Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) refers to coordinated strategies for the targeted, evidence-based, and safe use of ...

Pitt County health officials are answering questions after a third case of tuberculosis was found at D.H. Conley High School ...

Officials believe 140 newborns were exposed to TB at a Las Vegas hospital. Oct. 9, 2013— -- Nevada health officials are testing 140 newborns who they believe were exposed to tuberculosis at a Las ...

Health officials have confirmed almost 50 cases of tuberculosis in Wyandotte County, more than in all of Kansas last year. But the public risk remains low. The Kansas Department of Health and ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and predominantly affects the lungs, resulting in extensive tissue pathology. The disease is particularly ...

Pitt County Health Director Wes Gray says the department was notified of the case involving a D.H. Conley High School student ...

Dec. 14, 2025 Scientists are uncovering a new possibility behind long COVID’s stubborn symptoms: hidden infections that awaken or emerge alongside SARS-CoV-2. Evidence is mounting that viruses like ...

Author John Green’s book “ Everything is Tuberculosis ” traces the history of the disease, which, for millennia, was the world’s deadliest infection. Even though effective treatments exist, they’re so ...

The outbreak started last January. Kansas health officials say numbers are trending downward, but they still expect to find more cases. This story has been updated to reflect that this is one of the ...

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 infection ...

A century or so ago, tuberculosis was everywhere. It killed babies and brides, firemen and heads of state. The colloquial term of the era, “consumption,” littered the obituary pages and underscored ...