In an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care, Michael A. Bernstein, MD, stressed the need for effective ...

Michael A. Bernstein, MD, Stamford Health, addresses common misconceptions about tuberculosis amid the outbreak in Kansas ...

An outbreak of the infectious lung disease TB in Kansas is one of the largest ever recorded in the US. What is TB, and why have cases risen since the COVID-19 pandemic?

TB is treatable and curable but is highly contagious ... individual at Simon Sanchez High School who was diagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis. GDOE and DPHSS are working together to ...

Kansas is currently experiencing a rare outbreak of tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest infectious disease. TB is spread via germs in the air and usually affects the lungs but can also affect the ...

vaccine against pulmonary TB; the low overall risk of ... you can do a TB blood test or a TB skin test. Active tuberculosis (referred to as TB disease) is where those sick will experience symptoms.

Despite decades of efforts, tuberculosis remains a global health crisis, claiming over 1.3 million lives annually.

TB infections have been rising every year since 2020 after 30 years of decline. Now, a historic outbreak in Kansas is ...

Symptoms of pulmonary TB disease ... "It protects children from getting severe forms of active TB disease, such as TB meningitis. The vaccine's protection weakens over time." ...

A landmark review in Molecular Biomedicine outlines cutting-edge strategies to combat tuberculosis (TB), highlighting novel ...

This study presents TBorNotTB, a CDSS designed to improve TB evaluation and streamline isolation decisions, reducing labor while maintaining detection accuracy.