The Toe River Health District, in collaboration with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the Avery ...

The government is releasing thousands of illegal immigrant children with latent tuberculosis infections into American communities without assurances of treatment. Nearly 2,500 children with latent ...

North Carolina health officials are investigating a tuberculosis case after identifying an individual with active TB in Avery County, prompting contact tracing of more than 100 people who may have ...

Despite this finding, the possibilities of COVID-TB co-infections cannot be entirely ruled out. In a 2021 study published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, ...

Tuberculosis infection protects mice from developing COVID-19. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 9, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 03 / 220324143753.htm ...

TB infection is different from active TB disease; and a flare up could happen within weeks of acquiring the infection or ...

Ocular or eye tuberculosis is a rare eye infection that involves the same bacteria as TB in the lungs. Treatment can take several months, but it is usually effective.

The CDC estimates that 13 million Americans (just under 4 percent of the total population) live with latent tuberculosis, one in 10 of which will turn into an active infection without treatment.

In 2021, 27% of New Mexicans with TB infection also had diabetes. New Mexico is considered a low-incident state, meaning there are less than 50 active cases confirmed each year.

Global tuberculosis cases reached an all-time high in 2023, with nearly 11 million people estimated to have become sick with the disease last year. According to the World Health Organization’s ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a tuberculosis infection-control program should consist of administrative controls, environmental controls and a respiratory-protection ...

Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death and hospitalization worldwide among adults with HIV infection (accounting for 40% of deaths and 18% of admissions). 5,6 The World Health Organization ...