Earlier this month, a high school student in Joliet, Ill. tested positive for a highly contagious disease that has claimed more lives than any other throughout human history. Many mistakenly believe ...

On January 24th, 2025, the Trump administration announced a freeze on all foreign aid funding for 90 days, during which time the administration would evaluate which foreign aid contracts were in the ...

Tuberculosis has been crawling its way back into the spotlight. In 2020, after a three-decade decline, TB cases in the U.S. began climbing again. Last year, that number was at its highest since 2011.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Today marks World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, and the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts (RHHD) are encouraging community members to seek preventative care and screening for TB.

Global tuberculosis cases reached an all-time high in 2023, with nearly 11 million people estimated to have become sick with the disease last year. According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ...

The world health organization released information this week saying that tuberculosis is now the top killing infectious disease in the world… surpassing COVID-19. San Luis Obispo County Public Health ...

When health workers stopped visiting her home in Pakistan to administer tuberculosis medication, Ratna Jamni began dragging herself to a clinic “step by painful step, when even standing feels ...

Click here for the original audio and to read a book excerpt. Author John Green's book "Everything is Tuberculosis" traces the history of the disease, which, for millennia, was the world's deadliest ...

John Green, author of best-selling books including The Fault in Our Stars, could have done anything. He could have written yet another young adult book, or made a new film. But he chose to write a new ...

Earlier this month, a high school student in Joliet, Ill. tested positive for a highly contagious disease that has claimed more lives than any other throughout human history. Many mistakenly believe ...