There were an estimated 490,000 new cases of drug-resistant TB in 2016. Tuberculosis, a lung disease most often transmitted by breathing infected particles in the air, is the ninth leading cause ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious bacterial infection. It has an incubation period of up to 2 years after initial contact. Here's what you need to know.

There is a vaccine aimed at preventing TB called Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), but it’s not commonly used in the U.S., according to the CDC. However, many people born outside the U.S. have ...

Meanwhile, those with TB disease fall sick often have symptoms including chest pain, coughing up blood, fatigue, weakness, fever, chills, sweating, lack of appetite and weight loss, the CDC said.

The answer is tuberculosis. And it kills more than 3,400 people across the globe every day—nearly 1.3 million in 2023 ...