Shinyanga. A specialist in internal medicine at Shinyanga Regional Referral Hospital, Dr Yohana Bunzari, has said that although there are no official national statistics on silicosis, the respiratory ...

Officials have confirmed a tuberculosis case at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It's unclear if the patient is a student, faculty member or staff member.

Lung scarring, or pulmonary fibrosis, occurs when lung tissue becomes damaged and scarred, impairing lung function. This scarring can result from various conditions, including chronic inflammation, ...

Tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest disease, could be America’s next outbreak by Lyndon Haviland, opinion contributor - 04/30/25 1:30 PM ET.

Tuberculosis (TB) can enter the skin directly or move there from the blood, ... This may develop in cutaneous TB scars around 25 to 30 years after the original infection.

Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases in human history – and it still kills more than a million people every year. In a new book, The Fault in Our Stars author John Green argues the ...

Last week he reported at a meeting of the New York Tuberculosis and Health Association that on 1,200 serum samples from 950 patients the test was 92.3% accurate. “This test,” said he, “gives ...

Tuberculosis in the U.S. declined year over year until 2020, ... 1000-Lb. Sisters’ Tammy Slaton Shares New Photos of Swollen Face and Surgery Scars After 15-Lb. Skin Removal.

Kansas is facing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history, ... The BCG vaccine often leaves a scar where the recipient was given the shot. Sponsored Content by Taboola.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years.

Although the BCG vaccine may keep severe forms of tuberculosis, ... "Few vaccinated children from various settings do not show a scar years after vaccine administration," they state in their article.