Indeed, the pathogen seems like ancient history — but as recent developments indicate, tuberculosis isn’t done with us yet. As it happens, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis,

The Greene County Sheriff’s Office says every ICE detainee in the jail has been cleared of Tuberculosis after a recent increase of contamination risk.The sheriff’s office says as of February 27, every ICE detainee was cleared by chest X-ray.

According to the Greene County Sheriff's Office, some Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees had positive skin tests for tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis case associated with Hartsville High School confirmed by South Carolina Department of Public Health

Health officials are investigating a tuberculosis case at Hartsville High School but stress that the risk to the general public is low.

Spreading easily through the air, Mycobacterium tuberculosis can establish a chronic infection in human lungs, which can turn into a deadly respiratory disease.

Around 1.5 million patients succumb to the disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). The novel antibiotic BTZ-043 has shown good bactericidal activity in human clinical trials.

The platform can be harnessed for TB, potentially improving protection and durability of immunity in a way that traditional vaccines cannot.

Now a museum, the Saranac Laboratory was established in 1894 and was the first in the United States dedicated to studying tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis is treatable with antibiotics, and health officials encourage those contacted to undergo testing as a precaution.

Virtually nothing is known about the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak. This disease surpassed COVID as the leading disease cause of death in the world.

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