Tuberculosis (TB) rates in the U.S. rose by 16 percent in 2023, marking the third year that cases went up following nearly 30 ...
NEW YORK -- The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade, according to a new government report.
The number of tuberculosis cases in 2023 rose by 15% in California compared to the previous year. That's the highest year-over-year increase in 35 years.
The number of patients diagnosed with the bacterial disease is up 15 percent year over year, and medical professionals are ...
Today, immigrants and those seeking asylum in the U.S. have to take a blood test that detects any tuberculosis infection, but in the past it was just an X-ray, which doesn’t show a case where ...
Ten cases of active tuberculosis were identified in SLO County in 2023 – The number of tuberculosis cases in California and ...
Contrary to public perception, the disease is still active in the United States. The number of TB cases in the U.S. briefly dropped at the start of the pandemic, but there was a 5% increase in ...
Tuberculosis is on the rise in New York ... The disease has been relatively scarce in the U.S. since cases peaked decades ago during the AIDS epidemic, but it is still a leading killer globally.
Priya Shete, an associate professor of medicine and epidemiology at UCSF, isn’t surprised that TB cases are rising in California’s metropolitan areas. People who live in close quarters are ...
SACRAMENTO, the United States, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. state of California has seen a "substantial increase" in tuberculosis (TB) cases over the past year, accompanied by a rising rate of deaths ...