A new vaccine that boosts immunity against tuberculosis (TB) has been shown to be effective in pioneering pre-clinical trials.

Early detection and treatment plans have helped limit further disease transmission in the US. However, we've seen numbers ...

A TB blood test can find out whether you have the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria in your body. Whether you need to get tested and how often depends on your specific circumstances. A blood ...

Hundreds of people in New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania are sickened with TB every year, but a recent deadly outbreak in Kansas has some worried about the disease’s spread. Tuberculosis ...

Health officials are raising the alarm over a large and ongoing tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas. According to data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), the cases have ...

Two TB-related conditions exist: inactive TB and active TB. Kansas health officials said patients who test positive will be screened to see if they have active TB disease or latent TB infection.

Kansas is experiencing its most significant tuberculosis outbreak, with 67 active and 79 latent cases reported in Wyandotte and Johnson counties. Despite the outbreak's scale, health officials ...

TB infections have been rising every year since 2020 after 30 years of decline. Now, a historic outbreak in Kansas is highlighting the disturbing trend. A colorized X-ray of a patient's chest ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if ...

People who test positive will be further screened to determine whether they have active TB disease or a latent TB infection, “which will help determine the best treatment,” according to the ...

FILE - This 1966 microscope photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli, the organism responsible for causing the disease ...