In Johnson County, Iowa, the number of tuberculosis cases has increased in recent years — and so has the cost of containing it. The cost of contact tracing and surveillance, traveling each day to ...

A resident in southern New Jersey recently tested positive for tuberculosis. Here's what you need to know about the spread of ...

TACOMA –On Monday, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announced it was monitoring a patient with active tuberculosis who had declined treatment. Court records reveal the woman has not followed ...

Health workers in developing countries know that isolating tuberculosis patients is an outdated and potentially harmful practice, but lack the resources to move away from it.

Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on Bluesky. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window In February 2023 ...

Across the spectrum of human afflictions—from cancer to heart disease to rare genetic conditions—medical investigators are continually attempting to break new ground by developing better methods of ...

More daily smokers with tuberculosis receiving a mobile health intervention achieved self-reported and biochemically verified ...

Only 79,197 of the 2,14,858 tuberculosis (TB) patients registered in Bihar till 2025 are currently receiving ₹1,000 per month ...

Patient choice in taking treatment is framed by the physiological and psychological impacts of the disease and also by the social and cultural structures in which the person is immersed. [68] Patient ...

MUKAH: Sarawak remains among the states with a high rate of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the country, although the overall trend of the infectious disease has not shown a significant increase.

In 1929 in Savannah, Ga., Edna Sutton dreamt of being a nurse. But, as a young black woman, she had few opportunities in her hometown, which was still ruled by Jim Crow laws. The only nursing she ...