They told KOCO 5 that Oklahoma sees an average of 68 cases per year. "Active TB disease can spread when the source case is coughing, laughing or singing and prolonged hours of exposure," said Amy Hill ...

ENID, Okla. — Enid Public Schools has notified some parents of the possibility that their high school children may have been exposed to tuberculosis. Jane Johnson, EPS director of human ...

An active tuberculosis case was confirmed in a student at Dillard High School this week, leading to testing on campus Wednesday for others who may have potentially been exposed. The Florida ...

Tuberculosis has taken the lives of notable figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson, George Orwell, Frederic Chopin and Charles IX, among others. And it’s still being transmitted in ...

It's unclear if the patient is a student, faculty member or staff member. A case of active tuberculosis has been confirmed at a Florida high school, according to state health officials.

But TB has been surging in the United States and ... "Sooner rather than later, but there’s no discussion of definitive, like, 'OK, we’ve got to have this done by May 1 or June 1," he said.

Each year, tuberculosis kills some 1.25 million people globally and more than 10 times that number become infected with the disease annually, according to the World Health Organization.

Health officials issued a warning this week after someone at a suburban Chicago high school was diagnosed with active tuberculosis. According to the Lake County Health Department, the case was ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a near-perfect predator. In 1882, Robert Koch, the physician who discovered the microbe, told a room full of scientists that it caused one in seven of all deaths.

Oklahoma stepped up one rung on the NCAA Tournament ladder Wednesday night — and it was a big one. The Sooners took down Georgia 81-75 in the first round of the Southeastern Conference ...

U.S.A.I.D. Global Health The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease.

Tuberculosis may seem like a disease of the past—more associated with Victorian waifs and overcrowded tenements than medicine in the 21st century—but it’s definitely still with us. Here’s ...