PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that more people should get tested for tuberculosis as it sees cases increase across the country. According to the ...

A tuberculosis outbreak that spanned seven states in 2023 has been tied to bone graft products from an infected donor — again. Two spinal surgery patients died from a tuberculosis infection, or TB, ...

Zoo elephants were the source of a tuberculosis outbreak in 2013 in Multnomah County, Ore., according to a recent article in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The public health ...

The CDC is calling for improved donor screening and culture-based testing of donor organs and tissues after the second outbreak of tuberculosis in transplant cases. Between July 7 and 11, the CDC ...

Tuberculosis, also known as "the white plague," is rising in the U.S. post-pandemic, with over 10,600 cases confirmed in 2024 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Almost half of health care providers in the United States reported not routinely testing non-U.S.-born patients ...

The following scenario emphasizes the necessity of creating a wheal while administering the Mantoux test. A 46-year-old Asian man who recently immigrated to the United States was seen for routine ...

The Wyandotte County Public Health Department building at 619 Ann Ave., is seen on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Kansas City, Kansas. Emily Curiel [email protected] Reality Check is a Star series ...

ParentsHave you ever worried that your little one has tuberculosis? If so, a Mantoux test or tuberculin test is one way to find out. Maintaining your little one’s health is not an easy matter. Because ...

Correction & clarification: This story has been updated to correct when the outbreak began. It’s January 2024. Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the northeastern part ...

Two deaths and five infections of tuberculosis have been confirmed from spinal surgeries that used a bone allograft from an infected donor, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Piron ...