Detecting TB early goes a long way toward avoiding some of the disease's worst outcomes and preventing its spread to others.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My daughter’s doctor said her PPD was positive and sent her for a chest X-ray to rule out TB. Is it possible to have a false-positive result? Her pediatrician says she should follow ...

A computer-generated image of tuberculosis bacteria, the pathogen infecting people at an Olathe high school. Health officials announced an active tuberculosis case at Olathe Northwest High School in ...

A resident in Camden County, New Jersey, has tested positive for Tuberculosis, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Officials said that the resident showed up to a local hospital ...

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 ...

A person in Vorarlberg who had contact with TB-infected animals has now tested positive for the pathogen. However, this does ...

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — Health officials are investigating after a case of tuberculosis was confirmed at a high school near Kalamazoo. A person at Kalamazoo Central High School was recently diagnosed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, ...