The routine use of steroids to treat tuberculosis may help reduce deaths from all types of the disease, according to a new review of existing research. The routine use of steroids to treat ...

Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains a major global health challenge due to its complex host–pathogen interactions and the ...

Consumption, phthisis, the white plague — a killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ice age. Today, the disease — passed from those who are actively sick to ...

People in South Africa are suffering from the deadliest type of tuberculosis (TB), and researchers say treatment failure is not to blame. XDR-TB is a rare but extremely fatal type of tuberculosis that ...

This story has been updated to clarify some CDC statistics. An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in the state's history, and while the risk of contracting the bacterial ...

Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in India: Hidden TB crisis beyond lungs, symptoms, diagnosis challenges you shouldn't ignore Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in India is rising silently, affecting organs ...