A symptom of COVID is the loss of taste or smell. Tuberculosis has a longer incubation period, and the symptoms have a much ...

tuberculosis often manifests as extrapulmonary or disseminated disease Screen patients for risk factors for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and test them for infection before initiating ...

As Kansas deals with one of the largest tuberculous outbreaks in the nation since the 1950s, Californians may be wondering whether they’re at risk. The Kansas outbreak, described by health officials ...

The tuberculosis vaccine may also be considered in the United States for certain people with significant risk factors for prolonged ... with the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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?

FILE - This 1966 microscope photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli, the organism responsible for causing the disease ...

The agency says there is “very low risk to the general public ... These days, the disease, which is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is treated with specific antibiotics ...

As Kansas deals with one of the largest tuberculous outbreaks in the nation since the 1950s, Californians may be wondering whether they’re at risk. The Kansas outbreak, described by health ...