactive TB can develop into active ...

There were 9,633 TB cases reported in the nationin 2023, according to the CDC’s most recent data. Symptoms of TB in other parts of the body depend on which area is affected. Tuberculosis disease ...

Risk factors associated with extrapulmonary TB among US veterans include non-Hispanic Black race, diabetes, HIV infection, and severe kidney disease.

At first, tuberculosis symptoms are typically mild and easy to dismiss as a lingering cold or seasonal illness. But as the bacteria lingers and spreads, it becomes more serious and contagious.