From tapeworms to tuberculosis, women have taken part in a laundry list of beauty hacks in order to meet appearance ideals, many of which have been dangerous, painful and even deadly. As far back ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis within Kansas City in the United States has been ongoing since Jan. 2024 and has highlighted new trends of TB in the United States. According to March 2025 U.S. Centers for ...

Outbreaks in several states have contributed to recent TB trends, including a recent one in the Kansas City, Kansas area. The Kansas TB rate jumped 148% last year, according to the new CDC data.

A case study illustrates a patient originally diagnosed with TB lymphadenitis with standard tests did not respond to first-line treatment. GeneXpert and smear microscopy were negative for TB, but the ...

Officials in suburban Joliet have confirmed a student was diagnosed with tuberculosis in recent days. According to a statement from Will County Officials, a case was confirmed at Joliet West High ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) High dissatisfaction rates exist among hidradenitis suppurativa patients regarding current treatments, primarily due to undertreatment. Less than 20% of ...

The termination of United States funding for HIV and tuberculosis research programmes in South Africa could undo years of progress and fuel a global health crisis, because TB remains a major ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It primarily targets the lungs and spreads through airborne droplets when an infected individual coughs ...

When health workers stopped visiting her home in Pakistan to administer tuberculosis medication, Ratna Jamni began dragging herself to a clinic “step by painful step, when even standing feels ...

The most common EPTB types are tuberculous lymphadenitis (lymph node TB), skeletal TB (bone and joint TB), and genitourinary TB, which impacts the urinary tract or the genital organs. Diagnosing EPTB ...

Yakima County, Wash. — Health officials in Yakima County have reported that 16 people have been diagnosed with tuberculosis. Tuberculosis, commonly known as TB, is a respiratory disease caused by ...