Tuberculosis (TB) and chronic bronchitis (CB) are associated with an increased risk for lung cancer (LC) in individuals who have never smoked.

UB researchers have developed a new inhalable form of tuberculosis (TB) treatment that could significantly reduce the burden ...

A new study in "Nature Medicine" estimates that 2 million people are incorrectly told they have tuberculosis each year — and clinicians miss diagnosing TB in 1 million people. Why so many misdiagnoses ...

Sepsis is a leading global cause of hospital deaths, occurring when the body's response to infection damages tissue and ...

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is investigating an active outbreak of tuberculosis at a local high school that has sickened at least three individuals. In an emailed statement to SFGATE ...

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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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TB can be treated with antibiotics, but can be serious if it is left untreated [Getty Images] A specialist board has been set up ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization. A person infected with the ...

Two Coventry MPs are urging anyone with tuberculosis symptoms to get tested after a recent outbreak at Amazon. Cases were identified at the Lyon Parks facility on Sayer Drive. Screening is underway at ...