It’s Considered an Old-Timey Disease. So Why Are Cases of It on the Rise?
In 2020, after a three-decade decline, TB cases in the U.S. began climbing again. Last year, that number was at its highest ...
How an Ancient Disease Is Outsmarting Modern Medicine
An outbreak of tuberculosis (TB), a lung disease often marked by a persistent cough, began in January 2024 in Kansas City, ...
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Cats, Brain Parasites, and Unemployment
A parasitic infection transmitted to humans by cats affects billions of people and can alter their behavior. New research ...
Tuberculosis case confirmed at suburban high school. What we know so far
Health officials issued a warning this week after someone at a suburban Chicago high school was diagnosed with active ...
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New insights into how the immune system handles latent parasite infections
Most humans have long-lived infections in various tissues-including in the nervous system-that typically do not result in disease. The microbes associated with these infections enter a latent ...
Understanding the immune response to Toxoplasma gondii, a persistent pathogen
Most humans have long-lived infections in various tissues—including in the nervous system—that typically do not result in ...
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Tuberculosis on the Rise Again in the United States
Preliminary data released this month by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that more than 10,300 tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported last year.
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Danger zones where tuberculosis spreads most easily
Learn about the primary ways tuberculosis spreads through airborne transmission, high-risk settings, and effective prevention ...
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Lagos Expands Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment To Combat Latent TB In High-Risk Groups
To stop latent TB infections from progressing into active disease, especially among high-risk groups like people living with HIV and household contacts of TB pa­tients, Lagos State has expanded ...