AN outbreak of tuberculosis was noted in the fall of 1963 among medical students and employees of a northeastern medical center. Between September, 1962, and March, 1964, 27 cases of tuberculosis were ...

As might be expected, there was significant variation in the rates at various schools, depending on the geographical origin of the student body, the location of the school, the diagnostic criteria and ...

I knew of John Green from his excellent teen novels "The Fault in Our Stars," "Looking for Alaska" and "Turtles All the Way Down." When I heard he had written "Everything is Tuberculosis: The History ...

A team of researchers from the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School have found genetic foot prints of tuberculosis bacteria that are resistant to the commonly used anti-tubercular drugs. This could help ...

A new test shows promising results for detecting latent tuberculosis infection in resource-limited settings. This is according to a study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal Clinical ...

In 1890 Dr. Robert Koch, a renowned German scientist, announced a cure for tuberculosis. The New York World labeled his find “Koch’s Magic Lymph,” and printed a picture of the bearded, 47-year-old ...

Latent tuberculosis is infection with tuberculosis without manifestations of the infection. This is a difficult condition to diagnose mainly because there are no symptoms. Screening for the condition ...

Because it can be difficult to detect tuberculosis in young children, the disease may be dangerously advanced by the time it's diagnosed. A new blood test, however, is claimed to detect the presence ...

On the afternoon of the 20th (local time), the Chong Kun Dang Gochon Foundation announced on the 21st that it had selected two organizations?the Ukraine Ministry of Health Public Medical Center and ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KABC) -- A Northern California transient who was charged after authorities say he refused treatment for tuberculosis has been found and arrested, according to San Joaquin County ...